This is another one of those Norwegian things that I just don’t get. I like chocolate. I like licorice. But these two sweets do not play well together. Actually, I’ve yet to meet anyone, Norwegian or otherwise, who enjoys this combination! However, the stores keep selling it, so these people must be out there somewhere! There [...]
Jennifer Streit contacted me a few months ago to tell me that she wanted to get an early start on planning our 10-year high school reunion next year. To help track people down, she asked if I could put together a website for our class, so that we could start collecting contact details and later [...]
I just got back from a week in Paris for a training course (I know, poor me), and it made me realize how much I like Oslo. After just a few hours in the city, I felt like it was too big, too spread out, and too hard to get around. I missed the green [...]
Continued from: Norway in Our Own Nutshell – Part 2 Having started our trip before 6 am, by the time we reached Bergen we were just plain exhausted! I hadn’t planned too far in advance, so the available hotel options were very limited, and I ended up happy to find a place for around €150. [...]
Continued from: Norway in Our Own Nutshell – Part 1 Myrdal to Flåm on the Famous Flåmsbana Because of the departure delay, I was a little worried about what would happen if we reached Myrdal late and missed our connection. I knew the Flåmsbana runs roughly once an hour, but missing it would mean hanging around [...]