Last Day in Oslo

Today was our last day in Oslo. We went to Frogner Park and the Ski Museum. The weather today was foggy, misting and ICY! There was ice all over the side walks and getting around was pretty difficult. The park is a huge open park with a bunch of statues along a walking path. The statues in the park all make up a work called 'The Circle of Life'. It was interesting to see these statues because they were all nude. I don't really understand why so many sculptures have to be nude, what's wrong with clothes? The statues were also in some very interesting poses. One statue showed a man throwing a baby in the air, holding one on his shoulder, one in his hand, one at his feet and one being punted by him. Yes, I said punted. At the other side of the walk way there was a big platform with more statues around it and stairs leading to the top with a column made up of more naked bodies twisted together. All I can say was that was a very interesting park with some very interesting statues. In the park is the most photographed sculpture in Norway. It is of a small child throwing a fit. I took a few pictures of it just to up the number of times it has been photographed. I've done my part in helping its popularity grow!

After that we went to the Ski Museum. It is underneath the current ski jump. That sucker is HUGE!!!!!! Since it was foggy we had a hard time seeing the top of it and the arena where everyone watched the crazy/brave ski jumpers. The museum was very interesting, it showed the evolution of skis from viking time to present. The ski jump was built in the early 1800's. There were some 3D diagrams of the ski jump and the changes it has gone through and empty space for the new version which is supposed to be completed in 2011. We wanted to go to the top of the jump and get pictures but it was too foggy to see anything from up there. After we had some snacks in a cafe we noticed the fog was beginning to lift. We went out and could see the whole arena and, still covered in a thin fog, the top of the jump. It was too late for us to go back in the museum and check it out. But from where we were standing (midway down) it was still very high up and a LONG way down! I really wish it would have been clearer so I could have gone to the top and snapped a few photos, that would have been amazing!

Today is our last day in Oslo and we leave for the airport tomorrow around 11:30 am. We are flying back to Copenhagen then have to catch another flight to Dublin 45 minutes later. We should arrive in Dublin around 6 pm. While we are in Dublin we gain an hour of time which will be nice in a way. I'm so thankful that I have been given this opportunity to come on this trip. I have seen and learned so much since I have been here and have enjoyed the people on the trip. They are all really awesome people.