In depth recounting of my global wandering
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …