{"id":38416,"date":"2016-10-31T18:40:08","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T22:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=38416"},"modified":"2016-10-31T18:40:08","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T22:40:08","slug":"monday-night-hollow-een","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2016\/10\/31\/monday-night-hollow-een\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday night &#8211; Hollow-een"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings Ya&#8217;ll from Oslo.. Today is halloween.. and it&#8217;s the least Halloweenish Halloween I&#8217;ve had since&#8230;.. hm&#8230; maybe 1979. No trick or treating.. no peanut butter cups.. no kids.. but.. it&#8217;s been fun anyway.. \u00a0 It&#8217;s so nice having Diane here .. \u00a0 Today, The Weather has turned to grey drizzle.. which is sort of what we expected.. but we&#8217;re greatful for three beutifull fall days here. We have really enjoyed seeing this beautiful city ! It&#8217;s now back to work. I have a big talk tomorrow morning (wish me luck) and soem media stuff tomorrow. ..<\/p>\n<p>here&#8217;s a quick rundown of the day<\/p>\n<p>we went for a nice run along the river this morning.. then moved out of our wonderful aribnb..and moved to teh business hotel in Fontebu .<\/p>\n<p>our hotel had a nice set of jackalanterns to greet us.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9628.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9626.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9627.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>we dropped our stuff and caught a buss back to the \u00a0viking museum<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9631.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9630.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9632.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>there were three pretty well preserved viking boats from around 900 BCE that had been iused for burials.<\/p>\n<p>they&#8217;d been unearthed between 1856 and the early 1900&#8217;s\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9633.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9634.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>here&#8217;s how it looked whenitwasunearthed<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9637.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9638.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9640.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9639.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>imagne30rowers,no seats in the open ovean.. yuck !<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9641.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>here&#8217;s the least preserved boat undergoign3D canning<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9642.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>somesmaller boats found nearby<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9649.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and the best preserved boat..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9651.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9650.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9652.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9654.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>they had a cool demo of making iron from rust deposits and making it into a broad axe .. pretty cool !<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9656.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>from there we walked over to the very interesting.. if soemwhat depressing Fram museum.. It was all about artic explorres and the hardships they faced.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we saw englsh explores,canaian explores.. and of course.. norwegian explorers.. We heard stories of sail boats ice breakers, sled dogs, dirgibls and planes.. all very well displayed ..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9658.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>here&#8217;s a small ice breaker used in the quest for a north west passage<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9657.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>it&#8217;s generator<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9659.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and its chocloate milk!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9660.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9661.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9664.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9665.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>there was a lot of wall space.. and movie space given to the story of Sir Earnest Shackelton.. and his and his means ordeal of 2 years stcuk in antartica and surrounding islands. Shakleton died at age 47 without ever achiving his maing goals. \u00a0We found this picuttre of his grave on St. george island.. Tehre are soem cool SamStone stories from there . See it <a href=\"http:\/\/samstones.org\/WordPress1\/?p=461\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9662.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we lalso earned ofFranklinsill fated trip<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9666.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9667.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we then wentover and saw the &#8220;Fram&#8217; a wooden icebraker that helped find a northwest passage to alaska<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9668.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9671.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9672.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9674.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>here were the sleds they used<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9675.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9676.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9677.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4 cylander 200 horesposer enging.. let it go about 6 knots<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9679.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9686.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9680.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>here&#8217;s an image of their famous cook !<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9681.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the doctors stuff .. ewwwwww<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>fun on bord<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9684.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>big anchor winch !<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9688.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9691.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>creepy eskimo !<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9692.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the Fram&#8217;s Prop\/<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9693.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>by the time to leave the museum, it was raining pretty har.. We took the bis to the shopping center near our hotel and had a late lunch\/early dinner.. really. really nice sush1 !<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9695.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>then soem window shopping for halloween costums<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9697.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>finally a wet walk back to the hotel.. very differnt landscape here than others we saw in the city .<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9698.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>just got backform talk rehersal.s.. hopign to find food.. Resturauntswaslaredy close.. thankgoodness we picked this up fom the store because of the creepy kid picture..<\/p>\n<p>oh.. just looked it up. it&#8217;s liverwirst.. ick !<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_9700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ok.. big talk tomorrow. so better sleep. more tomorrow !<\/p>\n<p>nite all. nite sam<\/p>\n<p>-me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings Ya&#8217;ll from Oslo.. Today is halloween.. and it&#8217;s the least Halloweenish Halloween I&#8217;ve had since&#8230;.. hm&#8230; maybe 1979. No trick or treating.. no peanut butter cups.. no kids.. but.. it&#8217;s been fun anyway.. \u00a0 It&#8217;s so nice having Diane here .. \u00a0 Today, The Weather has turned to grey drizzle.. which is sort of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2016\/10\/31\/monday-night-hollow-een\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday night &#8211; Hollow-een<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38492,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38416\/revisions\/38492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}