Last of the snow pics, I promise

More stunning views. It would take about 40 minutes from our apartment to get to this area to ski. Hard to pass up. After a good ski (down to that lake in the previous post), we might head for our favorite bakery and some hot chocolate. And then a long - very long- rest because we would find ourselves wiped out for the rest of the day!



























Yes, you're eyes do not decieve you - there are a number of trails that are lit at night and the little eateries stay open late as well (there were stua - restaurant type places to ski to and eat). We did this twice - mostly at dusk. I prefered going uphill in the dark for obvious reasons. Still- it was an experience and quite magical.














Oh, yes, I do know what to do with the skis - falling down is only one option!

Not done yet with the snow

It was winter after all.













This is a lake (Sognsvann) that I like to walk around. They plow the trail around it so you can walk all year. However, once the temps got above freezing during the day and below at night... icy.










This is at a different train stop - actually the end of the line. See the kids on the sled? From this particualr stop there was a section of trail (all downhill) that troops of sledders would do. You end up at a different stop (a few down the hill) and you hop back on the train to the top and do it again!













Amazing! And yes that is me with the skis - I know that isn't how you are supposed to use them!

More Snow

Here is the view out our kitchen window at the icicles an snow on the rooves. When the temperature starte to get above freezing during the day - the icicles and snow mounds on the rooves began to slide off. THere were signs and warning posts all over warning people about fall icicles and snow. I do know that there were some people who ended up being hit and having to go to the hospital.












Here is a view of campus and the hills and trees covered in snow - pretty.
This is at the University of Oslo. Just see how much snow we had!











This is the David's building. Sure makes it look like it was sunny all the time, doesn't it. It wasn't

Snow, Sno, Snow

I am lumping a bunch of pictures taken from January through March around Oslo. This first one is at one of the rail stops almost at the end of the subway line, from which you can ski. It is sunny - but that was not usual. The trails here were much harder than any we had done before and there are no signs on them telling you how hard they are. On our first time out the trail we took had a hill that we labeled the worst. By the end of the season, it wasn't so bad as we had skied down harder ones.
This photos is overlooking the train tracks. The trees were covered in snow like this for most of a month and the temperature down where we lived didn't go above freezing for at least that long as well.













Here is David - looking like he is having fun - and he is. We took a few movies of our skiing - they are kind of slow and funny to watch.















One Sunday we went out and the trails were so crowded that if you got out of the track to rest, you might have to wait a bit to get back in. This was tough on me as I always wanted there to be no one coming up or going down a steep hill when it was my turn. BUt this was virtually impossible. I was afraid (at least at first) that I would not be able to stop or get out of anyone's way (or go around someone). What I had failed to understand was that any adult Norwegian who was skiing, was really good and could stop on a dime and ski around me as if I wasn't there. And often did. I tended to go down hills very slowly (and up hills pretty slowly, too, come to think of it.) Even the little kids often went down the hills in a tuck so that they could go fast. Here is picture of the trail on that most crowded day.