Last weekend the Ph. Creative team spent their Christmas celebration in the very cold and snowy city of Oslo. Ten members of the team took a flight out of Liverpool on Friday night and we were greeted with over 5 inches of snow in the airport car park.
It was a first visit to Oslo for most of the team and we all agreed that the city was gorgeous despite being -15°. On arrival at the Hotel Continental, we were all snug in hats and scarves and we couldn’t have looked more like tourists if we tried! The Oslo natives were kitted out in gigantic fur coats and the women wore stiletto heels whilst the majority of the men stood well over 6 foot tall.
On the Saturday, the team donned their best corporate wear and went to watch the Nordic Masters, having done a website for the event last month. In the evening we decided to celebrate our Christmas night out with a meal in Hard Rock Café and a few tunes in a karaoke bar. Most of us intended to sing good songs very badly, that was until Siân took to the stage and we discovered that we have the X Factor winner 2010 amongst our team!
The festivities continued well into the early hours with only four of us left standing… well three standing, one left lying down in the lift.
Sunday was definitely not an early start but somewhere in the mid-afternoon we emerged from the hotel to do some sight-seeing. Unfortunately most of us only made it into a restaurant where the heating was on!
Despite a two hour delay, we were fortunate enough to get our flight back into Liverpool late on Sunday night. Compared to Oslo, landing in Liverpool felt somewhat like landing in Miami when you’ve just been to the Antarctic!
It is fair to say that everyone had a brilliant time and obviously, there are not many other people celebrating their Christmas with a weekend in Oslo – so a big thank you to Bryan for his generosity and another big thank you to Siân for organising everything… Oh and for looking after our passports!
We’d also like to take this chance to say a big MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of our clients and friends of Ph.Creative!
