August 11, 2015 https://gruncleodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/geirangerfjord2-190x107.jpg

Before we were distracted by the glacier, I was describing the eventual breakup of what historians refer to as the Kalmar Union and we had taken a temporal trip to November 1520 and the Stockholm Bloodbath. So, as we get …

August 10, 2015 https://gruncleodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/DSCN4110-190x116.jpg

In a previous post I wrote that three percent of Norway is glaciated but until today, we had seen no evidence of that. In part, this is because glaciers are found on only one percent of Norway’s mainland and in …

August 7, 2015 https://gruncleodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/DSCN4102-190x143.jpg

We would spend two nights and another full day in Balestrand. I think most of the group is happy to have a relaxed day in the middle of the trip. Frederick led most of the group on a walking tour …