Rest of the journey!!!

Because of reasons, I haven't posted anything after week seven. So I decided to combine the rest in one post. Enjoy!

Day 52: July 16

Day 53: July 17
Day 54: July 18
Day 55: July 19
Day 56: July 20
Day 57: July 21
Day 58: July 22
Day 59: July 23
Day 60: July 24
Day 61: July 25

Day 62: July 26 - August 3
During these days Eline invited two very close friends of them, Bjørn Sigurd and Wenche, and their daughters, Maria and Rebekka and Ann Iren, our neighbor and her son, Adrian over to L/B Marie and go on a cruise with the boat. To check out what I did these days go to: levebaatenmariecruise.blogspot.com

Day 71: August 4
Day 72: August 5
Day 73: August 6
Day 74: August 7
Day 75: August 8
Day 76: August 9
Day 77: August 10
Day 78: August 11
Day 79: August 12
Final day in Norway! :´(
I said goodbye to Eline before she left for work at about 7 am. When Tore came back he asked me if I could help him with one more thing on Gleden, but as it was raining we waited for a bit, but about an hour later it stopped raining so I did my last job with Gleden, to re-position the anchors. By this time I had everything packed, but can never be to precautious  about forgetting something, which I did; I forgot a black jacket from my dad, but he never uses it.
At 13:30, Jon Andreas (mom's cousin) picked me up and took me to Onkel Fredrik's house to pick my grandpa and take us to the airport. He also helped us check in our bags. We said goodbye to him and them Opa and I where left alone in the airport for an hour before an attendant brought a wheelchair for my grandpa, because he ordered this wheelchair-help-thing.
After passing police we went directly to our gate, because it was already boarding. Opa sat in the although-it-looks-just-like-economy-class-it-is-considered-business-class class and I sat net to an Argentinian lady, so we chatted for a bit, but then I asked the flight attendants if I could sit next to my grandfather and they let me do it.
In France we also had the wheelcjair service, but this guy didn't know much English as the woman in Norway, so it was harder to communicate with him, but he took us to the "Business lounge" where my grandpa could go because he had business tickets. So we stayed there until it was time to board our flights which took off at the same time. Because our flights left from the opposite poles of the terminal I left my grandpa with the wheelchair assistant to take him to his gate while I went to mine and board the plane to Santiago.

And thus, I left Europe. But, in the words of California's Austrian ex-governor: "I'll be back". No seriously, I'll be back in a month.

Day 80: August 13

After 14 freaking hours of flight and 5 movies later, I arrive in Santiago where then I will take the last stretch to get home after 80 days gone.

Week four, five, six and seven!

Combined post of weeks four through seven!

Dag 22: juni 16
Today we fixed Raskesara. We had to take the boat to the other side of the island so a friend of Tore's who owes a shipyard could lift the boat out of the water. Apparently, the problem was that on of the flaps the boat didn't have enough hydraulic fluid because it was broken. So we put a knew pump and placed new fluid in it. And to test that it worked Tore sped the boat up to 45 knots (81 km/h approx.)

Dag 23: juni 17
Not much happened today, I did not do much (of what I can remember).

Dag 24: juni 18
Today I left home at 11 o'clock to bike through the city. First I took a different route than usual (instead of turning right I continued straight). I arrived at the Vigeland Park, but continued along for two more blocks and ended up at the Colosseum Kino (theater). I continued my journey north on what is known as "Ring 2" (Oslo has three highways/roads that circle around the city, been "Ring 1" the inner most and "Ring 3" the outer most one). Then I remembered that this was the way to my uncle's house. I tried to remember all the directions to his house, but when he drove me there he took many detours to show me some nice buildings and roads of the city. So at one point I got lost and decided to go back downtown (anyway I just wanted to see if anyone was home and say hi). I went to the Opera house and stayed there for about two hours (free Wifi) until my cellphones battery died.
At around 6 o'clock I met with my cousin Fredrik and two of his friends near the rådhus. We walked around a bit and then went to the Fotballfesten to watch the rest of the Netherlands-Australia match. And then we watched the Chile-Spain game (Chile won, Spain is out!).

