Had 1 full day in Oslo yesterday after a 3-day layover in Reykjavík to acclimate to the time change and, of course, to hit the awesome public geothermal pools. On Thursday 14 August, we arrived Reykjavík at 6 am local time and went straight to our lodging and passed out until early afternoon. We forced ourselves out and Spring Onion insisted that the first thing he needed to eat was a pylsa, so we headed to Pylsubarinn, an old favorite outside of the city. SO and B both got pylsa, I got the fish and chips, with 3 pieces of fresh well-fried fish. We got a nice loaf of seeded bread across the street at Brikk (forgot to take photo). We hit a new-to-us pool, Dalslaug, which was great. It’s fairly new and is part of a large community complex, with a nice branch of the Reykjavík public library, which has a cool view of the football pitch. Dinner was grocery frozen pizza and wine purchased from the duty-free shop at Keflavik.
Friday 15 August, after waking up at 2 pm (!), we revisited the Nordic House, which had a small but excellent exhibit. We grabbed a quick drink and a burger for SO at the U of Iceland student pub next door, which we visited a couple of years ago. More pool time and then we had 8 pm tickets for the Lava Show, which SO begged us to take him to. It was exactly as I expected. Would not recommend this for anyone over the age of 10. 
SO had fish and chips at the place in the Old Harbor where he first ate and fell in love with fish and chips a trip or 2 ago. B and I had a salmon meal cooked at home.
16 August Saturday, after some random wandering, the guys headed to the pool, I stayed behind, made dinner from leftovers and packed (we had a 7 am flight to Oslo). As a reward, I went to the cozy tiny wine bar near our place, DÆINN Kaffihús & Vínbar. The owner is awesome and poured me a steel-dry white, which was exactly what I wanted. The place filled up while I was there and I loved watching the owner being the consummate host. Then, home to eat and hit the hay early.
Sunday 17 August
Yesterday, our first full in Oslo was chill. We’re staying in the same part of town as last time, Grünerløkka. The sunny weather at 80F, particularly after overcast Reykjavík in the 50Fs, was welcome. We had our first meal of the day, a late lunch at Koie Ramen. We all enjoyed our bowls—kid’s portion of the shoyu with extra noodles, tantanmen for B, veggie mushrooms miso for me (gave my egg to B). We walked around the opera house/Munchmuseet area afterwards. We hit up House of Nerds, a retro gaming place, for some Mario Bros and adult drinks. Home by 8:30 pm, tired but happy.
Monday 18 August
Finally caught up to real-time. Another cloudless, blue sky day in the high 70Fs. Feels a bit breezier, cooler than yesterday. We visited the Nobel Peace Prize Museum, followed by an on-the-go lunch at McDonald’s for SO and watching the changing of the guards at the Royal Palace. Lunch for me and B was at some microbrewery that B found, Amundsen Pub. It was ok. B had fish and chips and I got the app-sized mussels. Now, we are on one of the Oslofjord islands, Langøyene. Dinner is still up-in-the-air.
