We woke up in the morning to have breakfast at Lena and Sverre's house, er huset! Aaron was really excited to eat pickled herring (blegh) as well as caviar paste that came out of a tube, much like toothpaste. At breakfast, we gave Thea some new converse shoes, something that she is very fond of. In America, they only cost around $50, but since they're an import, they cost at least $100 in Norway! Yikes!
We tried to go to a music museum, but you could only go through on a tour. Oops, forgot to see that rule before we left. Instead, we went to the botanical garden. It was a little boring, seeing as most of the plants were pine trees, but Norway does have a LOT of peonies, one of my favorite flowers. The honey bees were happy and we tried to take their pictures.
We then went to the folk museum. We were able to see Norwegian buildings from 1906 as well as the ski museum. Skiing is Norway's national sport, says Sverre. Alexander was a little bored of the museum but we were able to tell him that Spiky (his new toy from Lennert) wanted to see the sights and he instantly changed his mood. I even had him pose with Spiky so we can remember him. (I keep asking Spiky if he wants to go to America and he tells me yes)
After a LONG day of museums and trying to find food, we went to the go kart track. (Yeah for Alexander) It was a LONG wait (2 hours) and very poorly managed. It was run by one KID (a teenager hipster type, greasy hair and zits combined) when it should've been run by 2. He hated his job which was obvious as each person would ask him things and you'd see him roll his eyes and sigh. He also left for about 5 minutes to have a phone call, probably with his girl friend. Everyone who was waiting for their turn was more qualified, sighing and frustrated with the whole endeavor. It looked like Sverre was ready to tell this teenager which way was up! We didn't have to sign any waivers or show identification. They let kids drive at the same time as the adults but at a much slower speed. (20kph vs 50kph) Aaron actually bumped a random kid into the wall and he limped while crying all the way to his parents. Aaron felt really bad but I had to remind him that you take a risk when you drive, even go karts. The kid was fine in the end, as his mom was a nurse and able to make sure that he was fine. In America, we would've been sued. Well, actually in America, you wouldn't be allowed to drive unless you had signed something and there would be at least 2 people managing the karts.
We went to Christina's again for dinner and what did we see in the newspaper?! A story of a Norwegian girl who 2 days ago had gone to the same exact go karts and couldn't reach the brakes and broke her hip! Guess we're not the only ones getting in accidents there.
PS Aaron STILL feels bad but after reading my blog, he keeps laughing, so maybe he's over it?
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