How Sweden it is!

Quick. Think of an island city with lots of canals. I’ll go out on a limb here and guess that the first city that came to mind was Venice, Italy. And with good reason. It’s the oldest, the showiest, the …

And Norway we go!

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, …

Bringing down the Lillehammer and closing the Norwegian circle

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 …