How Do You Do It?

That is the question I have for Norwegians. It is SO COLD here! Holy crap! When I woke up on Saturday morning it was zero degrees outside! I woke up at 8:45 (which is much earlier than normal) and when I went into the living room, I asked Travis if it was storming out, because it was so dark. Upon further investigation, I learned that sunrise was at 8:57 am. Again, holy crap! The sun set at 3:17 pm. The length of the day on December 4? 6 hours and 20 minutes. YIKES!

Why was I up so "early" on Saturday? I went to the Christmas Market at the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History with Kari and Nina! The museum is open-air (aka: cold) and has rural traditional buildings from many regions throughout the country. There were booths set up with knitwear, decorations, and traditional Christmas foods. I bought a pair of wool socks that I'll use as boot liners. They are really warm!

The Stave Church

The Christmas Market

Later in the afternoon, Travis and I went downtown to do some window shopping. We stayed on the tram a little too long and saw the Christmas Market at Oslo City Hall. We hopped off the tram, and took a look around. Compared to the market at the museum, it was pretty unauthentic. We enjoyed looking around anyway.

Julemarked

Enjoying the teepee at the Julemarked

I enjoyed the Christmas Market at the Cultural History Museum so much, I think I'll take Travis there next weekend! I'll be sure to dress extra, extra, extra warm, though!