Tonight Sarah, Micah, Lara and I went to "Curry and Ketchup," a cozy little Indian restaurant in Oslo The atmosphere was awesome, the service wasn't that great, but the food was really good. I loooove Indian food. We each picked a dish and then ate family style so we could get a taste of everything. We ordered Tikka Masla (my favorite), chicken with a cashew sauce, another type of chicken that was a bit spicier ("karrio" or something like that), and a paneer spinach dish. Oh, and naan-can't forget about that. The naan bread was actually quite a bit different than the bread I have eaten at other Indian restaurants, including the ones in India. It was fluffier and more like regular bread than I would have expected. It was delicious of course even though it wasn't the same as "real" naan.
Earlier today Sarah and I went to Vigeland Park, a sculpture park which is actually part of a much larger park called, Frogner Park. It is the largest sculpture park made by one artist,Gustav Vigeland. Basically all of the sculptures are of children, mothers and fathers (all nude of course) throughout the life cycle of the child. The monolith, which you see in the first picture is one of the most famous sculptures. It consists of 121 human figures all piled on top of one another in various arrangements. My original thought was that there would be sculptures everywhere, but that was not the case. There was a very impressive bridge. Each side was lined with human figures from Vigeland's work. There was also a large fountain and of course, the monolith. Other than that there were some sculptures scattered about, but the park itself is so big that we did not walk through it all. The sculptures were pretty with the frost on them when we visited. The park looks like it would be a great place to go in the summertime though.
Sarah, Micah and I watched a movie called Children of Men last night. It was one I had never seen and I found it quite interesting. Basically the world had gone to hell after something had made all of the women infertile. The beginning scene was a news story of the youngest person in the world dying. The plot follows the main character as he attempts to smuggle a pregnant woman (perhaps the only pregnant woman) across the ocean to a sanctuary called "The Human Project." Not sure about the ending, but I'd say it's worth watching.
I spent a bit of time knitting today also. I am now working on a headband for myself. I scrapped what I had started before (it now looks like a poorly made necklace) and started over. It looks much more like knitting than the last one and I am enjoying working on it. I'm thinking next I will make something to wrap around my tea cup :)
Earlier today Sarah and I went to Vigeland Park, a sculpture park which is actually part of a much larger park called, Frogner Park. It is the largest sculpture park made by one artist,Gustav Vigeland. Basically all of the sculptures are of children, mothers and fathers (all nude of course) throughout the life cycle of the child. The monolith, which you see in the first picture is one of the most famous sculptures. It consists of 121 human figures all piled on top of one another in various arrangements. My original thought was that there would be sculptures everywhere, but that was not the case. There was a very impressive bridge. Each side was lined with human figures from Vigeland's work. There was also a large fountain and of course, the monolith. Other than that there were some sculptures scattered about, but the park itself is so big that we did not walk through it all. The sculptures were pretty with the frost on them when we visited. The park looks like it would be a great place to go in the summertime though.
Sarah, Micah and I watched a movie called Children of Men last night. It was one I had never seen and I found it quite interesting. Basically the world had gone to hell after something had made all of the women infertile. The beginning scene was a news story of the youngest person in the world dying. The plot follows the main character as he attempts to smuggle a pregnant woman (perhaps the only pregnant woman) across the ocean to a sanctuary called "The Human Project." Not sure about the ending, but I'd say it's worth watching.
I spent a bit of time knitting today also. I am now working on a headband for myself. I scrapped what I had started before (it now looks like a poorly made necklace) and started over. It looks much more like knitting than the last one and I am enjoying working on it. I'm thinking next I will make something to wrap around my tea cup :)
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