A beautiful summer day in Norway. We have been so lucky. We started a nice walk through the city to catch the Ferry out to the museums.
Our first stop was the Fram Museum
Tales of the Polar Explorers on the ship named Fram. The ship is in the museum and we walked through top to bottom. How did they do it?
In 1910 Roald Amundsen left Oslo Norway with provisions for 2 years, twenty crew and 100 sled dogs to explore the North Pole but in Madeira Amundsen told the crew his one single goal was to reach the South Pole.
A quick sandwich outside the museum, and then next up was the Kon Tiki Museum, conveniently located just across the parking lot!
In the spring of 1947, Thor Heyerdahl and six men embarked on an expedition with all odds against them. The vessel had never been tested. They were not trained sailors but they wanted to prove that they could succeed on a 100 day journey from Peru to Polynesia on a raft made from balsa.
After 101 days they reached land. They changed the world’s view of ancient sea travel. If you want more there are books and documentaries and even an Academy Award winning documentary about their journey. It was a cool museum and an amazing story.
“One can’t buy a ticket to paradise you have to find it within yourself” Thor Heyedahl.
His grand daughter is the museum curator and if you ever visit Oslo, it’s a must see.
We took the luxury ferry back and meandered one last time through the city.
And lastly the divers
Thank you Oslo for the gift of a fabulous city in a booming metropolis.
Norway has been an amazing experience. From life above the Arctic Circle, through majestic fjords, coastal fishing towns and cities that have been renewed time and again from the ashes of devastating fires and world wars, to the ultra modern, thriving and growing city of Oslo, we have travelled through bits of history that have impacted the whole world. There is no escaping the fact that we live on a very small planet, and what we do today will resonate around the globe and impact the futures of all those that follow in our footsteps. We are all connected.
