Norway 2018

In February, we went to Norway and spent a couple of days in Oslo, and a couple of days at Venastul. Venastul is a company-owned retreat that is owned by Norges Bank (the company Erik works for). We had a great time there! We got to go cross-country skiing, the kids loved the playroom, and we spent our evenings playing board games and just enjoying spending time as a family. We loved it so much, we are already planning to go back next year! :)

Here are some pictures from our trip:

Here we are enjoying Oslo's little Olympic Village. They were broadcasting events, and there were hay bales around little fires where you could sit and watch.

Isaac in downtown Oslo

We went to McDonald's for lunch because we are cool like that.

Enjoying all the Oslo snow.

Behind Isaac is the royal palace in Oslo.

And one of Ginny and the royal palace.

There is a big hill in front of the palace and the kids had a great time sledding down it in their snow pants!

Here we are in a subway station, waiting for a train to take us up the mountain. We went sledding there and it was a blast! I'm going to have to see if Erik has pictures to add here because I didn't take any of the kids sledding.

This is the only photo I took while we were sledding, and it's of Ginny and Isaac waiting for Ezra and Daddy to catch up at the bottom.

On the bus in Oslo.

Also bus in Oslo.

These are some of the huge icicles we saw on the drive up to Venastul.

In the playroom at Venastul!

Ezra, cross-country skiing.

Erik and one of the boys, cross-country skiing.

Isaac LOVED the ping-pong room.

Sledding outside Venastul. The pictures are blurry because I took them from inside our room. I didn't want to go back out in the cold!

The morning view from our room.

Having dinner in the dining room.

A partial view of our room. 

This and the next picture were taken on top of a hill while we were out skiing. There were some beautiful views!

Erik and Ezra at the bottom of the hill.

Sunset.

We really loved the scenery.

On the airplane coming home.

They really loved their wiki stiks. :)