Today we took a ferry to see the Viking ships. These ships were actually buried in the 9th century; if you were important, you were buried along with a ship, many material goods, and even your slaves and dogs to help you out in the next world. A peculiar practice, to say the least. But it gives us the chance to see what an actual 9th century ship looked like. They are quite beautiful in their curved construction.
We also saw the ship the Fram, which Amundsen sailed to the South Pole, which is housed inside a building. Other than that, walking around Oslo, observing the city and the Saturday afternoon crowds.
How rich is Norway? So rich that they hire Swedes to work as waiters in their restaurants. We ate dinner at a restaurant in a building constructed in 1641. I ate reindeer, and it was excellent.
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