Norway in a Nutshell:Oslo

Oh how I have missed Ricky Ricky Steves in my life, but he is back and I am happy. For those that know me, know that I have a slight obsession with Rick Steves. This also goes along with my love for travel because Rick Steve's is a European expert and writes tour books. My family and I are currently following his instructions and are doing what he calls Norway in a Nutshell. This tour takes us along the best sights in Norway, starting in Oslo.

After many issues and over 24 hours of travel we finally made it to Oslo and checked into the hotel. We dropped off our stuff and headed out to see the city of Oslo, in the rain of course. We were definitely not prepared for how cold and wet it is here.

We first saw City Hall were they present the Nobel Peace Prize. We had attempted to take a tour of the building but with our luck it was closed to the public that day. We then toured the Nobel Peace Prize Center. If anyone can explain to me why Obama won a Nobel Peace Prize please do becuase I still don't understand how he did anything that deserved that prestigous award.

We also went and saw the Norwegian Resistance Museum. When I think of the German invasion of European countries, I think of England, France and other such countries, not really of Norway. But the Germans did invade with 440,000 troops. Who knew?

Even though my this time we were all complete exhausted and jet lagged, I dragged my family to the National Gallery to see the famous Munch paintings. I have never really been a fan of expressionistic art but I just had to see the famous scream painting. It was kind of a let down after seeing copies of it. The painting is actually filled with color but it is quite dull. I did however find some landscape paintings by Johan Christian Dahl that I fell in love with. They were gorgeous.

The following day we went to museum after museum.

-Norwegain Folkmuseum

-Viking Museum

-Kon Tiki Museum

-Fram Museum

I'm too short to ever be a captain. I'm on my tippy toes!

- and the Maritime Museum

Someone put soap into the fountain...SO AWESOME!!!!



BHAHAHAHAH yeah, Raye Ann likes to jump into my landscape pictures

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European cars are the best

Royal Palace

One of the oldest ski jumps in the world

After all those we were sick of museums so we headed to Froger Park. This is a park full of naked statues and only naked statues. The Europeans sure do love nakedness!

Why yes this is a giant statue of naked people.

I have had very limited access to the computer. Apparently Raye Ann's homework is more important than giving me time to write an entertaining blog post. Enjoy!