Last weekend Adina and I traveled to Oslo, the capital of Norway, to visit friends and, of course, to experience a new place in this great big world. Adina had lived in Oslo for the past 4 years, so not only did I have an experienced tour guide at my side but we had a friend's apartment to stay at in the city center, friends working the bar at a popular night spot, and a car to get to some otherwise not so easy to get to locations. Oslo is Norway's largest city but it is hardly a big city with a population of just under 600,000 and few tall buildings on the skyline. It is, however, a very wealthy city with employment opportunities for many. Of the 600,000 living in the city, 25% are immigrants
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