The long weekend in Oslo continues...
Saturday brought rain, so we spent most of it inside. But we did venture out to visit some immigrant grocery stores in search of hominy, beans, split peas, dried fruit and baklava. We enjoyed our time indoors, munching and working on crafts, and listening to music.
Sunday was the 17th, Norway's national holiday and a major event for the country.
Everyone (well, nearly everyone) dresses in traditional costumes: embroidered dresses with blouses and aprons for the ladies, knicker pants with long socks, jackets that button to the neck and whimsical hats for the men. Then the children do a procession through the city and in front of the royal palace.
Lots of Norwegian flags.
The royal palace, with the family receiving the crowds from the balcony. This being Scandinavia, the festivities naturally include copious drinking, which by five in the evening made for some curious sights.
Afterwards we went back to the apartment. Luke made tractor-shaped waffles.
Preperation and assembly of an almond-paste "kranekaka". It might really be Danish.
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