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Norway

I had a trip to Norway, not just the southern coast, no, I was two-thirds up the coast of the country. If you looked at a map of Norway, you'd see just how far north that is. North of Oslo, north of Trondelheim, freakin' north! The guy who was with me had spent 6 months in Norway, over the winter, north of where we were! So I didn't feel so bad. It was a bit cool and rainy, but we managed to get out and see a few things. They say there are only two things to do in Norway, fish and f***. And it's too cold in the winter to fish. Well, that's what they say.


Here's another photo for you. We actually had to work most of the time, and most of the time we weren't working it was raining and not good for photos. The last day we had a sunny day and went for a drive through some of the mountains, and went and saw the "malstrom", which is a tidal event... the tide comes in through a narrows and makes huge whirlpools due to the current. It's actually the biggest "malstrom" in the world, so we went and stood in the rain and wind for two hours looking at it. Cool (cold). Unfortunately I had forgotten my camera, so no pics, sorry. You can see it online, though, if you're interested. (Just to clarify, yes, that day was sunny, but not all day, and not everywhere we went. Lots of microclimates, you know, rainy here, sunny there.)
Well, I've actually been back a couple of weeks but haven't had time to post until now. Rhonda and I are off to Italy this week, and should see Tom and Vic. Vic is about ready to have the baby, and it could happen while we're there. (That should give Rhonda something to do besides shop, huh?) I'll have about a week after we return before I'm off to Scotland again, but I'll try to post something about Italy during that week. If not, forgive me, I'm only human. Besides, there's e-mail and telephone, right? Take care, everyone!

Posted by phanvey at September 25, 2005 11:01 AM