Well, we’ve made it a week in quarantine. Today we got COVID tested, and hopefully by tomorrow we’ll get our results. That would give us Monday to be regular tourists who can go into shops, museums, restaurants etc. Then Tuesday morning we will head off to the airport to fly to Svalbard.
The research team posing in front of the waterfront in Oslo, taken from Akershus Fortress.
A poignant sculpture reflecting on the horrors of war, titled “Glory, Glory with Crutches”, at the Akershus Fortress.
A scene at Akershus Fortress in Oslo.
On Thursday I took a run over to Vigeland Park, an amazing park full of sculptures using only human forms, carved by the sculptor Gustav Vigeland. It’s really impressive to see what Vigeland was able to create using the human form.
Sculptures along the entrance to Vigeland Park.
Sculptures in Vigeland Park
The “Obelisk” in Vigeland Park
The weather continues to be excellent. A bit hot by Oslo standards, but I can’t complain given how hot it has been in the United States. All week it’s been in the high 70’s, and yesterday and today it got into the mid 80’s. That’s really warm for this city. (I'm really looking forward to the high 30's in Ny Ålesund!)
With the weather so warm, it fells like all of Oslo is out today. Any park in the city the grounds is chock full of people. At the waterfront today there were literally thousands of people sunbathing and swimming.
This scene with thousands of Sun-starved sunbathing Norwegians, along the Oslo waterfront stretched for probably a mile or so.
Xander and I take the plunge into the North Sea!
The water was particularly refreshing on this hot day!
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