My cousin (left), two of his friends and I watching the Chile-Spain game.

Dag 25: juni 19
Yesterday, Fredrik and I agreed that if the weather was nice we would meet at a train station and then go to a lake with some of his friends, but it was raining so I thought the plan was canceled, but apparently it was only raining in Killigen and not downtown, so Fredrik was waiting for me over there, but I never showed up. He also sent me a message, but I didn't receive it until around 5:30, because of the slow Internet or something.
So I just stayed at home for the day.

Dag 26: juni 20
Today I stayed home, help Tore with the boat and I watched the Switzerland-France match.

Dag 27: juni 21
Here in Norway they celebrate "San Hans" (translation: "Saint John's"), which is the longest day in the year which is actually the night between the 23rd and 24th. But as this year that would fall on a Monday-Tuesday, when everyone has to work, many people decided to do a pre-San Hans today. Here it is a custom to burn a large bonfire before midnight and the fire will continue after midnight.
So on this island we all gathered on the northern part of it and had a big barbecue and around 10 we lit the bonefire.
We had a very nice time and when it was time to go home, as Tore could barely walk straight because of all the alcohol he drank, he asked me if I could bring the little boat from the house so he didn't have to walk back (even though it's only about 200 meters).

Dag 28: juni 22
Today it was raining and everyone had a hangover (except me). So the day didn't even start until 1:30.

Dag 29: juni 23
Today is the real "St. Hans". So to celebrate we invited many friends and neighbours for dinner. We where 12 people in total with a lot of food and wine. It was a nice gathering and everyone was happy.
But after this night, the days will slowly, but surely, start getting shorter.

Dag 30: juni 24
Today my cousin Fredrik invited me to play bowling with him and a couple of his friends. I got 4th the first time and 3rd the second time (btw, I haven't played bowling in 4 years).
After that we went to eat at a TGIFriday's, even though it was a tuesday.

Dag 31, 32, 33: juni 25, 26, 27
This three days weren't packed with much action. Mostly I helped Tore with the boat, helped Eline with cleaning Marie and a couple of times I went downtown to see some football matches.

Dag 34: juni 28
Today is the great match between Brazil and Chile; two times in a row they meet in the first knockout round (I don't think this happened by accident). But this time Chile did way better.

Dag 35: juni 29
Today at 11 o'clock I left Oslo to go to Elverum (about 2 hours north of Oslo) to visit part of the family. I stayed at my second cousin once removed Anne's, house (second cousin once removed = my mom's second cousin). She and her husband are very nice people, so is the rest of the family over there. Later this day we visited Anne's mother who is a lovely woman and she is the cousin of my grandfather.

Dag 36: juni 30
Anne took me to the famous Forestry museum where Stine, Anne's daughter, works at. This museum is very nice and informative, but kind of weird, because only some random texts are in English, not that there is a specific expositions are in English, just random ones throughout the museum.
Anne also took me to the church where my great-grandparents are buried. And she also took me for a tour of Elverum. Before going back home we stopped at a house which is now used as a small picture gallery showing the history of Elverum and in one of the pictures is my great-great-grandfather.

Dag 37: juli 1
Today we visited the farm where my grandfather used to go on summer vacations. It was also the farm house of many family member which are to confusing to write down. But before going there we stopped at a house in Rena where we had a family reunion/100th birthday celebration of my great-grandmother in 1999. I can't remember anything from the reunion, but at home we have a picture of (almost) all the family with the house in the background, so I was able to recognize the house.
The farm house now belongs to Anne and her husband and they did a great job of remodeling it. It is a very beautiful cottage (even though they don't like that word).
After dinner, Anne and Frode took me on a rowing ride through the river. It was calm and warm even though it was like 22:30 or so.

