Oslo, Norway: The Emerald Princess sailed up the fjord to Oslo this morning. To date the water in the Baltic has been so smooth that one had no sense of being at sea. Norway is a relatively new country, having been part of either Sweden or Denmark for much of the prior period. It still acts like a new country, in some ways.
Oslo isn't as Germanic as Copenhagen, there is more whimsy in the architecture. There still isn't much color, everything in shades of gray. You can see where the depressive streak in Scandinavian film and literature comes from.
Interestingly, they are having a Norwegian Air Force show in town in the next few days. It is their centennial or some such. Much zoomy hardware on display and interceptors zipping around the skies over Oslo.
