Oslo -July 7

We sailed into Oslo this morning in the mist, rain and fog. From the wonderfully glorious day we had yesterday, we are now back to cold weather that is a bit gloomy....and this is summer.

Oslo is the largest city in Norway and is the capital. The region of the city is huge- 175 square miles. The city is filled with museums and historic buildings. 

Just across from our ship there is a significant repair job going rebuilding a very old stone wall which, when we looked a little closer, discovered it is is part of the original city wall. From the corner of our balcony you can see the arched gate into the city. 

There is a great museum (Vikingskiphuset) with three Viking ships dating from 800 AD. These ships were discovered in Viking tombs around the Oslo fjords  between 1860 and 1904 and are the best preserved Viking ships 

around. It was customary for the dead to be buried with food, drink, useful and 

decorative objects, and even their horses and dogs.  

There is an interesting

park of sculpture by Gustav Vigeland. It has 212 bronze, granite, and wrought iron sculptures that depict the stages of life- from birth to death.

He has a wonderful sculpture of a little boy having a temper tantrum. Looks like some children that I have known through the years....and some adults too.