January 17, 2016.  Matthew and I returned exhausted to Oslo from a trip back home to Chicago.  Nothing like 16 hours in flight (including layovers) to make you long for your bed.  In an effort to overcome our jet-lag-induced torpor, we heeded the experts’ advice to go for a walk in the sunlight.  However, we didn’t expect much in the way of entertainment, as everything — and I mean everything — is usually closed on Sundays.  So we were shocked to find ourselves eventually merging into a mob of Norwegians headed towards the palace. Continue reading King Harald’s 25th Anniversary →