Coming Full Circle

     We were in Oslo partly to see the paintings of Edvard Munch. However, the National Museum, where many of them hang, was closed. We went to the Munch Museum, only to learn that many of the paintings there were not on display. The galleries were under construction. At least entrance was free because of it. And we got to see large murals that probably would not have been able to travel.

     So we didn’t get to see Munch's famous The Scream.

      But in the men's room I got to see The Smile.

     The next day we went to the Nobel Peace Center. It was heartening and depressing at the same time. The cycle of hope and progress followed by steps back. This generation holds hope again. 

There was an installation about their demonstrations about climate change, inspired by 16-year-old Greta Thunberg of Sweden.

     We walked home via the National Palace, which was being decorated for May 1, Labor Day. 

      We rode around on the trams all day because most places were closed, then we caught the ferry back to Copenhagen.

    I thought this blog would be a good rainy day activity. I expected to post more. But in the first 29 days of the trip, we had only four days (give or take) of rain, and most of those were when we were on a train. We actually were regretting bringing so many winter-weight clothes. Then on our return to Copenhagen, it was 38°F/3°C. The high winds made it feel a lot colder and caused a cycle-one (or bike-lone).

      The weather worked out perfectly also because we had planned for this part of our stay to be a recovery. We stayed in a hotel connected to a water spa and got massages today. No worries about missing out on another gorgeous spring day or having to sightsee Copenhagen, which we had done on our first two—day stay here.