Thank You Girl

We spent the last few days of Sara's visit in Oslo. On Monday, we stopped at all the tourist spots downtown. On Tuesday, we went skiing (see my earlier post for video). On Wednesday, we watched the first races of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championship at Holmenkollen.

We went to the Oslo rådhus (City Hall) and Trav showed us the second floor. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded at the rådhus each year on December 10.

Anchor sculpture at Aker Brygge.

The Royal Palace (Slottet) was built as the Norwegian residence of Norwegian and Swedish king Charles III and is the official residence of the present Norwegian Monarch.

The Royal Palace has 173 rooms and was completed in 1849.

This is the inside of Oslo Domkirke (Oslo Cathedral). We noticed that the door to the church was open and decided to have a look around.

The foundation stone was laid in 1694 and the church was consecrated in November 1697.

In 2001, Oslo Cathedral was the site of the wedding of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, and Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby.

On Wednesday, we watched the individual classic qualification 5 km Ladies and 10 km Men. This was the only event that had no admission cost, and it happened to fall on Sara's last day in town.

Holmenkollen has hosted the 1952 Winter Olympics and the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in 1930, 1966, 1982 and 2011.

Luckily, the commentators and announcers spoke a mix of Norwegian and English, so it was pretty easy to figure out what was going on. We even made it onto the JumboTron!

We really enjoyed showing Sara around Oslo. I think she had a fun time, too! Thank you for coming, Sara!