We took a boat trip across the bay to the Viking Ship museum. How do these things stay afloat?
Another boat to the Fram museum. A proper vessel.In fact the strongest wooden ship ever built..it has travelled further north and further south than any other surface vessel. It was used by Roald Amundsen.
Nipped next door to the Kon Tiki Museum. How did THIS thing stay afloat? A balsa wood raft that miraculously "sailed" across the Pacific Ocean. (I saw this 40 years ago but wasn`t nearly as impressed as this time..well I was only ten... it was just a piece of wood then)(it still is.. HOW did it sail for 70 days???)
Ferried back into town.. the sea glistening in the 33 degrees sun...
Past the splendid looking university, through a very classy market, across to the National Art Gallery where we ran round to see the very famous, recently stolen and reclaimed, Edvard Munch painting THE SCREAM, and then ...because we were using our "OSLO CARD" (hence all the inclusive boat rides and museum entries!)... hopped onto the nearest tram.(yellow) This took us into the middle of nowhere but what the heck, it was included in our OSLO CARD so we got off and got a SKY BLUE one back again. Oh it was such a good day.
Oslo...Very relaxed, modern, busy, clean, expensive... lovely.
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Ok so it looks like I missed all the good bits in Oslo! I spent the whole day in the Nobel Peace Museum looking at the lives of Nobel Peace Prize winner. Very worthy, but not anywhere near as interesting as long boats and villages. I am just going to have to go back. With Chris.
Your Chris or MY Chris? ha ha ha x x x x x x x
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