Three go round-the-world

[I realised we've skipped quite a bit now, but time has gotten away.  I wanted to get some more recent activity up here before it too became a distant memory.  Enjoy!] Arrival in Oslo: Tuesday 17 October (from London Gatwick with Norwegian Airlines) Departure to Trondheim: Wednesday 18 October (by train from airport station) We arrived in Oslo around 6pm local time, losing one hour due to the change of time zones, after a smooth 2 hour flight from Gatwick.  It was just on sunset and much colder than London. There seemed to be a very light drizzle falling, although it could simply have been the night setting in.  Oslo Airport was eponymously Nordic in design with soaring timber beams and minimalist in every way.  We had quite the walk to baggage collection, with our bags just a minute or two behind.  All belongings retrieved, we headed for the bus stops at the front of the terminal to catch our bus to the airport hotel.  We were only staying overnight, with train tickets f

The drive from Seville was relatively easy and pleasant enough without being remarkable.  The first half was really taken up with getting out of the Seville metropolitan area, with the second half dominated by olive trees as far as the eye can see.   We ascended quite a distance but seemed to descend almost as much quite quickly thereafter.  We stopped for a toilet stop and drinks break briefly, then a subsequent toilet stop (the joys of travelling with a small person!) before arriving pretty much as expected around 2pm in Granada. We had booked an Air B&B place for our stay, on the basis that it provided a parking spot for our hire car.  Public parking in Seville had cost about 56 euros so it seemed like a sensible approach.  I had perused some of the reviews of the very highly rates Air B&B apartment and noted that numerous travellers had found the size of the car park a little troubling, but also took into account that  a bunch of people had criticised the parking garage

On Monday, we were due to take in the sights along the Romantic Road, ending up in Heidelberg on Tuesday afternoon.  We hadn’t devoted much time to planning these two days, so I made an executive decision that we would check out Nordlingen and Dinkelsbuhl, before stopping for the night at Rothenberg ab der Tauber (pre-booked to stay at Hotel Eisenhut).  But first, I had to collect the rental car! It was easy to find the main Hertz office near the Hauptbahnhof (main train station); I waited a few minutes while the Americans in front of me almost argued with the German staff member that their destination was in Austria when he was telling them it was actually in Germany!  Then I was informed I had to walk up the street a little to collect the car (and make sure I asked at the office there for the child seat for X).  As it was no more than 500m away, I set off in the morning sunshine quite happily.  I arrived at the location, asked for the child seat, got it (and thought it looked like