14/06/2023 – Here-There-Everywhere

14 Jun 2023 – Time to Meet With Friends

Sun: Årungen is a lake in Norway in the municipality of Ås about 18 miles south of OSL which is notable for being an environment containing microscopic creatures called collodictyons. The area of the water is 1.17km² and it is 34m above sea level. Was hoping go bird-watching with #6&his father, but had such a lousy Sat night sleep, decided to skip it to sleep most of the morning.

Mon: a glorious walk into town feasting the eyes with these and the nose with their fragrance, no do not know the names of them! The eyes are slightly teary and the nose snuffy, but that too shall pass…

OsloTransportMuseum@Majorstuen(Norway’s largest collection of vintage trams&buses), ChatNoir/OlavVs-gate with NinaSundbyes sculpture of LeifJuster. Having time to sit quietly to notice the tigers near the top of the lamp-posts@FridtjofNansensPlass.

Thank you to Leng for lunch@GoldenMountain – have been told that it was one of the first Chinese restaurants set up here! First experience here and the fried-rice was decent, have not had rice since I left SIN! Looks like one of the CityHall’s blocks is covered either for cleaning or otherwise?

A short visit to the new stunning Deichman main library(5-levels) where the architecture actually compliments the OperaHouse with such a Nordic feeling in my eyes – imagine what it can look like when there is a lot of snow outside on the ground, the real WinterWonderLand.

Nice view towards the OSL-fjord on the upper levels and unusual ceiling lightings on the ground-level.

Drama on the way – many fire engines and road block to later read that there was a fire@Grensen17, Too long an article to translate, but looks like things are under control with no one hurt and thank goodness no one lives there.

https://www.aftenposten.no/oslo/i/0QOlLB/brannen-i-oslo-sentrum-ikke-slukket

Tue: appreciation to Stein&his lovely daughter Ida for taking the time to drive from Tønsberg(~105k from OSL.) and thank you for lunch@EgonUllevål. Have known Stein since our Dublin student days, and half a century is a long time ago, but sometimes it seems like yesterday. It was 10yrs ago since we last met, https://amylamsg.com/2013/07/11/tonsberg/

Wed: everything to be moved into the other house so that our last day in this house is ready for the cleaners to do their work. Not being of any help, will try not to be in the way –

memories of the stress with all the moves when the children were younger, and hopefully to not have to make another move of this sort in this life-time!

Will miss seeing this beautiful garden and the window filled with glass-bottles. Looks like the neighbour across the street is having their windows painted&cleaned.

Peaceful&quiet thru’ VestreAker Church&Churchyard, first time noticing this horse+horseman sculpture headstone despite having been many times thru’ here.

JacobAall’sGate where the family used to live and Sorgenfrigata=SorrowfreeRd, a road with such a name must be a good place to live – hahaha.

Bogstadveien for a refreshing ice-latte@ExpressoHouse

Norrøna a Norwegian brand of outdoor clothing&sports gear has their tagline Welcome To Nature in 20Languages. How many of the 20Languages are you able to really read&understand besides Norwegian #1, English #6?? Could not afford this expensive brand unless on sale, but was pleased to get a pair of shoes on sale a few shops down.