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July 24th 2009: Vigeland Park, Munch Museum, Akershus Castle, and Train to Flåm (Flam)


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Another it's-a-bird-it's-a-plane sculpture?
Another it's-a-bird-it's-a-plane sculpture?
"Give me a hug."
The beginning of a stretch.
"Give me a hug."
The beginning of a stretch.
Father and son.
Waiting and a little sleepy.
A man stretching.
Father and son.
Waiting and a little sleepy.
A man stretching.
Looking up to dad.
The bridge has a tremendous view.  An excellent high-resolution
photo.
Another view from the bridge.  Also excellent.  This one looks down a small plaza with many statues of babies.
Looking up to dad.
The bridge has a tremendous view. An excellent high-resolution photo.
Another view from the bridge. Also excellent. This one looks down a small plaza with many statues of babies.
The river, looking in the other direction.
In the baby plaza, sleeping.
Unlike in the rest of the park, I took pictures of everything in the
baby plaza.  (There were few enough pieces that it was easy.)
The river, looking in the other direction.
In the baby plaza, sleeping.
Unlike in the rest of the park, I took pictures of everything in the baby plaza. (There were few enough pieces that it was easy.)
"I have feet!"
Unlike in the rest of the park, I took pictures of everything in the
baby plaza.
"I have feet!"
Unlike in the rest of the park, I took pictures of everything in the baby plaza.
Munch Museum (Munch-museet)
Despair.
The classic, The Scream.
Red Virginia Creeper.  What an enigmatic expression.
Look at these pictures--Munch isn't always depressing.  All these
paintings come from his series the Linde Frieze.
Despair.
The classic, The Scream.
Red Virginia Creeper. What an enigmatic expression.
Look at these pictures--Munch isn't always depressing.
All these paintings come from his series the Linde Frieze.
The blue lines in this painting, The Women on the Bridge, seem
like guidelines or annotations someone added later to indicate how the
painting was composed.  I don't think they should've remained.
Jealousy II.
Paintings from Kragerø (Kragero).
Spring in the Elm Forest, the painting I like the most in the
museum.
The blue lines in this painting, The Women on the Bridge, seem like guidelines or annotations someone added later to indicate how the painting was composed. I don't think they should've remained.
Jealousy II.
Paintings from Kragerø (Kragero).
Spring in the Elm Forest, the painting I like the most in the museum.
Nearby
The lush grass in one of the larger parks by the Munch Museum.
The lush grass in one of the larger parks by the Munch Museum.
Lunch at Kaffistova
The part of the menu from which I ordered this time.
"Cured reindeer with lingonberry coulis, salad, and rye bread."  The
reindeer (top-right) is definitely hard to describe.  Regardless, I like
it.  It has a bit of the texture of raw fish.  I can see a vague
resemblance to other cured meats.  And, it went well with the
yogurt-lingonberry thing.  On the other hand, I was unhappy the
salad was undressed.  The bread was freshly sliced by one chef.
 The strawberries were really fresh, indeed perfect: they must
have been grown locally.
The part of the menu from which I ordered this time.
"Cured reindeer with lingonberry coulis, salad, and rye bread." The reindeer (top-right) is definitely hard to describe. Regardless, I like it. It has a bit of the texture of raw fish. I can see a vague resemblance to other cured meats. And, it went well with the yogurt-lingonberry thing.
On the other hand, I was unhappy the salad was undressed.
The bread was freshly sliced by one chef.
The strawberries were really fresh, indeed perfect: they must have been grown locally.