Holmenkollen Weekend

I've just spent an amazing weekend in Oslo! On Friday after school I travelled down to Oslo with Perrine (from France) and met up with all the other exchange students. We were staying just outside of Oslo.

On Saturday morning we all went into Oslo centre. First we went to the Resistance Museum. This was a museum about Norways involvement during WWII. This was really interesting because I didn't know anything about Norway and the war. After that we went to the Nobel Peace Price Centre.

In the afternoon we had free time to wander around Oslo. A few of us walked up Karl Johans Gate. We went to the castle and had a photo with the guard there. We just wandered up the street. We happened to come across a clown. He was making balloon animals. He did it really quickly so we got him to make us a monkey in a tree. Then we went to the Opera House. We walked up onto the roof. It was quite a nice view from the top. The interior of the Opera House was really nice.

Saturday night we all went bowling and had pizza. It so much fun, even if we weren't the greatest at bowling! (although I did manage to get a strike!) Our lane was right beside a walkway. One of the girls accidentally let go of the ball when she had her arm back and it flipped up over the barrier and onto the walkway! So funny!

Sunday was Holmenkollen. We watched the ski jumping. A group of us got the best spot ever! We were at the front of one part of the stadium right behind where the ski jumpers had to walk. When they went past we cheered them, got high fives from them and talked to them! One Norwegian jumper gave us his card. It was awesome! I also ended up on National Television!

Today we had breakfast at the council in Bearum. We got a tour of the town hall. It was quite nice. We went to the viking museum. It was really cool. They had 3 original viking ships! Then we went to Fram. It was a ship that an explorer travelled to the North Pole in.. He drifted it through the ice a fair way, then got off and walked. He didn't quite make it to the North Pole but was close. He had to stay there during the winter and survived off polar bears! We got to go onto the ship. It was pretty cool.

It was a great weekend! Exploring Oslo and catching up with the exchangers!:)

Our balloon Monkey