Oslo
On June 10th we left Varberg and headed to Oslo, with a few stops in between. First was Tatum, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, to see the Vitlycke rock carvings. The justification for declaring the area a World Heritage Site is that the carvings provide evidence of many aspects of life in the European Bronze Age.
Our next stop was for lunch and a boat ride in Grebbestad. This cute B&B was run by a daughter while the father gives boat rides in the Swedish Archipelago on a 70-year-old boat built to look like a Viking ship.
After arriving in Oslo we took a bus ride to Frogner Park which showcases 758 statues created by sculptor Gustav Vigeland.
Later we had dinner together on the wharf at the restaurant Rorbua for some reindeer meat. Then we wandered around the wharf.
That night we took a very expensive taxi ride to a laundry mat, but we luckily had a more reasonable Uber ride back to the hotel.
June 11th began with a walking tour with a local guide. Then we used our free transportation card (Oslo Pass for tram, boats, buses, etc.) to ride a ferry around the various islands of the Inner Oslo Fjord. Lunch was at Amundsen Bryggeri then to the Oslo Opera house with its angled exterior surfaces covered with marble. Dinner at TGIFridays (before they went bankrupt :( and more photos around the full and architecturally interesting wharf area. The most fun was The Oslo Tree which has 15,000 leaves and a total of 150,000 computer-controlled LED lights that can create an infinite number of dynamic patterns and effects.
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June 12th took us out of Oslo with an adventurous drive ending in a small village in the Lærdal Municipality.