18 Apr 2026 – Floating 24/7 Saunas
Wed: NAF/Skippergata4 for InternationalDriverPermit, not necessary but like to have despite that my NorwegianDriver’sLicense does not expire until 01-15-2050 and is recognised EU&EEA-countries. Need to set a check&control for myself to stop driving completely when the time comes – at present still OK but not in the dark. Learnt that my Norwegian license which is supposedly to be expired in 2050 will be expired in 2033. This time round there was no charge for my InternationalDriverPermit/NOK320~S$45 as their system was unable to handle the card-payment.
Amazing new changes since last here in the inner Oslo-fjord area! FloatingSauna 24/7 – wow! Must try if I ever get here again during cold weathers. https://norwayexplained.com/floating-saunas-in-oslo/
Short stroll to the train station on a cool breezy morning – such a contrast from when first here in 1967…
Good to get indoors to feel my fingers again and finally a hot-dogNOK39~S$5.30 with both fried&raw onions. Train to Jessheim 36mins NOK122~S$17.50/round-trip ticket for Seniors.
View from Kari&Bjørn’s apt; have visited them in every location they have lived since we met in Dublin/Ireland 1968,
including their summer-cabin@Filtvet,Porsgrunn,Hammerfast,Jessheim/Norway in 2 other different homes and now their 3rd home here – a lovely&spacious pensionist-apt with 3-bedrooms+2baths,living&balcony on one level. Appreciations for their friendship over the decades and thank you for good memories.
https://amylamsg.com/2010/09/03/jessheim-filtvet/
A good chuckle reminiscing over their medical-school years(50yrs ago last year since they graduated) when it was once upon a time for me and where Kari&Bjørn are concerned happily ever after do exist – hahaha!
Anyone can have a once-upon-a-time or a happily-ever-after, but it’s the journey between that makes the story worth telling -ChrisColfer
Pleasant train-ride with beautiful clouds – tram NOR23~S$3SingleSenior back before dark. Not long ago would have walked instead of taking bus,tram or subway here! – such is life.
Thu: 10days ago still frost on the ground, today’s picture tells a different story with anticipation&hopes of spring has truly sprung.
That is one good thing about this world…there are always sure to be more springs ― L.M. Montgomery
Glorious day for a short&slow walk with first experience@BakeMeUp by UllevallStadium – quite a selection of baked goods, appetite was not quiet there to taste anything.
Would have liked to walk up to Sognsvann but had to be content to be able to walk on this pedestrian/bicycle bridge, watched the traffic and turned around, first time on foot across this bridge over Ring3.
Fri: tkx to #6 for sharing his book on the confirmation classes he is attending – hopefully he will understand why my presence is not important as long as he knows that my heart is always with him and that he grows up to be the decent man he aspires to be. Tenk på det!/Think about it – Å være perfekt og å være et godt menneske er ikke det samme/To be perfect and to be a good person are not the same.
Sat: packing&tidying up to catch FinnAir-flight back to SIN tomorrow after a month of my mess in the basement.