So I Was Just Thinking

The statues and buildings throughout Norway kept me snapping away. Thank goodness for digital cameras. Imagine if I had taken 500+ photos on traditional Kodak film? (Don't worry, I am not sharing all 500+ pics.) Imagine if I had to process those photos before I got to see them? I still have rolls of film from I don't know when sitting in a bowl, plus a disposable camera. I would never be able to regale you with all the photos that are about to follow. Sorry it's blurry. This is the Rica Holberg hotel where we stayed at. Just super. It's not far from Slottet (Royal Place) where this monument of King Karl Johan who ruled Sweden and Norway from 1818 to 1844 when he died. The Royal Palace Queen Maud - the wife of Karl Johan Detail on a gazebo in the Royal Garden Fountain in the back of the National Theater ( Nationaltheatret ) We took a bus ride from Oslo to Haugesund where my friend picked us up. This was one of the bus stops along the way. Our main vacation took place in ...

When we landed in Oslo, it was morning, but we had been flying since two days earlier. Fortunately the hotel let us check in early. After a nap, we ventured out into the city to see what it had to offer. When we got to the Royal Palace, we came across a beautiful garden complete with duck ponds and tall trees. We chased ducks and birds. No real deer, but the little statue caught my eye. This droopy tree made me smile. I wondered what kind of bird made this house a home. The next day we rode a bus across the country to the west coast where we were spending most of our time. The setting was ideal and we walked around a lot. Before dinner one evening, we walked down to the beach at Sandhåland. It was interesting to be walking on a beach I had read about in travel guides. On the way down to the beach we met these beautiful Norwegian fjord horses. Everyone had to stop and feed them the clover growing along the fence line. These daisies were spied growing in the sand along the rocks. Speaki...