Norway Day Two
On day two in Norway we were looked after by Kenneth's parents, Torild and Tom. Kenneth had classes to attend in Oslo, so they showed us around on the itinerary that Kenneth had mapped out for us. We set off with cut lunches and bags for the next few days as we were off exploring Norway. F irst stop was the Vikersundbakken ski jump hill or ski flying hill, because that is what happens here. It is one of the largest purpose-built ski flying hills in the world and is pretty impressive. It would be even more impressive with snow. According to Wikipedia nine world records have been set there. The complex consists of a large hill, a normal hill and several training hills. Then we drove to the Blaafarveværket waterfall and Cobalt mines where we had our cut lunch. One thing we and Kenneth discovered is that touristy Norway shuts on October 1 because winter is coming and it is getting too cold. We arrived on October 3, so things like the Museum at the Cobalt m...