Dag 38: juli 2
Back to Oslo! I had a great time in Elverum, even if it rained every day (except, of course, today). I said goodbye to my relatives in Elverum after a nice breakfast with them and departed back to Oslo. When I arrived, Eline told me to walk to her workplace so Tore can pick us both up.
For dinner, Tore, Eline and I took Tante Ingeborg to a restaurant and there we met with Irya, Ingrid and Niels (her husband). (And I got to drive the car!)

Dag 39: juli 3
Today I prepared my bag for my trip to Stavanger (city on the west coast of Norway).

Dag 40: juli 4
I left Oslo at 10am on the bus. After 10 hours of sitting in a bus (it would have been 9 if it weren't for a tire blowout we had) I arrived in Stavanger, a very beautiful on the west coast of Norway. The scenery on the trip amazed me a lot; many lakes with various houses around them, some waterfalls and rivers I saw from below as me crossed the bridge through the valley.
I was greeted by my cousin Espen (third cousin, actually). He took me to his apartment, where he lives with his roommate, Martin. I stayed there during my time in Stavanger.

Dag 41: juli 5
Today my uncle and aunt Østein and Pia (actually second cousins once removed (now that I have learned what the "removed" means)), drove me for a tour of Stavanger and took me to visit my grandfather's cousin, Onkel Olav. He was very happy to see me adn I, likewise.
After they brought me back to the apartment and waited for Espen to return from his work, he, Martin and I watched  a horrible movie about zombie sheep, but then we watched Gangs of New York which was way better.

Dag 42: juli 6
Østein and Pia invited Espen, Ingrid, Martin and I to their house for a barbecue at around 4 o'clock. We had a nice time and then Espen, Martin and I went back to the apartment.

Dag 43: juli 7
Today I left Stavanger back to Oslo. It was a very nice trip to visit more of the family and travel to other cities in Norway. After the nine and a half hour trip I was very tired and a neighbour-friend of Eline and Tore invited us for dinner, but we didn't stay long over there, because everyone was also tired.

Dag 44: juli 8
Today I rested from my journey back to Oslo. I actually don't know why I had to rest since I didn't do much yesterday, only sit for 9 hours on a bus.
For dinner we invited Ingrid and Fredrik (Ingrid's son; yes, another Fredrik) I think it was the first I met this Fredrik. We had a nice conversation and dinner.
I planed on going to the Fotballfesten to watch the Germany-Brazil game, but by the time we finished dinner and Ingrid and Fredrik left it was to late to go there, because it would've been to full, so we watched the Brazilians get sweeped by the Germans.

Dag 45: juli 9
Eline bought me a ticket to a guided tour through the Royal Palace at noon. They made me put on some shoe covers and they didn't let us touch anything, but it was a very interesting and entertaning tour. This palace is actually very small compared to other palaces in Europe.
After this tour, Tore took me for my first trip on Gleden around the island. It floats! And it moves! It's alive!

Dag 46: juli 10
In the morning I helped Tore with Gleden and in the afternoon Eline and I picked up Tante Nuse (Eline's aunt) and went to visit Tante Ingeborg. We bought strawberries on the way, so we could eat some with her. She was looking very good adn happy to see us.

Dag 47: juli 11
Today we were supposed to go to Fredrikstad to visit some friends of Eline and Tore, but one of the friends had a some medical problems, so only Eline and Tore went over there leaving me alone with the boat (party!). I would've invited my cousin Fredrik over or something down that line, but he and his family where in Italy on vacation.

