17 June

DSCN3779 When we awoke the next morning, the nice weather had left DSCN3780 We were in a different part of Norway now DSCN3782 Telemark I believe (Swiss-like wood pile) DSCN3783 with its own architectural traditions
DSCN3788 like these funny I-don't-know-whats (corn cribs?) DSCN3784 Flora still the same DSCN3785 Also everyone seemed to have their own backhoe here DSCN3786 A larger model at work
DSCN3789 But many houses displayed their owners' toys DSCN3792 Church DSCN3793 grass silage DSCN3794 I love this white rolls, though not all the plastic they require
DSCN3795 A variety of farm machinery DSCN3796 A Bale-wrapped DSCN3800 from a different angle DSCN3799 And another little house from the Firebird
DSCN3801 Still on the lookout for a moose DSCN3802 Another family backhoe DSCN3803 A old hydro facility DSCN3804 with huge penstocks in the woods
DSCN3807 A very soggy "summer" camp visit DSCN3811 More tunnels on our way to Oslo 20150617 140805 First stop in Oslo was the Viking ship museum 20150617 140914 These boats all come from Viking burials
20150617 140952 The boats are almost large enough to imagine taking out on the ocean 20150617 142133 Boat art 20150617 142146 Boat art 20150617 142226 Planks riveted together and oar holes
20150617 142345 The building was in the form of a cross and had side galleries from which one could look down into the boats 20150617 142339 Like here 20150617 144026 Christine enthralled by a video about wood preservation 20150617 145701 The weather had not improved
20150617 162315 First stop when we arrived downtown 20150617 162330 Haircuts all around at the Iraqi hair salon 20150617 163523 Good prices and recommended by George 20150617 164309 Christine's kind of store!
DSCN3812 Oslo has a new painfully modern opera house DSCN3813 One can walk/climb all over it DSCN3814 Long slope up DSCN3815 Climbing higher
DSCN3816 gives views of the harbor DSCN3817 White stone DSCN3818 some of it polished to look like glaciers had been there DSCN3819 Trendy Oslo addresse
DSCN3820 Geometry DSCN3821 Christine and the man-made mountain DSCN3823 Selfie DSCN3824 Then we strolled around Oslo
DSCN3825 The Geography of Time: love it! DSCN3826 Why did I take this? An oak perhaps? DSCN3827 Cobblestones in the old fort DSCN3828 Door art
DSCN3829 Old streets DSCN3832 Climbing to the heights in the Fort DSCN3831 for a view down the fjord DSCN3833 The Oslo City Hall where they award the Nobel Peace Prize
DSCN3834 Details recall the Viking past DSCN3835 a kind of Soviet Realism aesthetic DSCN3836 the centrality of fish, DSCN3837 and a wry comment on cross-class relations.
DSCN3838 The sun tried to break through near the Parliament DSCN3839 The pedestrian shopping area DSCN3840 with big planters DSCN3841 and a view the other way
DSCN3842 These bags are very popular DSCN3843 but I resisted the urge DSCN3844 Open air flower market DSCN3845 added splashes of color
DSCN3846 for the passers-by 20150617 210958(0) We drove out to the airport to our hotel and later had our only restaurant meal of the trip. Christine loved her fish soup! 20150617 212834 followed by a hunk of bee. 20150617 211003 I started with scallops
20150617 212840 and had more salmon!