That's me posing in the middle of a concrete maze in Oslo. The maze was part of an outdoor art installation which also featured a huge wooden see-saw which would have Health And Safety officers reaching for their notebooks were it in the UK. Here's a pic of me on the rickety dangerous see-saw.

Liberte, Egalite, Farternite


Saturday was all about culture. We visited the temporary modern art installations at the university before hiking up to the Palace to watch the changing of the guards. Here's Darren in front of the palace and here are the guards in their Phil Oakey style hats. We spent the afternoon at the National Musuem for Art, Architecture and Design and learned everything there is to know about Per Spook (he liked using sequins).
Our planned late afternoon boat cruise was cancelled by us once we saw the boat, it's hard seats and our noisy fellow cruisers. Instead we got more ice cream from McDonalds and bimbled around Akker Brygge, the old industrial quarter on the harbour now 'transformed' into expensive shops and apartments. Dinner in this area would require a small mortgage so we strolled back to the main drag and 'splashed out' on burgers and beer at the Hard Rock cafe (we could have fed six folk at the London branch for the price we paid here!).
Across the street from our hotel was The London Pub (Oslo's premier gay bar!) so, as it was Saturday night and my BF is gay, we paid a visit for a cocktail or two. We had one beer and fled. Like Frommer said; unpretentious, glum and depressing. Back at our hotel we kept the piano player company in the deserted lounge (it's Saturday night! where is everyone?) where we drank more beer and hummed along to Billy Joel tunes.