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Norway in 2018, Oslo II

Parts

Wednesday, August 22

When I planned the trip, I picked Tromsø from the map because it was so far north, and I planned the trip I did not know the daughter of a friend was a scientist living in Tromsø. But she was out of town the days I was visiting. But she was on her way back as I was leaving, and we intersected in the Oslo airport, so we spent an hour visiting before her flight, and then I continued into Oslo.

Thursday, August 23

2018-08-23 Oslo Free Tours / Matthew SELL 100 Norwegian kroner Freia Egon

Oslo from Ekebergparken

Oslo from Ekebergparken.

Oslo from Ekebergparken

Oslo from Ekebergparken.

Oslo from Ekebergparken

Oslo from Ekebergparken.

I walked through part of Ekebergparken. The rock carvings below are about 5,000 years old or more.

Mesolithic rock carvings

Mesolithic rock carvings.

Mesolithic rock carvings

Mesolithic rock carvings.

Mesolithic rock carvings

Mesolithic rock carvings.

Mesolithic rock carvings

Mesolithic rock carvings.

Mesolithic rock carvings

Mesolithic rock carvings.

Mesolithic rock carvings

Mesolithic rock carvings.

And I continued walking through parts of the city.

Ruins of Oslo’s first cathedral

Ruins of Oslo’s first cathedral, St. Hallvard’s Cathedral, dating from 1100s to 1639.

Stolpersteine

Printed ad with “Skip Ad” button

Somebody printed a screenshot without proofreading.

Statues at Vigeland “Sculpture Park”

Statues at Vigeland “Sculpture Park.”

Statues at Vigeland “Sculpture Park”

Statues at Vigeland “Sculpture Park.”

Friday, August 24

Travel home was routine. I happened to keep or was able to reconstruct more data for this trip than usual, so here is a summary.

Norway Vacation Statistics

Money

Transportation: There and back, $2124. Local, $731.
Lodging: $2156.
Food: $417 (net over usual groceries and dining).
Mobile phone and data: $132.
Souvenirs and gifts: $219.
Experiences: $350. (Museums etc., including bundled local transit.)
Bank fees: $60.
Other: $46.
Home energy reduction: −$30.
(Chocolate expenditures not counted as vacation costs.)
Total: $6204.

Time

Booking start to leaving home: 66 hours.
Away from home: 3 weeks, 6 hours, 18 minutes.
From plane, through customs, to curb at Boston airport: 9 minutes.
Hike up Preikestolen: 59 minutes.

Space

Walked: 184.1 miles.
Greatest latitude: 69º40'47" North.

Mass

Net change: Body, −1 lb. Luggage, −2 lb. (35 lb. to 33 lb.)
Receipts: 63 g.
Souvenirs: 1500 g.
Gravity increase from Merrimack to Tromsø: .12%.

Temperature

Minimum observed while outside: 48 ºF.
Maximum observed while outside: 84 ºF.

Data

iPhone cellular data: Purchased, 1 GB. Used, 960.54 MiB.
iPad cellular data: Purchased, 1 GB. Used 836.76 MiB.
iPhone photos: 265 kept after screening.
Narrative Clip: 10,365 photos, 9,459 MiB.

Locations

Number of cities: 5.
Museums: ~35.

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