Island Day

We completely overslept and missed frokost this morning. After getting to bed so late last night, we must've needed the sleep, but what a bummer to miss the "typisk norsk" (typical Norwegian) start to the day! So we fed our groggy selves some yummy yogurt with trail mix, bananas and got going by 11am. We didn't have a whole lot on the agenda for today, so it didn't spoil any plans. We took the tram down to the pier and based on Finn's recommendation, we hopped on the island ferry's that are included in the cost of the 2-day Oslo pass that we had purchased. There are many little islands within a few minutes boat ride from Oslo that are beautiful, natural havens with lots of trails for hiking, beaches for swimming, restaurants for eating and little communities of tiny houses! This is a big thing in Norway. They have summer houses here which are sometimes just little houses with all the amenities and yards (and goats!) and sometimes no more than a tiny shack in which to change into a bathing suit that sits on the edge of a dock right at the water's edge. (This is actually a very interesting and complicated thing, housing/property in Norway, but too rambly to go into here.) We took a long hike in the beautiful woods of the first island, listened to tree song that knows no language barrier, the squeal of giant seagulls, and ate lunch in a very sweet, little restaurant that had delicious food. We then ferried over to another island where we were able to walk right among all the tiny homes and meet the local goats. We had an absolutely lovely day! 

My feet gave up on me by the time we hit the pavement back in Oslo, so John helped me hobble home, and he ran out for a few little food items for supper. I'm now resting my feet and having a cup of tea. Earl Grey. Hot. :) Here are some snippets from our day: