August 29 Oslo-Helsinki-London (Day 337)
From Above! We spent the day traveling! A very early bus ride took us to Oslo airport where we caught our flight east to Helsinki, Finland. We flew on Finnair, so we had to go through their hub in Helsinki.
Leaving Oslo, we flew over the dark green Norwegian woods, checkered with fields of ripe golden grains.
We had a 3 hour layover in Helsinki which we were able to spend in the Finnair lounge, snacking from their food and beverage buffet.
We didn’t have much of a view outside at the airport.
Leaving Helsinki, we had long views over fields interspersed with industrial sites, and the boreal forest stretching into the distance.
We had a 4 hour flight from Helsinki back west to London.
As we approached London we were between 2 layers of clouds and we could see the Thames river snaking across the landscape below.
As we flew over London, descending towards Heathrow airport, the clouds dispersed revealing a fantastic view of the city! How many landmarks can you spot?
One final mode of transport, a city bus, took us to our Airbnb in Slough (pronounced sl’how’) with plenty of daylight to do some food shopping. Our host drove us the few blocks to the closest store where we got some staples and we walked back in the uncharacteristically hot and sunny weather!