Notes from the May - June 2009
Tour of Ireland, Scotland, Scandinavia and England


Oslo, Norway - June 8
Our hosts in Norway, Jan and Mette Sveen


On our first day in Oslo, Jan and Mette took us on a tour of the city
including a trip up near the Holmenkollen Ski Jump and past the Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica



The beautiful Oslo fjord sparkles in the distance.






The Oslo metro area



The tour continued to facilites containing exhibits of Ra II, Kon Tiki, and Fram,
ships famous for studying Pacific migration and for polar exploration.



Months afloat in this boat made of papyrus - Ra II






. . . and the balsa logs of Kon Tiki




Oslo harbor

Next Page
Menu by Location