An Expedition to Oslo

Occasionally, I have to travel alone. I had a short business trip to Oslo:

Interestingly, the flight followed the dawn line:

 You could see daylight out of the port side of the plane

but night out of the starboard side

The weather in Oslo was fantastic:

I don't usually have much daylight time there.

Here is the Grand Hotel (Ibsen's favorite. It is also where the Nobel Peace Prize winners stay)

Parliament:

The Grand Hotel with lilacs. I haven't smelled lilacs in a while. Brings back memories.

A manhole cover with the city seal of Oslo. That is Saint Hallvard. The wikipedia article is sort of interesting. It says that the naked woman at his feet was originally an armed warrior, one of the evil men who killed St Hallvard. But it morphed into a naked woman who Hallvard was protecting.

Tulips are still in bloom in Oslo. On June 5th!

The National Theater. That is my train stop.

Detail of the National Theater:

in an outdoor cafe in front of the National Theater

 Ibsen! (Not Buddy Ibsen)

That is my hotel (The Hotel Continental) and my room (the one on the top floor with the windows open.)

I took the above photo next to those steps down there.

My lunch in Frankfort. Frankfurters. 

Then I came home.