Its raining and Oslo is still awesome!

So I'm pretty sure Oslo took it as a challenge to show me just how rainy their city could be.  Knowing going into the day it was going to be a rainy one I planned to binge on museums.  

Oh and rain it did... it POURED... that heavy rain that when you use an umbrella it doesn't really stop the rain... it more like changes it from torrential downpour to a constant mist.  Even when I came out of a museum and it was only a light rain it opened up again for a real downpour.

I do, however, have to hand it to Oslo, in spite of the rain, this city is epic awesome!  The transit system alone was amazing! 

So what did I do with my day?

I started out by realizing that "take away" is notably cheaper than sitting and eating.  This started my "take away" day... with breakfast and the realization that when it's pouring rain it's next to impossible to hold an umbrella and coffee while trying to eat yogurt with a spoon.  So I started out my day a bit water logged.

I took the bus to the Kon-Tiki museum and the Tram Museum.  Both were quite awesome but you got to go into the Tram ship in the Tram museum which was super neat.  Although it did found the Tram museum smell a bit like old motors... ick!

I then jumped on the next bus and headed to the Holocaust Center which was mostly in Norwegian but they did lend me a tablet that had English translation.  I loved the location and the super green garden behind the centre (obviously so green because of all this rain!!) 

Then back with the bus to visit the Viking Museum and see some of the amazing Viking ships they had found buried in the fields.  They used to bury special people in these amazing ships with horses, carts, other people... almost Egyptian style with all the items they may need in their afterlife.

Back to the bus and I headed to the Norwegian Resistance Museum that provided details on all the efforts the Norwegians took to resist the occupation of the Germans during World War II.  It was interesting museum right next to the Akershus Castle (which is only open on weekends).

I then grabbed a a very late lunch hot dog and ate it in the pouring rain before I headed into the Nobel Peace centre.  This one was probably my favourite.  It was amazing to see all the award winners and why they won but also the focus on Martin Luther King Jr. and Malala Yousafzai was very interesting.  I also got some great shots of the City Hall and the surrounding sculptures.  Which looked so much more amazing in the rain.

I also stopped to take a look around the Royal Castle... but at this point I was tired... and tired of being soaked.

I headed back to the hotel to try off and figure out what to have for dinner.  I was craving Chinese food and believe it or not there is a fancy Chinese restaurant an 8 minute walk from my hotel and they had take away!  Score!  I had this really tasty and spicy szechuan dish with a glass a wine from the hotel (this hotel is a really great deal!)

Tomorrow... I'm going to binge on art!