Viking Ship to Lillehammer

Next morning we left the zoo – shame as it opened at 10am but we just had to make up for lost time.

Our first stop was to a site of the Vitlycke Museum and the world heritage site of Tanum which has some truly fantastic rock carvings.

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Right next door is the museum which had some explanations for the rock carvings, as well as a nice Bronze Age farm!

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And so we waved Sweden goodbye, even though we took a wrong turn looking for Burger King (other fast-food restaurants are available) and ended up going back into Sweden on a u-turn!
Maybe we just loved it too much.

Next stop… Oslo’s Viking Ship Museum! Real Viking Ships and items found with them. This place is pretty top of the list if you love ships (and boy does Shaun love ships!).

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Oslo is pretty demanding in the driving stakes, we got held up by a man and his son urban skiing!
So as we slowly made our way out of the city (through tunnel after tunnel – more on tunnels later oh yes those Norwegians do love a good tunnel or three!) we had to find a good spot heading north towards Kristiansund and the famous Atlantic Road.   So we picked Lillehammer, the old 1994 Winter Olympic City.

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