Christmas in Norway

I found myself in Oslo Norway this Christmas. I had already been home for Thanksgiving and could not realistically return to the USA for Christmas; I had a few days off work and happenstantially found a cheap plane ticket to Oslo. Unlike London, public transportation was up and running throughout the Christmas weekend, a few museums were open, and the city itself was beautiful and lively. It was awesome and now I have added Bergen, Norway to my list of European must-see cities. This picture is taken from the top of the ski-jump that was built for the 1952 Winter Olympics.




Oslo is home to a famous sculpture garden that has more than 100 statues sculpted by the same artist. It was powerful and impressive. This girl embodies much of what I feel lots of the time.

















The Oslo Harbor is so lovely. The only day I had to spend any time near the harbor was a day filled with thick, semi-spooky, semi-mystical feeling fog, hence the picture of the sun shining through the mist as the boats bob on the harbor.













The hostel where I stayed was just blocks from this shopping district. It was decorated for Christmas with millions of fairy lights, all tastefully strung above the walkway. A little further down the road from the place this picture was taken was an outdoor ice rink that was really busy on Christmas Day eve. To stand there watching the skaters felt so.......Norway.