We spent almost two weeks in Norway last summer with my parents. We took thousands of pictures. Highlights were: visiting the places where my father served his mission, meeting some wonderful family friends, taking a boat trip on the North Sea, learning how to knit, eating strawberries, eating lefse bread, meeting "relatives", visiting the birthplace of my grandma, meeting even more "relatives," and traveling around one of the most breathtakingly beautiful countries I have ever been to. Click on each link to direct you to even more great photos. Oslo is just the beginning.
Oslo Relatives: The man's grandma was Tanta Ruth. She's related to my grandma somehow. I actually met Tanta Ruth in 1989 while she was still alive. We visited her gravesite while we were there. The most embarrassing thing happened while we were at their house. They had the dog locked in the bathroom, and Roger thought the dog was going "potty," and he had to go. When I went out back, he had his trousers around his ankles and was duking on their lawn. We made a fast getaway as soon as I "cleaned" him up.
Above: Oslo Viking Museum
The picture above is the building that used to be the LDS meetinghouse in Oslo. It is currently the headquarters of the Communist Party of Norway, boasting about 2000 members. One of the photos in this album says "Dapsrum" which means "Baptismal Font." There used to be a big cement hole in the ground, but the hole has been filled in and it is used as a storage room.
Above was taken at the Oslo Folk Museum. I got to taste lefse bread for the first time--Delicious!
The Oslo Fram Museum: I remember coming to these museums with my family in 1989. Next to the Fram Museum are the Kon Tiki and Maritime Museums (below)
Above: Oslo Resistance Museum. Until visiting this museum, I had never understood how much Norway was involved in WWII.
Oslo's Vigeland Park. I came here in 1989 with my family, and back then these were just a bunch of naked statues. But now that I have a little more experience behind my belt, these statues had more meaning. They represent different phases and emotions in life. My absolute favorite statues were the statues where it showed the different stages starting at birth to toddler. 
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