Starting a short series on things I've learned on my Summer 2023 trip to Iceland, Norway, Amsterdam & Paris

Things I’ve learned this summer 2023 trip: # 1 - NORWAY BITS

• There are white snails in Oslo. Perhaps once cultivated by monks. You can eat them. (I did not).

• There is a berry called a Sea Buckthorn. Apparently popular in many cultures but I’d never heard/seen it before. I tasted it as an ice cream flavor, and it was tasty - slight citrus, bright berry tasting, just a bit sweet. 
• There is a delicious traditional Norwegian dish called Finnbiff - kind of a reindeer stroganoff served with mashed potatoes, garnished with cranberry or lingonberry sauce. It’s reason enough in and of itself to go to Norway. Especially if you can find a kind northern Norwegian to make it for you.

• Vigeland was a dude who sculpted in the 1920-40s and you should go checkout his park. It's full of neo-romantic style sculpture - like 100s of pieces. https://www.visitoslo.com/en/product/?TLp=181601  Plus he made wonderful iron art deco gates and fencing and lights. There’s a good reason this is a top tourist spot in Oslo. Recommended. I’d have stayed longer, or gone back, but some things aren’t possible with group travel. Plus my kid, as usual, was bored.

• Some of those large boulders you see in the mountain fields were trolls at one point, before the sun petrified them.
• <contributed by my kid> Shoes are typically removed when entering Norwegian homes.
• Aperol Spritz is a drink and it will be added to my regular rotation.