"From here we were to travel by train--a new experience for some of us, at least. We got our tickets and our luggage checked, and then "all aboard" for the capitol city. Arriving there we took a taxi to a hotel, traveling in style (som Storfolk). There we stayed until May 1, when our ship sailed.
This gave us two days in Oslo, and we tried to do a little sight seeing, such as the King's Palace, the Fort, etc., all from a distance, of course. Our friends, as we called them, the traveling men on our journey, wanted to show us their side of city life. so they took us to a very nice restaurant and treated us."
Excerpt from Sigrid's account of her journey to America, written in 1919.
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