Been having some problems with the blog using the cut 'n paste function in MS Word since installing a new Javascript update since when things have gone kerflooey! But, on the other hand I have now discovered how to upload images and video clips to each post, so there will hopefully be better quality daily input.
Today we are up and about early to use up the rest of our Oslo card, so first stop is the Akerhus Fortress, where we quickly tour the fortress, then head down below to the Norwegian Resistance museum to view te atrocities that the Nazis perpetrated in Norway - They surely were kept very busy by those resistance heroes. Next, still at the fortress is a 21-gun salute in honour of the Crown Princess'sbirthday - very noisy up close!. Then we get to see inside the Oslo townhal, including the hal where Barack Obama got his Peace-Prize (of dubious merit methinks!)
Then we head across town to the Norwegian Museum of Art - not worth the effort if you ask me!
What was much more enjoyable was a sudden mimi-concert in the park by the National Theatre put on by two of the maestros taking part in the Oslo Chamber Music festival that was just starting - Arve Tellefsen (violin) and Havard Gimse (piano) - delightful, and if I can figure out the file format for posting video to the blog I will add it later. Then back to our Permalinen hotel to check out (as a post-script we considered this place to hae offered the best value for money in our whole trip!). We head to the Central Station to catch the train to Gardemoen airport for the flight to Stockholm. In the station there is a brass ensemble playing music from West Side Story - cool !
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