The Lindahl News: Abroad Edition

After a good night of rest, we are ready to explore Oslo one more time before catching a bus back to Jonkoping later this afternoon.  We needed serious food fortification and our hotel provided a great complimentary breakfast included in our lodging package. It was delicious! Armed - once again with rain jackets, umbrellas and rain ponchos - we set out to the National Gallery to see famous works of art including The Scream by Edvard Munch. It appeared that much of the population of Oslo had the same idea. The line into the museum wrapped around the block...we waited over an hour to enter the museum. Most of the visitors headed up the staircase to see the Munch.  We didn't go with the flow; instead we went to the special exhibit of Norwegian artist, Gerhard Munthe.   (b. 1849 d.1929) Closeup of the Princess with her pup.  Guessing they are perhaps not impressed by the Prince? Not only was Munthe a painter, he also de...

We were told that if we wanted to go to the fjords in Norway, it would be best to go during the summer months. Weather is a huge factor as the rains increase and the temperatures drop. This is why we left the states a couple of weeks before classes began at SVF...to fulfill a Bucket List dream of seeing the fjords when it wasn't freezing and/or snowing. This "chapter" of Norway Bound features the first leg of the trip in getting to the fjords with a six hour bus trip to Oslo, Norway. We arrived in Oslo in the afternoon, checked into our hotel, and immediately set off to walk to Vigeland Park. Gustav Vigeland is considered to be Norway's greatest sculptor. From 1924-1943, he designed 192 bronze and granite sculpture groupings (600 actual figures) and Oslo was made a better destination by these beautiful, naked figures in an outdoor park environment. (At first, the nakedness is awkward to view; my sister reported that when her family...