It's the Arctic! A beautiful unique landscape and very different from the Himalayas where we live. Starting in Oslo, we had a couple of days before heading north. Early one morning we walked to the port on Oslo Fiord to see the lovely blue color that lights up the dark winter sky. The old Akershus Fortress lights up the background, and below a canon stands ready on the hill above the port. The City Hall building in Oslo is where the Nobel Peace Prize is given. The stark architectural style was built between the 1930s and the 1950s which is indicative of the period. Inside the Nobel Prize room, there is a lovely mural above the doors that overlooks the Pier and Oslo Fiord in the photo below. A short bus ride along Oslo Fiord heading southwest took us to Vollen where we visited the Oslo Fiord museum. Nearby we stopped at an artist's house that had a strange collection of books on the outside of the house. On to Tromso; and the first early morning...