We had a beautiful day in Oslo, Norway today. Sunny, clear and very warm (for a change!). This is the first day of the cruise that we wore shorts as the temperature got into the upper 70's.
We had a planned excursion that visited the Vingate sculpture park and the Olso open air museum which is a Norwegian version of Greenfield Village. The excursion would have been a whole lot better if we did not have a tour guide who insisted on giving waaaaaay too much detail at each stop. We finally abandoned him in the open air museum and walked around ourselves.
As you can tell the Vigeland Sculpture Gardens is a bit riskee. When opened in the 1930's is created quite a scene. The Picassa page has a few pictures that are best not posted on the main blog entry.
The highlight of the Open Air Museum for us was the Stave Church. A very impressive building. A picture of the altar area is in the slideshow.
After we got back to the ship, and Mary did some serious shopping on the dock, we had lunch and departed Oslo. The trip down the fjord was nice, but not as pretty as the Stockholm passage. Not quite sure why, but maybe because it is more open and rocky with not as green. Now we are on our way back to Copenhagen. We have a nice day planned for tomorrow. We will visit Tovoli Gardens, but we just might sneak a visit to the Carlsbad Brewery first, depending on how the morning goes.
It's been a great cruise and a super vacation but now it's time to start thinking about heading home.
1 comment:
Hi Bill , I'm glad you and Mary had a lovely holiday , sorry your trip has come to an end .
Try and enjoy the trip home
Pat
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