Legally Blonde's Proceedings

 December 16th was another day I didn't have to get up at the crack of dawn and hit the ground running.  I had breakfast at the hotel and then walked down to the harbor front to take a boat over to Bygdøy.  Bygdøy is the location of several of Oslo's museums.  I finally found the correct pier and then saw a sign that said the boat wasn't running until Spring.  So I went to my google maps and figured out that I needed to walk back up to where I had just come from and catch a bus.  I figured out which bus I needed and had a bit of a wait, so I was able to hit up the 7-11 and get a coke (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden had 7-11's all over the place). Sidewalk in Oslo The first museum I visited was the The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History.  I guess I should have gotten my degree in Anthropology because I'm so interested in how people lived/live, so this museum was right in my area of interest.  It has a few indoor exhibits, but is mostly an outdoor mu...

 December 15th was finally a day when I didn't have to wake up super early, but I did have to go down for breakfast before they stopped serving (it was a weekday so they stopped serving earlier than I'd have liked).  I went down for the breakfast and then went back up and got ready to head out for the day.   When I left the hotel I was very pleased with the location.  It was right near the Parliament Building, the Christmas market, the Grand Hotel, etc.  Great location.  First I walked to the Parliament Building. "The Storting" is what it is actually called.  It opened in 1866 and the architect wanted it to represent openness so he made the main chamber visible from the outside. The two wings were to represent arms inviting people to participate in democracy. I got sucked into a situation at the Grand Hotel for a bit.  They had barricades set up, didn't let any cars go down the street and there were lots of police, but also professional photograph...