Norway continued...

The first few days of our Norway trip was spent being complete tourists which included lots and lots of picture taking and lots and lots of walking (my feet were hurting!!). We spent the first day in Oslo taking a bicycle tour through the city. I felt like it was a great way to get around fairly fast while having a guide to help keep us from getting lost. I think it was definitely worth the money. Plus it was super fun to get back on a bike again. Houston isn't exactly known for being bicycle friendly. With everything being so spaced out and our 100+ degree summers, Houston isn't the ideal city to ride a bike in. So of course I was excited to get on a bike since it had been YEARS since I last rode. And of course, being the dumb American moron, I was the only idiot who didn't know how to work the bike shifter thing. We were getting ready to head out on our bikes and I was playing around with the shifter while we were parked when the tour guide kinda called me out (yikes, I had no idea you weren't supposed to shift when the bike was stopped). It was slightly/very embarrassing. Anyway, we got a nice tour of the city and it helped give us an idea of the layout of the city.

Our first stop was Akershus fortress.


|View of Oslo from Akershus Fortress|




A hop and a skip further east on the coast led us to the Oslo Opera House. This building is amazing. The simplicity and clean lines of this building really blew me away. Unfortunately it was in an area of Oslo that was being renovated. Not the prettiest surroundings but the building itself more than made up for the construction.