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Friday, 7 August 2015

Day 48 - Oslo - "All cultured out" !

It took an earthquake to move H out of bed this morning or should I say H thought it was an earthquake as I dragged his bed across the floor after after his record breaking sleep efforts over the last 24 hours !

After a pretty solid breakfast we wandered down to the harbour to catch the ferry to Bygdov Island and its many museums !

Our first stop was the excellent Flam museum detailing a number of Artic and Antartic expeditions including  the famous Polar adventurer Roald Amundsen.

H reckons that while he might have fancied the "all meals paid" bit of being an expedition crew member he just might have had a problem or two with temperature conditions getting down to -80 c !

Having conquered the Artic and Antarctic we wandered across to the equally interesting Kon Tiki museum a testament to Thor Heyerdahl's drive to prove the settlement of of various Pacific areas by settlers from Sth America.

Thor proved not only a visionary but an amazing adventurer having did what he despite having a fear of water !

With one more museum on the mainland (the armed forces museum) it was time to head back for our delightful supermarket dinner and get ready for our big cycle tomorrow.

2 comments:

  1. Can you get the Ashes score in Norway. If not let me know and i'll have great pleasure in telling you. Pommie Kev

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  2. Latest blog I can get into is Day 46. Hope you are still able to keep updates coming. Very entertaining reading.
    This blog is to wish H a very Happy Birthday and I hope M did the right thing and gave him a night to remember!! HAPPY 69 H!

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