Dag 48: juli 12
Tore asked me if I could paint the outside of Gleden so to keep myself occupied while I was alone I decided to do that. I don't know why Tore trusts me with painting, I haven't had Art class in more that four years and I was never good at it in the first place. Yet, I did a pretty nice job, if I do say so myself.
When I returned from Gleden I realized that the power was off, apparently a fuse burnt. I called Eline for help and she called a neighbour to fix the problem.
It was so hot today that I decided to go for a swim, a very short one.
I tried to go to watch the match for third place downtown, but the line to get in this Fotballfesten was about one block long. So I watched the match at home :)

Dag 49: juli 13
When I woke up I decided to paint the last quarter I didn't do yesterday.
Eline and Tore came back from Fredrikstad at around 5pm right before it started raining, but by then the paint already had dried.
And of course we watched the World Cup final. It was a good match and in the end Germany obtained their fourth title.

Dag 50: juli 14
As Eline is now on vacation, there was no need to wake up before 8 o'clock. Today Eline and I went shopping to teh local supermarket and I think we bought the entire store. Also, today was cleaning day and I cleaned my room in the lower deck after a month and a half.

Dag 51: juli 15
Today Eline and I took Tante Ingeborg to the hospital so they could change the cast on her leg. After that we went to a huge shopping mall for lunch and to by some things for her. We forgot a cushion Tante Ingeborg used on her wheelchair at the mall. So after leaving Ingeborg at the rehab center we went to the mall to look for it and successfully brought it back.

Something that confuses me a lot when people talk in Norwegian, other than the fact that I don't understand what they are saying, is that their "and" is written "og", but pronounced "o" and in Spanish "o" is the English "or" (which in Norwegian is "eller"). So, sometimes I get lost when they say "this og that", they mean "this and that" and not "this or that".

Week Three!

Week three!

Day 15: June 9th
As today was a holiday (still don't know why, and I have asked some of the family and neither they knew) Jon Andreas (my second uncle) invited me to a Barbecue with the Lange's. It was the first time I had red meat since I arrived in Norway. First my uncle took me for a little sight-seeing through...... We had a very nice time though I felt kind of guilty that everyone has to speak English around me (although, English isn't my first language either).

Writing last week's post.

Day 16: June 10th
Today I met a friend of my mother's who invited me for dinner with her husband, son and her. It was also the first time I took a tram in Norway, because we took one to her home. We met at a Tram stop and waited a couple of minutes for her son to arrive. We had a nice dinner of "sushi" (actually just fish with soy sauce and wasabi).

On my way to the Tram Station I saw this competition of Cross-country skiing (with roller blades). The Norwegians are eager for Winter to start Cross-country skiing (with skis) again.

Day 17: June 11th
Helped Tore on the construction of Gleden.

The progress.

And then he took me to see a sailing competition and we were supposed to cheer for one of Tore's friends, but we couldn't find him with all the sailing boats there.

Some of the sailing boats at the competition.

Day 18: June 12th
Today was the first day of the World Cup! Excited? And what better teams to start it off than Brazil and ...Croatia? Ok, to be fair, they scored the first goal. Anyway, in downtown Oslo they are having this Fotballfesten (translation: "Football Festival") where they have this giant screen and benches to watch the Cup. So I decided to go and check it out. But what I didn't expect was a line two block long of people waiting to get in and see the match. I looked around to see if any relative where in line so I could scoot in, but no. So I thought it would be better to just go home and see the match from there. But on my way to my bike I see that a little bar had a screen outside for people to watch and I stayed there until Croatia shot the first goal and went back home.

Day 19: Friday the 13th!
During the day I help Tore with the construction of the catamaran and at 22:30 I left the house/boat to go see the football match between Chile and Australia in downtown Oslo with started at midnight, but I had to get there an hour early to get in line to go see it. I didn't know that there are so many Chileans in Oslo, because this place was packed with 98% Chileans and 2% Australians. I stayed there until halftime and decided to go home to see the rest.

At the Fotballfesten one hour before the match. Many Chileans as you can see.

They have a good sense of humor at the Fotballfesten.

The Chileans are already chanting for their team even before the match started.

