Since I hadn’t done an actual tour of Oslo, I chose a walking tour with a lovely Romanian woman and saw many things I hadn’t seen before, including City Hall where they have the Nobel Prize ceremonies. The tiger is the symbol of Oslo (due to a famous poem), and the swan is the symbol …
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A tourist in Oslo
And why not? Seeing the sights is not only fun but educational so I’ll just go with it! Started by waking the roof of the Opera House then trying to figure out the metro system. Luckily I was successful in making my way up to the huge ski jump Oslo built for the Olympics and …
Oslo and the Real Girl
Ok not exactly Lars but close because most people here are pretty much like you expect Norwegians to be – closed off and aloof. However, when I decided to island hop, I merely asked a young woman with a dog which island was the best, she described them and even offered for me to come …
It’s a beautiful bird … the Norwegian Blue
And the water as well, although it’s also slightly green because it’s glacial in the fjords! What a gorgeous fjord trip, aptly called Norway in a Nutshell, which has you take train-bus-boat-Flam train and then rail, which makes for a very long (and touristy) day. In addition to the amazing water/sharp mountains, there were long …
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Isn’t it Good, Norwegian Wood(s)
Bergen, Norway is much larger than I expected, for I thought it was a sleepy little village whose claim to fame is as the gateway to the fjords. When I arrived last night, it was 50 degrees and thankfully I have lots of layers. Early this morning, I ran down to buy 2 separate fjord …
If at first you don’t succeed…
Trying yet again… this site tells me each of the posts is “published” but clearly they aren’t! Doing another abbreviated one in case this does not go through. Had two fabulous but extremely busy walking everywhere days in Copenhagen, taking a boat tour, visiting the castle and the royal museum, walking into hippie Christianiana, taking …
Smorrenrod- traditional Danish lunch
So, I’m posting because apparently it’s working again as I heard from Elinor Ross that she could read it – success! Having an open faced sandwich, which my son gives me s&$@ about serving, and I must say it’s delicious and it’s cool! Toured the Rosenborg Castle, which was mildly interesting as it was just …
Wonderful Copenhagen
That song has been in my head since my mom sang it and told me about the Danny Kaye movie … not that it’s a great song, mind you! I have written several other posts but they aren’t appearing so I’ll just do this as a test before writing more!
Blame it on Rio
… or whatever you’d like but these posts aren’t going up and I’d like to blame someone, something – maybe the WiFi – but I’m taking good notes and have some photos that I’ll be able to post when I have a better signal. If this is posted, I’d like to say that I had …
Having trouble posting
Trying again – this time with photos …
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