We are getting settled in our “home-away-from-home” here in Tallinn, Estonia. Thank you all for your prayers and support to help us get here and stay here. We appreciate you all! The resident missionaries are allowing us to stay in their beautiful home while we are “filling in” here for the next eight weeks. What a blessing! You can also see more beautiful, even panoramic, pictures on our Faith Journey page. The Sweetheart captured some gorgeous views! Our short layover in Oslo, Norway was delightful. Here we are right before landing. I had an unobstructed view! We have a friend there, Rachel, who was in Riga, Latvia at the same time we were in 2011-2012. She now lives in Oslo and was our friendly tour guide for the few hours we had between planes. Thankfully it was a gorgeous day, sunny and a little on the cool side but I sure do not miss 90 and humid! We were to meet at a coffee house and set off from there. Admittedly, we had a horrible time finding it and thought we were following her directions correctly. At the end of the day we figured out what had gone wrong: Rachel was giving us directions from the BUS terminal that she takes every day, instead of the TRAIN terminal, which was adjacent! We just couldn’t figure out why we weren’t seeing the landmarks that she gave us as guidelines. We gave her a break on that one because she flew in to Oslo one hour BEHIND us from the States. She was just as exhausted as we were.     So from the coffee house we went to the harbor. Look at the view!   After spending a little bit walking around there we headed to one of our favorite Baltic restaurants, Vapiano’s! We had already decided it would be our first stop once in Tallinn but we had no idea there was one in Oslo! Delicious pasta, pizza and salads made to order, very trendy, very delicious! After lunch we trekked toward the Opera House. What a unique architectural landmark! Sitting literally on the water, this was something to see. We had already walked farther than my painful SI joints wanted me to go so once we arrived I told The Sweetheart and Rachel they could walk to the top without me. Persistent Rachel went and found a security guard and asked if there was a way for her friend to get to the top without walking that ramp. What a kind man he turned out to be! He took us on a backstage mini-tour on the way to the elevator! He was getting ready to take a vacation to the States and we had a nice conversation while he escorted us to the top. Norway rocks with hospitality! The views were literally breathtaking. As you can see, the sky was full of ominous-looking clouds which made the scenery all the more beautiful.     In this next picture you can see the glass “iceberg” sculpture out in front of the Opera House. Way cool!   We also accidentally came across the American Embassy! After that excursion we were able to take a bus back to where we started, I was ever so thankful. We found these patriotic toilets in a park…Rachel had seen them before and was intrigued that all of the instructions for these “pay-to-pee” toilets were in French! Never mind that we were in Norway!   It wasn’t long before our day was coming to a close. We had a plane to catch to Tallinn and couldn’t afford to miss it. We parted at the train terminal and headed back to the airport. One more flight and our 30+ hours of traveling would come to an end….for now.   Sharing with Sunday Stillness , Weekend Brew, Making Your Home Sing, Amaze me Monday