There's Norway I'd go Oslo as to make two puns in one blog post title...

I'm sorry about that.  Here's a brief recap of my weekend with my parents, who came to Scandinavia to visit me for two weeks, in Norway's capital.

We visited the Viking ship museum just outside of Oslo.  Here are some pictures of three of the largest and best preserved Viking long ships in existence:

Afterwards, we hit up the Norwegian National Folk museum, which was located nearby.  We arrived about ten minutes before the exhibits closed, so we really only got to explore the outdoor areas.  There were replicas of the many different styles of houses used over time in Norway.  They were, apparently, all about having grass on their roofs.

The entrance to the museum was very pretty:

Some houses:

Some friends we made who live at the museum:

A cool tapestry, one of the few things I got to see in the exhibits before we were kicked out:

An assortment of pictures from around Oslo:

Some highlights from the weekend:

• Waking up at 10:30 on Saturday because both my parents and I overslept despite intending to get up early to explore Oslo
• Visiting a local brewery Schouskjelleren for a couple beers (really, really good) before turning in on Saturday and talking with some colorful characters that included an Australia professional paintball player turned cook (to pay the bills), a Norwegian IT student who was dogpiling on the Aussie for installing video games on his SSD without having a HD, and a world-travelling German-American chef who was extremely passionate about his craft and seemed like he had a pretty good handle on cooking, travelling, and life (he was also helping dogpile on the Aussie)
• Browsing one of Oslo's record stores that offered a really impressive selection of rock/metal records (especially Scandinavian bands) with a nice selection of blues, jazz, and even some country.
• Walking around Ghost Town Oslo on Sunday morning trying, unsuccessfully, to find somewhere to eat breakfast (almost everything in Norway is closed on Sundays).