Museum hopping in Oslo with Bart (bcroes)

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Museum hopping in Oslo with Bart (bcroes)

June 22, 2009

Bart was doing a Scandinavian tour with Norway last before heading home to Sacramento. He had asked me while I was in the States if I would meet up with him when I got home and of course I would. I met Bart for the first time when I stayed with Erin in November and he's a cool person.

He came to Oslo Saturday night and I met up with him on Sunday as this would be his last day before going home. The weather was totally awesome with sun from a almost clear sky and temps was in the high 80's.
I drove to Oslo (which is about 1 and a half hour from me) and parked at the parking garage at the central train station. I met Bart at Trafikanten outside Oslo S/Østbanehallen and we walked up Karl Johans Gate. First we headed over to Oslo Cathedral (Oslo Domkirke), but it was still closed due to maintance.

Then we walked over to Akershus Fortress and the Resistance Museum. This museum shows the story of the Norwegian Resistance during WW II from 1940 to 1945. Well worth a visit.

After the Resistance Museum, we walked down to Aker Pier and took the boat over to Bygdøy. Here we got of at Dronningen, and walked to the Viking Museum. Wow, the Viking ships were huge and so intricate in the carvings. There are 2 ships that are totally intact and one other that are just more or less the bottom left. In addition to the ships, they also have vagons, tools and other stuff on desplay there. Most of which are beautifully carved.
By now I'd gotten a blister and had to take my sandals off. I walked barefoot from the Viking Museum to the Kon-Tiki Museum. As it was such a hot day, the concrete was sooo hot and burned me feet. Thank goodness that when we got to the Kon-Tiki Museum, they had bandaid and I could put my sandals back on.

The Kon-Tiki Museum was also a great experience. On exhibit at the Kon-Tiki Museum is Thor Heyerdahl's original Kon-Tiki balsa-wood raft, used on his 1947 expedition from Peru to Polynesia to prove that the Polynesians originally came from South America.
Also Ra II, which sailed from Morocco to the Caribbean in 1970, is on display. The Kon-Tiki Museum has samples of the Easter Island Statues and a model of the Tigris.

Next door to the Kon-Tiki Museum is the FRAM museum. This museum exhibit the Polar ship FRAM and tells the stories of Roald Amundsen and Fritjof Nansen's expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic between 1893 and 1912.

As I had never visited any of these museums, I had a great time doing so with Bart. It was a fun experience and I wouldn't mind going there again one day.

After the museum hopping, we got on the boat and headed back to Aker Pier. Here we went to Peppes Pizza and had, of course, Pizza. Relaxed and chatted for a while before we walked back to the Central Train station and I headed home. It had been a wonderful day with a TB friend I hope to meet again. Actually I will - in Belize in October.. LOL