Oslo Day Trip # 2

We went to Oslo yesterday for our second day trip.  Joshua's parents were arriving in Norway yesterday so our plan was to see some sights and then visit with them(and get the booty they graciously picked up at duty free for us) and then head back to Moss.  We took the train this time, apparently the track work was fixed in the Oslo direction, but our train there had a technical issue(a guess from the Norwegian announcement) and we were stopped on the train an extra 30 minutes.  This is odd, given Norwegian rails boast over 80 % of their trains are usually on time. Tablets to the rescue again, which the conductor commented on in Norwegian(we think) while we smiled politely.

We went to the Holmenkollen Ski Museum and Ski Jump and then to the Oslo City Hall.

 Sydney with the largest skis in the world, 11kg.

 View of Oslo from the top of the ski jump tower

 Looking down at the ski jump from above

 You can see Elizabeth and the girls as they head down the precarious stairs to the ski jump spectator seating

 Spectator seating, no partition between you and the jump itself (allows for a good photo but somewhat unnerving)

 Thousands of years of skiing history...then we'll play with trains

 Troll in the gift shop

 View at the museum entrance with ski jump in the background

And here are some pictures from the Radhus, City Hall, where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded.

 View of Oslo fjord from City Hall

 Juliet is pondering what it is like to stand where many Nobel Laureates have stood, or she just found a leaf in the middle of the main floor of the main hall

 One of the paintings in the main hall

 Reindeer clad doors

 Made for giants

 Portraits of the current king and queen

 Juliet and a local gift shop troll

 Juliet may be unsure of her new friend

City Hall fountain looking back at the Radhus square