Follow the lights

Our last day of the tour was spent in Oslo. It was a fantastic day with the usual 4 hour city tour but we had a great local guide who didn't spend overly long at different points of interest.

The main areas we visited were Vigeland Sculpture Park, featuring over 200 sculptures from granite and bronze with the theme depicting the circle of life, from birth to death. Vineland also designed the sculpture for the Nobel peace prize. The sculptures could be interpreted in many ways and each person would get something different out of them.

We drove to the Hollmenkollum Ski jump - an awesome site - pure madness for anyone launching themselves off this. Then off to a museum to look specifically at Viking stuff. Only shortish stops but interesting nevertheless.

The rest of the afternoon was free and Brad and I wandered around the local area - walked to the top of the opera house - designed to look like a glacier, watched people come out of a sauna and lower themselves into the icy harbour - crazy! Beautiful sunny afternoon (still cold though) and a great way to finish our tour.Read more