Weather forecast: cloudy, chance of showers. Actual weather: spectacularly sunny.
Long Post. Not proofread. Excuse any errors.
Breakfast was great again. I forgot to take pictures of the buffet area, but I did get pictures of our plates from the buffet.
Then we went for a walk, seeing the Opera House and the Munch Museum.
Neither the Munch or the Opera House opened until 10 AM, so we continued to walk and tram down to the harbor where we watched people sauna/swimming (brrrr! – it wasn’t warm at 10 AM), and we watched the 2,900 passenger Celebrity Cruise Lines Silhouette dock.
At 11 AM the Ashtrop Fearnley Museum of Modern Art opened, and we visited. One building had a exhibition of the recently deceased Leonard Rickhard and the other building had their permanent collection. If you see anything you like, please send compliments to the museum. I found the whole pretty much a bore.
First, the Rickhard collection. The best I saw was the nice view from the second floor balcony.
Second, the permanent collection. The Michael Jackson item is made from porcelain, which is interesting. Otherwise, the horse in the blue room was the highlight.
Then we had a great lunch harborside. Salmon sandwich for Elaine; peel-your-own shrimp for me. I ordered sangria for Elaine while I got a beer. Elaine’s sangria wasn’t a glass, but a pitcher. So we sat around in the beautiful weather and shared it.
The we walked around some more in the harbor area. Note the Beer Pong competition where you paid to play. It was packed.
Then we took a 2-hour plus river cruise on an electric boat that was great fun.
A panorama:
A few final pictures on the way home to sandwiches for dinner and bed. (Vigeland is everywhere.)
You were certainly busy seeing things today. Seafood looked very good. Tulips, one of my favorites. Have one question, where was Elaine’s crown?
I guess I’m not a huge fan of art museums. But all the food looks good and the water views are very nice. The boat ride and views were super, especially being mooned by one of the houseboat guys!! Haven’t seen one of those in quite a few years.
After I read your blurb about the Michael Jackson piece, I first thought it was the red piece with the sneaker sticking out the back. I thought cool: Moonwalk. Then I saw the piece to which you were referring. Hmmmm. Looks like a takeoff of a porcelain Madonna and Child! Love the Horse.
“Keep on, keepin’ on….”
Great pics. Thanks for the tour!
But no Aurora? It was the best storm in 20 years and I pulled an all nighter! It kept getting better and better. Though you guys would have had a ringside seat! Event of a lifetime here. Dare I say better than the eclipse? YES! It lasted longer! 👍🤩
Saw no aurora here. Weird that they did see it in AZ.