This past week I had my first visitor! Mom came to visit for the week and we had a great time exploring the country. 
We started the week off with a couple days in Oslo, where I met her at the airport. During our two days there, we checked off a ton of museums on the list, including the Norwegian Technology Museum, a quick trip up to Holmenkolen Ski Jump, the Folk Museum, Viking Ship Museum, Kon-Tiki Museum, the Fram Museum, and the Norwegian Resistance Museum. We also managed a few good walks through parks, by the Royal Palace, and some of the busier shopping districts. The Radison Blu, where we spent our nights, also gave us a great taste of a true Norwegian breakfast, complete with various gormet cheeses, salmon, herring, coldcuts, fruits, veggies, sausages, breads, crackers, pastes, etc. etc. etc!! Very tasty! And, it cut the need for any big meals the rest of the day! Our first evening on Oslo though, we did manage to get out for what I considered a GREAT meal -- I'd been craving a juicy, American-style burger and fries, so we hit up TGI Fridays -- mmm! 
After our stay in Oslo, we took the train on to Lillehammar - site of the 1994 Winter Olympics! So our first stop in Lillehammar was up to the ski jump where the opening ceremonies were held and a quick look around the Norwegian Olympic Museum which provided a nice history of all of the Olympic games. Our second day in Lillehammar took us to the Maihaugen Museum, which had an excellent open-air museum with tens of old buildings and houses from yester-year Norway. A perfect day outside for exploring this site!
We started the week off with a couple days in Oslo, where I met her at the airport. During our two days there, we checked off a ton of museums on the list, including the Norwegian Technology Museum, a quick trip up to Holmenkolen Ski Jump, the Folk Museum, Viking Ship Museum, Kon-Tiki Museum, the Fram Museum, and the Norwegian Resistance Museum. We also managed a few good walks through parks, by the Royal Palace, and some of the busier shopping districts. The Radison Blu, where we spent our nights, also gave us a great taste of a true Norwegian breakfast, complete with various gormet cheeses, salmon, herring, coldcuts, fruits, veggies, sausages, breads, crackers, pastes, etc. etc. etc!! Very tasty! And, it cut the need for any big meals the rest of the day! Our first evening on Oslo though, we did manage to get out for what I considered a GREAT meal -- I'd been craving a juicy, American-style burger and fries, so we hit up TGI Fridays -- mmm! After our stay in Oslo, we took the train on to Lillehammar - site of the 1994 Winter Olympics! So our first stop in Lillehammar was up to the ski jump where the opening ceremonies were held and a quick look around the Norwegian Olympic Museum which provided a nice history of all of the Olympic games. Our second day in Lillehammar took us to the Maihaugen Museum, which had an excellent open-air museum with tens of old buildings and houses from yester-year Norway. A perfect day outside for exploring this site!Next it was on to Trondheim for the rest of the week. After over two months here, I finally managed to set foot in Nidaros catherdral! Another major event of the week was taking the free bus to IKEA for an exquisite dinner of meatballs and a night of shopping -- Ahh.... the simple pleasures :-)
Our last adventure was a day trip to the town of Roros - a little old mining town about two hours from Trondheim. Here we saw our first Norwegian SNOW!!! Ski season is on the way! Roros already had about 4 inches of snow, which made the town even more picturesque. Along with wandering the snowy streets, we toured the Roros museum, which provided a nice history of the town's mining history. A great end to an excellent week!
Our last adventure was a day trip to the town of Roros - a little old mining town about two hours from Trondheim. Here we saw our first Norwegian SNOW!!! Ski season is on the way! Roros already had about 4 inches of snow, which made the town even more picturesque. Along with wandering the snowy streets, we toured the Roros museum, which provided a nice history of the town's mining history. A great end to an excellent week!
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