I may or may not be in love with Oslofjorden. ...okay, I pretty much am. :DThe harbor and Aker Brygge weren't part of my initial agenda for today; after all, I spent most of yesterday tooling about the city with both Tim and Mike as is our wont for Wednesdays, where we hit up the Cultural History Museum and a few different exhibits within the Natural History Museum. (I do have pictures from Wednesday, but they're all on my blackberry and for some reason I can't get the thing to cooperate with me at the moment. That blog entry will have to wait until another time.)
But this afternoon, I had arranged to meet with one of my father's childhood friends, an Englishman who emigrated to Norway after marrying a local some thirty years back. Mr. Peter Martin and I met at a Deli de Luca across the street from Saga Cinema, which is about a stone's throw away from Nationaltheatret and incredibly easy to get to, where we chatted for about an hour about.. well, lots of things, really. My studies, mainly, the general peculiarities of being foreigners in Norway, how it feels to be a native English speaker struggling to learn a new language, etc. It was a fascinating encounter for me, since I know that Mr. Martin and my father haven't actually had much contact with each other since their school days, but I hope we'll meet up for coffee again.
I took most of my pictures during the hour I had to myself before our meeting, wandering around and generally enjoying the diffused sunlight. There's a tiny ice cream stand right beside the waterline that sells some of the most delicious chocolate ice cream ("sjokoladeis!") I've ever had before. Definitely going back there!
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