While most Europeans travel to the Mediterranean to bake in
the sun during summer vacation, we really wanted to head north to cooler
weather. No air conditioning at work or at home left us feeling clammy and
grumpy (well, speaking for myself!), so we really enjoyed days in the 70’s in
Norway.
Oslo is a walk-able city, with historic buildings, old and
new ships, green spaces, and modern conveniences (shops, restaurants, speedy
trains, etc.). We took a boat tour along the city coastline and down a fjord similar
to the one outside of Stockholm. The Peace Museum highlighted the struggle for
freedoms worldwide. We found a small vegetarian café behind City Hall, and I
attended a super yoga class 1 metro stop outside of downtown.
We took a train ride to Lillehammer for one day, with
amazing scenery during the 2 hours each way. It’s definitely worth a day trip
during the summer… we heard that there is much more tourism during the winter
months in Norway! Anyway, we went to a historic outdoor museum where we saw log
cabins and talked with interpreters about life in the olden days. I am so
grateful for my vacuum cleaner, microwave, and washing machine!
We rode the hop-on-hop-off bus through the suburbs to the
polar ship (Fram) museum, which was very interesting. We had a nice lunch in
the restaurant of the Opera House lobby, which looks like an iceberg (the Opera
House, not the lobby or the restaurant).
There is much more to see in Norway, and we recommend it
highly. Here is a fish "sandwich"- you can see the full grain slice of bread on the bottom, with beets, herring, and potato. Insanely delicious!
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