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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
511To make up for last weekend’s snow bound picture, I thought I’d post another snowy one, only this time with the sun shining too. On Saturday morning we drove round to Hammeren on the North edge of Maridalsvannet (vann is water so that’s a lake). We then walked up the snowy path through the trees to the hut at UllevÃ¥lsetter. Unfortunately the clouds came over whilst we were sat outside enjoying our lunch and hot chocolate so we made a rapid retreat back down the road (the route everyone else seemed to be taking anyway).
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
505It was pretty damp in Oslo over the weekend. We decided to brave the elements all the same and on Saturday morning packed Emma up in the baby carrier and set out for a walk. This started out on the, by now, slushy footpaths around home but as we headed up past Midtstuen the rain turned to snow. We didn’t really have a plan but decided to aim for Frognersetern and get the T-Bane back home.
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
As previously mentioned, I’m working in the city centre this week and with the T-bane so close, it’s less than half an hour from front door to desk. However, I arrived at the NationalTheatret station this evening to find several trains pulled up at the platform. After 15 minutes sat listening to unintelligible announcements I decided to join the 50% of poeple who had got up and left rather than the 50% who were still sat in the train. I arrived at a nearby tram stop just in time for a tram out to the Rikshospitalet which is any easy walk from home. Only the tram didn’t show up. After another five minutes wait another tram appeared, this time bound for Majorstuen which is in the right direction for home. Unfortunately it was absolutely packed with passengers squashed up against the doors. I started walking…
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Hooray – our shipping was finally delivered on Tuesday. Christine had most of it unpacked by the time I got home from work and we’ve now found somewhere to store the majority of the bits and pieces although there is a rather large pile of flattened cardboard boxes peeking out from under the bed. Let’s hope that doesn’t constitute a fire hazard! Mealtimes are now relatively civilised again with Emma in her high-chair and she is also glad to have her baby bath back having never really taken to showering!
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
502The sun was out in force again today so we thought we should make the most of it once again. We took the T-bane up to Voksenkollen where Christine hired some cross-country skis. I then walked up to Tryvann with Emma and then back down to Holmenkollen. This afternoon I went out for a run in the woods following some of the snowy trails over to Sognsvann, round the lake (although across it was one option!), and then back again. From what I’m hearing, there has been some snow back in the UK but they’re missing the sunshine to follow it! Only negative of today – I seem to be one lens cap short…
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
499This morning we woke to blue skies over a white landscape. It’s such a shame that we don’t really have the equipment to make the most of it. Some pieces are in the shipping (for example Emma’s carrier) and others (like boots, skis and sledges we just don’t have). We decided that we couldn’t miss out completely on the snowy vistas though and took the ten minute drive up to the ski resort at Tryvann. There’s only so far you can get pushing a buggy in fresh snow though and at minus nine degrees it wasn’t somewhere to hang around too long even in the sunshine. We gave Emma a little play in the snow but without waterproof mitts or booties then there’s a limit to what she can do.
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
496We were woken at about five this morning by the sound of a snowplough grating along the road outside. This I took to be an indication that the snow we’d watched falling yesterday evening had probably settled. When we eventually crawled out of bed a few hours later we could see that a good couple of inches had fallen in the night and it was still coming down.
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
493We decided to start our exploration of Oslo by walking from home to Frognerparken – a trip of just under 30 minutes along quiet back roads. We then spent a while wandering amongst the sculptures in Vigeland Park and watching the ducks skating around on the frozen water. The latter is indication of how cold it was and before long we marched on quickly in to the city centre and then got the T-bane back home. Emma was fine in her nice new down suit but the rest of us are going to have to learn to dress a bit more warmly!
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