The weather has not been very impressive this autumn. A lot of grey days and rain, but there are some beautiful days in between and then it's so good to be on maternity leave so that I can make the most out of them. I spent a sunny day in wonderful Bygdøy with my friend Marte and our babies recently. We walked around Bygdøy and had a pit stop at a cozy cafe called Hjemme hos svigers.

 

You don't always have to travel far to find exciting things to do. Now when we have small children we try to explore the more local areas where we live. Our family excursion last weekend was a trip to the urban district Stovner in Oslo to look at Stovnertårnet which is a new lookout tower. You walk along a wooden access ramp all the way to the top. It's not steep so children can walk on their own and you can easily bring a baby stroller or a wheelchair all the way to the top.

 

I'm so lucky that one of my best friends is on maternity leave at the same time as me. :-) Now we have plenty of time to meet each other every week and do things with our babies. This week the weather report looked very promising and we decided to go for a walk along the Akerselva river in Oslo. We started in Nydalen and walked along the river to the Operahouse, where the river meets the Oslofjord. It took us almost two hours to reach the fjord. A lovely walk in the beautiful weather. The sky was all blue, not a single cloud was visible!

 

From the Operahouse we continued over the floating bridge to Sørenga, a new residential area in Oslo. There we went to a coffeehouse to have lunch and feed the babies.