Oslo Summer - Part 2

Vinh is in town!

Vinh was visiting London so he decided to book a flight to Oslo since he was so close. We celebrated with the duty free wine he brought.Yay, Vinh is here! Just like old times...Us and a guardVinh in OsloSince Viljar is also living in Oslo again (we worked with him in Sydney), we all caught up for dinner.Mini sword fightThe next day we walked to Frognerpark (Vigeland's sculpture park). On the way we passed a trees with cherries.Cherries make Vinh laughOoo look! It's the people penis!Vinh and the people penisHanging out in the parkGet these babies off me!Uh huhIt took 40 mins to check many bike stations but we finally found a spare bike to rent for VinhSnacking on strawberries at the stationWe caught the train to the top of the hill (Frognersetern) and noticed thunderstorms filling the sky!Race down the hill!We showed Vinh the houses with grass roof topsThe Oslo fjord is in the backgroundWe stopped here for a toilet breakThen we rode into the forest a little way to have a bbqWe were hoping that the storms would miss usBut we found this shelter to eat under just in caseVinh enjoying his Norwegian bbqYay it's a forest!and more hotdogsLuckily the rain didn't start until after we finished lunch. We took refuge back at the restaurant.Eating apple cake isn't a bad way to pass the time20 minutes and 2 apple cakes later, the skies cleared and we took to the forest again!Vinh and his bikeThe boys in the forestVinh said he enjoyed riding through the forest as it was such a contrast to Shanghai...I can't wait to go and visit him there to see for ourselves.Do we look Norwegian yet?It's a bit hard to tell but this was on an overhanging ledge...hence Dan's expression :)Now let's go down thereWe rode through the forest for about 45 minutes and ended up here at the lake (Sognsvann)Time for some water...and more photos!You wouldn't believe it had been raining an hour earlier looking at this photo!!!!Some naked people on the rock in the distanceIt was so much fun hanging out with Vinh again.We caught the train back from Sognsvann and headed to a pub for dinnerStorm clouds passing over as we walked homeVinh even tried some Norwegian brown cheese. It tastes very sweet.On Vinh's final night we went out to dinner again at a Vietnamese restaurant.

Mini mushrooms?

Another view from our balcony...possibly the reddest sky I've ever seen?Woohoo! We finally have internet at home! Cheers to that!Surfing the net on our television (it matches the beanbag perfectly)Friday night beers have started at work. The mocap room almost passes as a pub.Going out for sushi...mmm.This is a 'new to oslo' group that have monthly night outs. It's the only one we've been to but it was fun meeting a few people and playing pool with Jo (from work).Another dinner with Grant and Astrid! This time it was indian.Eating an icecream on our way back from the shops. Our apartment is in the background.We bought a macro lens for our camera and took photos of tiny mushrooms that grew on our balcony!It's a great lens :)Soon enough this will be a sledding hill againEnjoying the sun's warmth while we still have it! Click on 'Oslo Summer - Part 3' to see the last section of photos.