Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Norwegia

welcome to norway! yes, the vikings used to be here!
[Oslo, Norway, October 2006]


animal head ornaments. they may have been paraded around. or something.
[Oslo, Norway, October 2006]

the fountain in vigelandsparken (vigelands skulpturpark), definitely lent itself to lots of photos.
[Oslo, Norway, October 2006]

my favorite sculpture (that i saw, it was huge) in the park.
[Oslo, Norway, October 2006]

a gargoyle? a finial? a random decoration? i dont know, i liked it.
[Oslo, Norway, October 2006]

its fall in norway.
[Oslo, Norway, October 2006]

how long do you have to leave your bike here for it to look like this?
[Oslo, Norway, October 2006]

panel one (of three) glass panels, depicting the torah, about the first and second commandments (there is but one god, and love thy neighbor as thyself, i think), from the exposition at the nobel peace center (nobels fredssenter) of abbas's "children of abraham (les enfants d'abraham). incredible, inspiring photojournalism. i have the book--ask me to borrow it.
[Oslo, Norway, October 2006]

the same basic thing from the bible (actually, a passage from the new testament), i'm assuming in ancient greek.
[Oslo, Norway, October 2006]

the same from the qur'an ((القرأن
[Oslo, Norway, October 2006]

anette (our gracious host) trying to get out of the kitchen before i took a picture of the impressive table setting.
[Oslo, Norway, October 2006]

the group (i got the timer working!)--right to left: bennett, eric, annette, ruth and patrick
[Oslo, Norway, October 2006]

Around St. Andrews, Again

"refueling" the car
[Aberdeen, Scotland, October 2006]


a latrine with a view.
[St. Andrews, Scotland, October 2006]

inside st. rules tower
[St. Andrews, Scotland, October 2006]