Comments on: Viking Graves To Be Reopened http://northernpath.org/blog/2007/06/14/viking-graves-to-be-reopened/ News of the Northern Tradition Sat, 19 May 2012 03:21:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Sia Vogel http://northernpath.org/blog/2007/06/14/viking-graves-to-be-reopened/#comment-174 Sia Vogel Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:52:02 +0000 http://northernpath.org/blog/2007/06/14/viking-graves-to-be-reopened/#comment-174 I went to this museum with my family, during a trip to Scandinavia last June. It was one of the best times on our trip. It's a wonderful building, on a beautiful site. It was a very moving experience to see those ships, and the personal items, as well. I've heard that the authorities are thinking of closing this museum and building a larger, new building closer to town in order to handle all the tourists who want to see these ships. I hope that is not true. As you know, this elegant building was made especially for these ships, and it seems so right that they should be there, close to the water. It was an unexpected thrill to find the Kon-Tiki museum right next door, and to see the RA ships, as well. http://www.museumsnett.no/kon-tiki/Museum/ On another note, we were in Oslo at Midsummer, and saw a wonderful thing: A replica of a ship's mast, made of sticks and drift wood, standing alone in a long narrow park, in the center of a popular tourist district, completely covered in flowers and vine leaves. The sign said that it was a Midsummer sculpture, made to stand in the park for that week in honor of the holiday and the old traditions. Lovely. Truly lovely. all good things, Sia I went to this museum with my family, during a trip to Scandinavia last June. It was one of the best times on our trip. It’s a wonderful building, on a beautiful site. It was a very moving experience to see those ships, and the personal items, as well.

I’ve heard that the authorities are thinking of closing this museum and building a larger, new building closer to town in order to handle all the tourists who want to see these ships. I hope that is not true. As you know, this elegant building was made especially for these ships, and it seems so right that they should be there, close to the water. It was an unexpected thrill to find the Kon-Tiki museum right next door, and to see the RA ships, as well.
http://www.museumsnett.no/kon-tiki/Museum/

On another note, we were in Oslo at Midsummer, and saw a wonderful thing: A replica of a ship’s mast, made of sticks and drift wood, standing alone in a long narrow park, in the center of a popular tourist district, completely covered in flowers and vine leaves. The sign said that it was a Midsummer sculpture, made to stand in the park for that week in honor of the holiday and the old traditions. Lovely. Truly lovely.

all good things,

Sia

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