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 …

Translation lost in Oslo

The cruise overnight passed quietly. I’d planned to do some writing but the WiFi access was, for all practical purposes, non-existent. Sadly, this situation would periodically recur throughout the trip. Instead, after dinner, I wandered around the ship and met …

A melancholy visit to Helsingor

At the end of the previous entry, I asked you, dear reader, to think about why I might visit Helsingør which is about 40-minutes by train from Copenhagen. Have you made the connection? If you have, congratulations. If not, the …