We arrived on 9/11 and met our new friend Nancy Bundt (a dear friend of our good friend Audrey Flack) who has been our wise advisor for many of our pre expedition plans and continued sharing her expertise in food, restaurants and culture throughout our four day stay.

We spent much time visiting special food purveyors as well as restaurants such as Maemo and Alex Sushi (Nancy did a magnificent book on it) and having a very memorable as meal with Nancy and her husband Yorn Pedersen in their home.

We went to see the celebration of the 150th anniversary of Munch at the Munch museum, the National Gallery as well as the Oslo University close by and and at a chocolate factory called Fria where his paintings were installed as murals throughout the employee cafeteria. We had no idea he was so prolific....

Another exciting experience was the OSLO OPERA HOUSE. We all four enjoyed the exterior space as well as the interior and had great fun photographing each other....