Well, this is a little out of order. I covered Monday in the last blog, and now we're going back to the weekend. On Saturday, we took a walk to the Bygdøy Peninsula that juts out from the city into the Oslo Fjord. One of the great things about Oslo is that you can escape so easily to beautiful, rural settings like Bygdøy. The peninsula feels like an island and contains farms, forests, docks, bathing beaches, rocky shores, and an impressive list of fine museums. We walked there from our apartment which took less than 45 minutes. But, a bus would have taken 20 minutes and a ferry w
ould have been 10 minutes. The map that I had only showed half of the total area, so we spent a few hours wandering down trails and guessing where to go. After awhile we discovered a beautiful swimming area with a sandy beach and on the way home we acted like typical tourists and visited the Viking Museum. Matt couldn't get enough of the old ships and artifacts. But, people watching was equally entertaining for me. While we were there a few bus loads of American and Japanese tourists arrived from a cruise ship we saw earlier and they took over the museum in one wave after another.The next day, I took another walk to Frogner Park, this time to visit the free Oslo City Museum, which turned out to be excellent. In comparison to the Viking Museum, it boasts about 10 times the number of artifacts and 3 times the exhibition space.
No comments:
Post a Comment