Hello from Norway!

Hey, I'm in a new Country!

I flew into Oslo last night and took the late train downtown. I'm really loving Oslo. I did not have very high expectations but it has a very nice vibe.

I was wondering around downtown last night and was totally comfortable walking till I got lost and then found my bearings again. The city is very much like Vancouver, with trees in the city, tons of boutique shops (more compressed and the shops are a mix of the american ones we see in Vancouver plus an equal number of European ones).

A couple differences are that their taxis are Mercedes and they have more 7 elevens than us. I think I saw 6 different 7-11s within 8 smallish blocks.

Norway is a west-coast country...The weather is also the same. Mild and a little damp. Today it is a bright and sunny autumn day with yellow leaves rustling in the trees and along the ground. The leaves falling sometimes look like golden snow. I think I accidentally ate a leaf (call me leaf breath).


People seem genuinely friendly. I talked to a guy on the train from the airport to Oslo. He is from up north but is working as an assistant-judge near the airport and was returning home to Oslo.

I saw Vinland park this morning which has some amazing statues of men, women and babies posed in very different and very evocative ways.