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| Arriving in Olso |
Not a bad view, huh? In Olso, our ship was docked right next to Akershus (once a castle and then fortress).We walked around the grounds and through the Norway Resistance museum that is housed here. The museum has exhibits that demonstrate the efforts of Norwegians to fight against the Nazi regime. Lots of cannons aiming right at our ship!
Another interesting site in Oslo was Frogner Park with hundreds of sculptures by Norwegian artist Gustav Vigeland. We thought the sculptures were a bit strange, but were told by our guide that Vigeland was trying to depict the cycle of life through his work.
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| Frogner Park, Oslo |
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| Viking Ship Museum, Oslo |
We heard from some friends on our ship that there was a really cool maritime festival taking place over near the opera house. They had lots of displays on how they make the boats, ropes, sails and other things for life at sea like soaps and clothing, etc.
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| Maritime culture festival |
Next it was off to the Opera House. We had tickets to a summer balcony concert, where a single pianist and opera singer performed various works. Michael said the music was good but "too loud". He was amazing though and sat still and quiet for the entire hour!
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| View from the Opera House |
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| Views of Oslo from our ship |
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