Full moon on Friday the 13th. Coincidence? I think not!

 Day 20: June 14th
I arrived home to see the last 30 minutes of the match and, of course, Chile won.

Around 11 we went on a trip to Holmen on the most beautiful boat I've ever seen (I have to tell Eline and Tore that the Levebåten Marie is actually the most beautiful so I can keep living here). It took the owner 18 years to rebuild since he rescued it from the ocean floor (and it paid off). Since we arrived in Holmen every single person over there looked at the boat in amazement and asked the owners if they could come aboard and touch it.
We stayed there for about 5 hours and then we returned in Raskesara (a sporty-type boat Eline and Tore have). During the trip back, Tore realized that one of the flappers that balance the boat was broken. At 8 o'clock Tore and Eline left to go to a dinner they were invited to. So I just watched some TV and read my book.

Day 21: June 15th
Today Eline and I visited some relatives that invited us for lunch (all of my relatives in Norway are either my second or third uncles/aunts or cousins). We had a time and I was glad to meet new relatives.
Eline let me drive her car (yeah!), so it was the first time I drove an automatic (easy).
After the lunch with the relatives, Eline got the nice idea to go the famous park called "Frogner Park", although the section we visited is know as "Vigelandsanlegget" (translation: "Vigeland installation") which is a big tourist attraction in Oslo. Inside the park there are many sculptures made my Gustav Vigeland and it is the world's largest sculpture park made by a single artist.

Vigeland's Park. You can see many of the scultures and the "Monolitt" (the pillar in the back). 

Week 2: The Journey Continues

Sorry I didn't upload this post on time. Due to low Internet connectivity it wouldn't let my publish it.

Second week in beautiful Norway. Lovely weather except for a couple of days (I'll get into detail about that). This week was the first time I went to downtown Oslo and actually became a "tourist".

Day 8: mandag
Today I mostly helped Tore with the construction of "Gleden" (translation: "happiness"). This time I took pictures.

Gleden under construction.

Day 9: tirsdag
First day as an official tourist in Oslo! I woke up early so that I could catch a ride downtown with Eline, who was going to work. They left me off about 10 blocks north-east of the rådhus (translation: "City Hall"). So my first thought was to go to the rådhus, but on my way there I saw signs for the Opera House, which Eline told me was a beautiful piece of architecture.

This is the Opera House. A very modern piece of Architecture. You can walk or take your bike on the roof

View from the roof of the Operahus. Isn't Oslo pretty?

So I went there and walked of the roof, which is one of the many amazing things about this building and saw the sunrise (well, actually the sun never set, so technically, I just saw the sun rise). After that I walked west a little bit and ended up in the Akershus Festning (translation: Akershus Fortress). This fortress has successfully survived all sieges, primarily by Swedish forces. So it did what it was supposed to do. Inside the fortress there is a museum called Norway's Resistance Museum and I was interested in going but opens at 10 o'clock and it was only 8:30. So, instead I continued my walk through the fortress and after a while I found an exit that was close to the rådhus. Before entering the city hall they have some wooden frescos showing some important figures of the Norse Mythology, like Thor and the Valkyries.

View of Oslo from the Akershus Fortress. The building on the right is the rådhus. 

Inside, the Oslo City Hall looks amazing with beautiful paintings and marble floor and mosaics. There they had free water and by that time I was very thirsty, so...
After my visit to the rådhus I went to my aunts workplace to have lunch there. On my way there an American tourist asked me for directions to somewhere, but I told him I was also a tourist. So after lunch I resumed my tourist day and decided to go to the Resistance Museum, but it was full of tourists so I couldn't get in. I decided to go back to the Operahus where they had free wifi and stayed there till 3 o'clock where I had to go back to my aunts work where we were picked up by Tore.

The rådhus from the side facing the Sea.

Main entrance to the City Hall. You can see an astronomical clock on the center right. 

