Archive for the ‘Norway’ Category
Sunday, August 24th, 2008
Everywhere you go in Norway you can find images of trolls.
"Why is this?" I pondered to myself... So I've gone on an Internet quest to find out and now I will enlighten you.
It all began in the Norse/Viking/Scandinavian mythology...
Hold it right there. In high school why did I have to ...
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
I was trying to find fun things to do in Norway and came across an ad for white water rafting on the Bergen website.
"Hooray!" I thought as I called the center and booked my trip. "I'll take the night train there, go rafting, and take the night train back and the ...
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Only you've got to multiple the amount of water by 20 and divide the houses by 100.
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Who thinks begging is going to work when your standing between a guy painted from head-to-toe in silver spray paint and a woman painting grade-A portraits for 20 bucks? Not me. Get a talent or at least pretend to have a talent. Even the junkies are selling magazines...
I thought this woman ...
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
This time I knew what I was getting into.. I was walking into a trip down Norway's memory lane. The Norsk Folk Museum is an open-air museum with over 150 traditional buildings from different Norwegian regions.
Now I realize you might say "Kate, how is this any different than a palace ...
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
- No one jay-walks in the Scandinavian countries.
-I describe myself as "a mover and a shaker" more than is socially acceptable... But is that ever really socially acceptable?
-There are no street vendors in Norway. I think that is because it would be far too expensive. On Friday night I finally saw a ...
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
I've found a little slice of Americana in Norway and I have to say I love it.
The neighborhood of Bygdøy just outside Oslo is amazing... From the freshly manicured lawns to the houses that look like they have one bathroom per bedroom, I could see myself moving here.
This area reminds me of ...
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
Oslo is home to the Nobel Peace Center, a tribute to Alfred Nobel, the peace prize winners and their work.
The center itself is amazing- its displays are visually entertaining as well as informative and easy-to-read.
I found their current feature exhibition, The Places We Live, very interesting. It includes photos and ...
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
I arrived in Oslo, Norway, at 8AM on a Thursday morning.
Walking up to the train station from the platform a good-looking man, a few years older than me, approached the Pakistani boy who had stayed in the same sleeper cabin as me. At first I thought they knew each other since the ...
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