Oslo Exploration

Today is my last full day in Norway. I will be leaving tomorrow at noon for the airport. I'm sad that I'm leaving, but I really miss my family and my home.

Anyways, we made the most of today. Hanne took me and Parker on a bus, a train

and a subway to meet Liv Tone. Subway selfie!

We went to a statue park where you could climb on the statues and took some funny pictures. Parker and I had a contest to see who could find this statue first. I won. I posed like the statue, but I had to smile instead of frown because I was so happy to have found it first.

We also had a contest to see who could take the funniest picture. I took a few.

 

This one is Parker's

We tried to visit an art museum, but it was closed on Mondays, so we couldn't go in. We went to the beach instead. Parker and Liv Tone went swimming.

 Hanne and I did not. Hanne, the braid master, did my hair. I liked it.

Next, we went to see the castle where the royal family of Norway live. It was cool. We took some pictures with a guard. Here's Liv Tone with the guard,

this is Parker,

and then there's me.

After we ate lunch, we went to the Opera House. It was really bright because the outside was white and it was very sunny out. Hanne posed for a picture.

While we were walking the streets in Oslo, we saw plenty of street performers, mostly musicians. There was also a clown and this one guy who made paintings with spray paint. He was really good! There was a big crowd watching him. He would grab a can, test spray it, spray some lines that looked really random to those watching, then flip the can in his hand and put it back with the other colors. Occasionally he would grab special can and a lighter and then spray flames onto the painting to dry it. Here are some pictures. 

 

 

 It was really interesting to watch how he turned a blank canvas into this in about ten minutes.

We saw the floating person trick again.

Later, we went for a short walk to see some other stuff. There was a carving of an inverted face that always seemed to be looking at you.

 

 

And then, there was the talking lamp post. We were walking by this lamp post when I heard some words coming from speakers. I was like, "Hey guys, do you hear that?", and they decided to tell me that they couldn't. Ohhh, I was so mad when I found out they had been tricking me. They kept up the act for hours, and by the end I was only about 30% sure they were tricking me. The other 70% was confusion. Parker was like "You're crazy." I knew I wasn't hallucinating, but nobody else admitted that they could hear the lamp post. The recording was really creepy too, it kept saying random and creepy things. I was so mad.

If you want to hear a short recording, just search "lamp in depression" on youtube, it should be the first thing that pops up. You will probably be able to see why I was mad when they told me they couldn't hear it. It was creepy!