Just Mist My First Day in Oslo
I landed at Oslo airport after a brain numbing 38 hour journey from Melbourne, Australia. This would be the first time I would see my new home. I walked through those last sliding doors into Norway, but saw nothing – no rolling hills, no frosted lakes, not even darkness from the polar night. A mysterious thick fog had crept into Oslo the night before and it would take another day before I could see anything. Talk about your anti-climax!



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Even though the males are called bulls and the females cows, the muskoxen are more closely related to sheep than cattle. Make no mistake, though – this is not your average cuddly ba-ba-blacksheep! A grown animal can be 2,5 m long and weigh up to 400 kgs, and their long curved horns mean business.
A popular Summer activity in Norway is kayaking. The coast of Norway is dotted with thousands of little islands making the perfect conditions for a smooth paddle.
The further ‘out of the way’ you go the more common it is to see folk cottages standing by the side of roads, along fjords or in a thicket of trees, minding their own business.

Runes were the written language of the Vikings.