Live from Lyngby

Monday, May 5th

I would not recommend going to Oslo on a Monday if you only have one day.  All of the free museums are closed.  That being said, when we finally got around to moving from the train station around 8 o'clock we were able to keep busy.

We visited the tourist information outside the station, got some maps, and headed out to see the city.  We started by walking down to the Parliament building in the center of town, then turning left and making our way towards the harbor.  The harbor was nice with a mixture of both old ships and a new, there was even a large cruise ship (which i was told by cruising standards it may have actually been small).

Then we visited an old fort which also has some new buildings used for the current military.


After this, we visited the palace to see where the king and queen live.  I asked Luis which country he would like to be teh monarch of and his answer was Saudi Arabia.  Probably the single best answer he could have given and completely out of nowhere. 



We stopped by the Italian Embassy to see about getting Nacho citizenship.  Didn't quite work out.



Then we headed off to a big sculpture park that was really impressive.  I had never heard of it before but it is apparently quite famous and really took me by surprise.



The whole day, in the distance we could see a ski tower for ski jumping.  After the park we thought about walking there but found out that even by train it would take 30 minutes.  With about three hours till Daniel and I had to get back for our flight we decided to take the train.  It is a really old jump, dating back to the 1890s and has grown quite a lot over the years.  Nowadays I suppose I'd be a little scared to give it a try.  I think it looks even scarier without any snow.



And that was it.  We returned to the train station, then to the airport, then to Copenhagen, and Campus Village.  I don't know if I'll make it back to Norway but I know I'd love to.  It is literally the most beautiful place I have seen and was amazed at how integral the natural landscape is to there way of life.