Month: June 2017

A little street entertainment.  Click on the link below and turn your volume up! ​Street entertainment...

Site where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded. Frogner Park with sculptures by Gustav Vigeland. ...

Nice sunny morning in Oslo.  Shaping up to be a great day!...

Norway’s capital is a study in farsighted urban planning, seeking growth in harmony with nature. Your Local Guide will take you to the National Theater, Parliament, and the Royal Palace. Stroll through magnificent FROGNER PARK, with Gustav Vigeland’s 200-plus extraordinary bronze and granite sculptures, and visit the modern CITY...

That’s what the tour director calls it…  I call it rain!  Tonight’s walk on the city is cut short due to the rain. Although we did grab our rain jackets and go for a walk, we tried to keep it short as the rain kept coming and jumping puddles...

Just arrived in Oslo. Our room is really nice.  Two single beds (guess that’s how they do it in Norway) and a nice couch and sitting chair.   It was a nice ride here. Very beautiful in Norway and Sweden.  Dinner in an hour then in sure we’ll be...

From Elsinore beneath Hamlet’s Kronborg Castle, board your FERRY for Helsingborg. Then, drive to Gothenburg, Sweden’s thriving second-largest city. Admire its beautiful parks, botanical gardens, and well-kept canals during your orientation tour. Highlight is a visit to Globus Local Favorite Gothenburg’s famous indoor FOOD MARKET to taste local snacks...

33,000 steps walked today in Copenhagen.  For my Lutheran friends here’s the Church of Our Savior with the steps outside the church spire. The most famous church in Copenhagen. ​It’s 10:30, still light out but time for me to go to bed. Early rise tomorrow!...

So that’s Copenhagen in English and if you pronounce it Copenhay gen long a as in hay) you’re doing it correctly. However, if you’re pronouncing it with ‘hog’ you’re speaking the German version. Just thought I’d let ya know.  This morning of course I woke up at 12 am,...