A weekend walk

It's snowing! After a slow morning, some breakfast and a little blogging we decided to go out for a winter's walk down to the local jetty, Aker Brygge.










Should we take the "trikk"? Nah, let's throw caution to the wind and get a little exercise. The public transportation in this country is absolutely wonderful. Trikk's (cable cars), T-bane/Tog (trains) and buses are running everyday and late into the night. Sure beats a taxi ride where you can expect to pay through the nose every time you step into one.

Anyway, back to our afternoon adventure...


Courtesy of the wonderful, world-wide web (aka - www):
For more than a century Aker Brygge was the site of a shipyard, Akers Mekaniske Verksted. Since 1986, when the workshops were opened as the first stage in the Aker Brygge development, this site has become a small township with shopping malls, apartment buildings, offices, restaurants, a cinema, a theatre and a health-and-fitness centre. This unique sea-front boardwalk is one of Oslo's primary attractions. More than 5,000 people live and work in the area. The buildings are distinctive, with their combination of old, venerable shipyard buildings and modern architecture. In the summer months Aker Brygge is Oslo's primary and most popular meeting place, teeming with people both day and night, enjoying Aker Brygge's numerous attractions.Shops, restaurants, apartments and offices, cinemas, bars & pubs, marina, parking house etc. Exciting architecture and a panorama view of the Oslo fjord. All this makes Aker Brygge Oslo's unique pearl window to the sea.












Here we are entering the boardwalk area (Chris is in the background). It has been awhile since we have been down this way and a few things have changed since the summer. Quite a few sculptures have been added and the new office/apartment complexes are well underway.

Hey, we need to stop here to buy some of that dairy free sour cream that you like. And of course, you just can't buy one thing. Fortunately, we only ended up with one bag (sour cream, bread and mozzarella cheese for a pizza later on tonight). In all of our travels, we have always been fascinated by foreign grocery stores and market places. I'll have to write a separate blog on Norwegian grocery stores and Dagligvar's (daily markets that sell fruits, veg and daily necessities).





While heading home we entered an alley way and caught a fantastic whiff of pizza dough wafting through the cold, crisp air. Stomach to brain....feed me! Funny enough we had talked about making pizza at home tonight, oh well you can't stop Pavlov's dog! Woof!! It was a delicious pizza with tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, mushrooms, artichokes and olives. And it only cost $30 for a 10" pizza. A bargain for sure.



On the way home after lunch, we ran into this contraption. Talk about a street sweeper. I guess the snow is probably at the 2" mark and it doesn't look like there is going to be much more. Chris was hoping for more.





I don't know, just thought this was funny...Anybody else seeing double?

It is an add for a glasses shop, their January sale for 30, 50 & 70% off.








Well the troops are tired. Good thing we are back home as it looks like someone needs a nap (in fact I can hear her snoring in the background as I type. Have a great weekend everyone!