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August 14, 2015
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Good Tuesday morning! After eight days, we’re saying farewell to Norway. It’s a drive of about 120 kilometers to the Swedish border and 525 to Stockholm. Based on the roads, a stop to change our Norwegian kroner to Swedish kronor, …
August 13, 2015
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Those of you who are, say, over 30 years old, possibly have some memory of the 1994 Winter Olympics that Lillehammer hosted. However, it’s probably not a stretch to say that my most vivid memory of that Olympics is quite different …
August 12, 2015
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The last week of this trip begins with another long bus ride for me and, inevitably, another history lesson for you. The last nine photos and one video in the photo album about Geirangerfjord linked in yesterday’s post are from …