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|  A view looking down Karl Johans gate toward the royal palace. | |
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 The Grand Hotel is right down the street from the palace. Nobel prize winners, dignitaries, celebrities and Dawn and Erik have stayed here. |  
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|  |  The National Theater is across the way. | 
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 A view of City Hall from Aker Brygge. | |
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 The Oslo "fort", or festning, is across from Aker Brygge. | 
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|  The new Oslo Opera House. 
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 Opera House interior and viking ship detail: contrast between new and old design. | 
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|  Erik and Bjørn at the viking ship museum. | |
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 Erik at Aker Brygge and Dawn at the botanical garden. |  | 
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|  We left Oslo and visited my cousin Terje in Lillehammer. 
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|  Terje's wife Else and Dawn having coffee in Lillehammer. | |
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|  |  It was really wonderful seeing my relatives again. | 
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