A day in Oslo with Uli's Family

Back in Spiegelau earlier in the month, Uli told me his family would be in Sweden and Norway for vacation, therefore we arranged to meet to spend the day in Oslo before I flew back it Italia.

The new Oslo Opera House was built on landfill and it appears to be coming out of the water.

And you can walk on the roof!

On the other side of downtown is Frogner Park which houses the Vigeland Sculpture Park. This is a view of the monolith that stands at the highest point in the park.

It's a bit odd for sure.

And all around the monolith are other sculptures. Uli and I weren't that excited about them but upon closer inspection, we began to discuss what they were. And thereby, the artist had succeeded.

Although a bit risque at first glance, they all make some kind of statement on humanity.

Could this be a metaphor for parenthood?

One of the most famous statues in the park, the "Sinnataggen" or "Angry Boy".

A view of Oslo Harbor. If you look to see that item on the left slope of the hill in the background, that is the the historic Holmenkollen Ski Jump, which was used in the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics and is now being expanded to host the 2011 Nordic World Championships

Jonah (age 7) and Josefina (age 10)