One of the wooden frescos on the main entrance to the rådhus. This one is of Thor riding his chariot through the sky. 

Main hall of the rådhus. Very pretty with nice paintings.

This is a moisac in the main hall. The picture above this one was taken where these stairs lead to.

During my tourist day I saw this and I found it pretty :)

Downtown close to were my aunt works.

After arriving home I could't help Tore with the boat, because I was too tired.

Day 10: onsdag
RAIN! First day of rain. A lot of rain, so I was stranded inside the house/boat and didn't do much. (Well, I can't complain much, in Chile they were having one of their worst storms). The first week I was here everyone was telling me that the weather, been so nice as it was, wasn't normal for Norway; they were expecting this rain to come.

First day of mayor rain. You can see the rain drops on the water.

Day 11: torsdag
MORE RAIN! Something happened to the Internet since the storm of Tuesday; it has been going very slow. So slow that sometimes I can't even send an e-mail.
Once again, I didn't do much.

Nugatti, Norwegian version of Nutella (P.S: Nutella is better. Don't tell that to a Norwegian.)

Day 12: fredag
Sun! Again a nice day, but there where still some gray clouds in the sky. Today we continued on the building of Gleden.

Cleaning the deck of Levebåten Marie.

Eline and I.

Day 13: lørdag
In downtown Oslo today there was a Musikkfest (translation: "Music Festival") where they placed a lot of mini stadiums (I think 30 in total) and many Norwegian bands (none that I knew) played for a couple of hours. There was a great variety of genres to pick from. The transportation method I used to get downtown was using a bicycle instead of car like last time (here bicycles are one of the most used ways to get from A to B). It's only about 6km form the Levebåten so in less than half an hour I was there. The first band I listened to (shown in the picture below) were a folk-rock band which I didn't catch their name (or I forgot) and played in a stadium in Eidsvolls plass (translation: "Eidsvolls park"). I stayed there for a couple of minutes and then moved on to the band that was playing in front of the rådhus. For some reason I can remember what they were playing (18 years old and already with memory problems). Moving on, I saw other 3 bands downtown, all of which were playing rock songs (one of them made some great Led Zeppelin cover songs).

One of the many bands playing that day in downtown Oslo. This one was the one playing Led Zeppelin covers.

Around 4 o'clock I decided to go back home. Where I'm living it's kind of a gated community and the only way to get to the Levebåten is by a boat that takes you to the island Killigen where all the boats are docked, or by a key to open a gate (or by swimming, but I didn't want to do that). SO, when I arrived there no was home, therefore no one could pick me up. To kill some time I decided to bicycle around Bygdøy. I took a very nice path that borders the Fjord. After about 20 minutes I turned around and went back home. Guess what, still no one home, but after waiting for about 10 minutes a neighbours sees me and gives me a lift.
That was about it for today.

Photo of Killigen (left) from Bygdøy. You might be able to see Levebåten Marie from here.

Day 14: søndag
The last day of Week 2 was the day I finally swam in the Fjords. "The temperature is warm" they said. "It's nice" they said. The second I jumped into the water (other than thinking that was a good idea) I completely forgot that the Fjords are salt water, so I was kind of lost when I my lips felt salty when I was underwater.
Also, today we were visited by one of the neighbours and his girlfriend who is Chinese and she prepared some amazing food. So we talked and ate for a long time and before we knew it, it was bed time.

First swim in the Fjords (cold!)

Also, first time having to peel a shrimp.

Week 1: The Beginning ...of the end (not really)

This is the first post of this blog in which I will tell my "journey" (get it... Because of the title...) though Norway, a mystical land that the vikings used to call "home"; now a beautiful country home of >5 million people.

I'm going to post a post (duh...) each week, as a summary of what I experienced those 7 days.

I'm writing this blog for my family, so they know of my journey though Norway, but anyone who wants to read it, feel free to do so as this is a blog, and that is what blogs are for.

