The Starbucks of Oslo and an inspirational breakfast

I started my morning with a visit to the breakfast room here at the Hotel Continental. They have a huge spread of hot dishes from scrambled eggs to bacon, sausages, potatoes and more, in addition to the gargantuan cold cuts, cheese, yogurt, cereal, and pastry bars. On the linen napkin at each place was a little card with this quote, "Dream no smaller dream for they have no power to move the hearts of men." (Goethe) Very appropriate from the city hosting the upcoming Nobel Peace Prize and a very nice way to start the day.

This should be called " land of the sleeping late" as it didn't get light until about 8:30 this morning and it gets totally dark by 4 in the afternoon. So, understandably, caffeine is very popular here and my guide, Mathilde and I stopped by the local version of Starbucks for a quick cup. The chain is called Kaffebrenneriet and they had a big selection of yummy pastries as well.