Buses, trains, and ferries

There are occasions in my life when I believe I’m one of the smartest people in the room. More often than not, I’m reminded this isn’t usually the case. I commented to someone in an email recently that this trip …

Ruminations, reflections and lessons from Ulvik to Bergen

In case you haven’t noticed, unlike last year’s trip on the Great River Road, this journal is being neither written nor published contemporaneously. Instead, I’m making nightly diary entries and reviewing my photos. I’ve decided I’m on holiday. By now, …

Vikings and trolls and a bear, oh my!

The first stop of the morning came, appropriately enough, at the Viking ship museum in Oslo. The Vikings played an important part in the history of the British Isles and hence in America’s history as well so let’s start with …