Day 1: Monday
After ~14 hours of flying on Airfrance (btw, great service... and I'm not paid to say that) from Santiago to Paris, and a 2 hours layover, and a 2 and a half hours flight from there to Oslo, and an hour on train from the airport (which is not even near the city) my aunt picks me up from the train station and takes to her house, which, by the way, is a boat (very common here in Norway to have a boat as your house). When I arrived at her houseboat a got a very warm welcome (that's very typical in Norway) from she and her husband. As I mentioned, they live in a boat, more specifically a Catamaran, so my bedroom is in one of the hulls (cosy). After having pasta with salmon for dinner and a little chat I fell asleep quickly after 30 hours awake (you know it's impossible to sleep on the plane).

This is the houseboat I was taking about. It is very known here in the Norwegian Fjord, it has appeared in many commercials.

Day 2: Tuesday
13hrs, late start (well for me it was only 7 in the morning), sun high in the sky. After having some break/lunch, Tore, my aunt's husband, asked me if I could help him with the construction of his boat (another Catamaran, smaller that the "Levebåten" (translated: "Life boat")) I didn't take any picture of the construction that day, so then you can see the progress we have made. And for dinner they took me to what is known as a "Brun Kaffe (translated: "brown coffee") which is like a a little restaurant that is only accessible by boat. I had pasta with a white sauce that had bits of salmon. I still have to get used to eating dinner at 5 o'clock, instead of 8 or 9 like in Chile. 
At around 19:30 I looked at the sun and thought: "Maybe one hour or two of sun left". Later that day I see that the sun is setting, so I said: "It must be like 9 o'clo... nope, it's 11 o'clock." So at midnight I took a picture of the setting sun.

Midnight and there is still natural light, more like Midday, amiright?

Me driving a little boat they use for short travels called "September"

A very good friend of Tore and Eline (not in the picture) invited us for dinner one night.

Day 3: Wednesday
Woke up early to help Tore with the boat. Had breakfast, lunch and dinner... 
I talked to many of the neighbors and all of them seem like nice people.
And, no, I didn't have pasta with salmon today.

Tore and I working on Gleden.

Day 4: Thursday
What? You expected something else for yesterday? 
Anyway, today, Eline (my aunt) and I went to Telemark (Norwegian county) because her sister invited us. We were six people there, Eline's two sisters (with also are my aunts) with their husbands, Eline and I. The first day we didn't do much, we just looked around at the nature and at the beautiful summer house we stayed in.

Nice summer house, eh?

We had food outside (pasta with salmon again) until 11 o'clock.

View from my aunt's summer house of Telemark

Day 5: Friday
Today we went on a boat trip through the Telemarkkanalen. We boarded the MS Henrik Ibsen, one of the two boats that take tourist through the canal (the other one is MS Victoria (the MS Henrik Ibsen is better)).
To pass the canals uneven heights, the boats have to pass through a series of locks that rise the boats and helps them continue the journey. This canal was seen as "the eighth wonder" at the time it was finished.

MS Henrik Ibsen is diesel-powered ship from 1907. It sails on the Telemarkkanalen between Skien and Dalen in the summer.

Henrik Ibsen climbing the Vrangfoss staircase locks. The total height it is lifted is 23 meters and it takes about 1 hour to do so.

 

Picture of some houses along the Telemarkkanalen. Ain't it beautiful?

After the trip we went back to the summer house and played a match of croquet (I got second). With that and a nice afternoon dinner concludes this day.

Day 6: Saturday
Today we came back from Telemark and when we arrived home we chatted with more neighbors and that...

Another sunny day in Oslo.

Day 7: Sunday
Last day of this post. Today was my Grandfather's brother's birthday so I was invited to the party. After many years without seeing or talking to many relatives I finally had the possibility. It was fun to finally see them after so long.

Picture taken at the party. Left to right: My uncle, me and my granduncle.

See you next week of another post :)