It looks like it is still cold.The weather is lousy -- and I'm suffering from a new attack of sinusitis after the trip, so I changed my mind about the walk. A few of the promised photos instead!
The cruise started at 16:30 pm from Copenhagen. When we woke up next morning, we were already approaching Oslo. A view of the fjords:
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Our visit in Oslo started at Akershus Fortress, a medieval fortress that was used as a military base and a royal residence, and hosts the royal mausoleum and a military museum, as well as memorials to the resistance fighters executed here during WWII.
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The fortress overlooks the Oslo Fjord.
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From there, we headed down to the city center, and found a familiar face on the way. Husband insisted on a picture.
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Oslo City Hall is nicknamed "brunost", the Norwegian brown cheese (it looks like a couple of those lumped together). Unfortunately the real brunost was not available because apparently it's not the season yet. The Nobel Peace Prize center is right around the corner.
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(To be continued...)
Thanks Lena, that was an awesome summary. [emoji6]
Those sculptures are awesome.From there, we continued along the boardwalk (for my geocaching), and ...
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...found a friend of Mark's!
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Oslo, as a city, is obsessed with sculpture. We didn't have time to go to either of the two big sculpture parks, but we saw this little hidden gem. Notice the squares of something that from distance actually looks like grass:
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Up close, it's this:
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Old snow is still piled up in places, but at least we didn't get the promised sleet!
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And then it was time to go back, but not before a visit to the opera house, with its sloping roof, on which you could walk.
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A floating sculpture (what else?) of a sinking boat in the foreground and our transport home in the background. Fortunately, this was no foreshadowing of our return journey.
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Yes. Totally. The problem is that not all the areas who are supposed to go off, do go off.Mandated break times.
Lol. Saw your later post.It’s a mystery....
Oooh. I hope you see them too.One tends to see turtles when you spend a lot of time in/on/under the water! If i was hiking, and exploring, I’m hoping i would find some Gopher Torts. Thats next weeks plan.
I do! [emoji3] [emoji3]
[emoji3] [emoji3]Thank you. Especially coming from you, Master!
Wonderful I remembered the Bloody Mary... [emoji6]
That was about it. I thought my thought process could be clouding the issue!
Free lance what?
It looks like it is still cold.
Time to take daughter to swimming. Not see you all later!
How about @jaizei ? I've looked for him on FB in the past, but I don't know his last name.The CDR emergency backup Facebook Group has arrived! I have invited those I could find... Ewa, Kathy, Lena, Laura, Michelle, Noel and Yvonne (under her pseudonym)
It is a private group, so no posts are public.
If there’s anyone else on facebook, here’s the link
https://www.facebook.com/groups/785037581863143/
This is great! Thank you so much for sharing your trip with us. I will never be able to see any of this in person, and it's just great to see what the rest of the world really looks like.From there, we continued along the boardwalk (for my geocaching), and ...
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...found a friend of Mark's!
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Oslo, as a city, is obsessed with sculpture. We didn't have time to go to either of the two big sculpture parks, but we saw this little hidden gem. Notice the squares of something that from distance actually looks like grass:
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Up close, it's this:
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Old snow is still piled up in places, but at least we didn't get the promised sleet!
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And then it was time to go back, but not before a visit to the opera house, with its sloping roof, on which you could walk.
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A floating sculpture (what else?) of a sinking boat in the foreground and our transport home in the background. Fortunately, this was no foreshadowing of our return journey.
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The CDR emergency backup Facebook Group has arrived! I have invited those I could find... Ewa, Kathy, Lena, Laura, Michelle, Noel and Yvonne (under her pseudonym)
It is a private group, so no posts are public.
If there’s anyone else on facebook, here’s the link
https://www.facebook.com/groups/785037581863143/
Wow. Interesting. Not exactly native to Florida, but I could see them getting loose down there.Yes. A batch of Mystery Snail eggs, probably recently laid. Very cool to find in the wild.
Normally, I'd just comment that I don't do Facebook... but if there were a private CDR contingency there, I just might get around to signing up. Maybe.Good mornooning all. It seems the forum recovered after I went to bed last night. I did try out Gecko Talk but that was down too, recovering an hour or two before TFO by the look of it. I bumped into Kathy and Noel in the TFO facebook group which has made me think. An emergency CDR group on facebook might be useful. I know Lena and Yvonne are around on the TFO group too. I will look into it.
All the ones invited so far have joined except @Pearly and @AZtortMom. Hopefully they’ll be online shortly