tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55329586735105583002024-03-05T01:20:17.906-08:00Norwegian Adventuremysandwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298709752509283059noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532958673510558300.post-64205501186354081812010-06-21T15:24:00.000-07:002010-06-22T08:51:20.196-07:00Animal overload<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NIeOgNb8ZPJNgVyYfHJhNaVnsrEkEmS2WUMDoMyCX0d4hvGAjDWhu-bx40hqC6tQAZA771lAuqufAyOBpHGklwkLiOGLIfMAxzFyPPazkyHaV0n8KgqyG7TZsH_vhh9xdLycpZefils/s1600/narvik.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 449px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NIeOgNb8ZPJNgVyYfHJhNaVnsrEkEmS2WUMDoMyCX0d4hvGAjDWhu-bx40hqC6tQAZA771lAuqufAyOBpHGklwkLiOGLIfMAxzFyPPazkyHaV0n8KgqyG7TZsH_vhh9xdLycpZefils/s320/narvik.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485626038647957938" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Narvik</span><br /></span></div><br />We left Harstad after we toured Statoil and arrived in Narvik in the afternoon. Narvik Rotary Klubb checked us into our hotel. This might have been the most uncomfortable hotel stay ever. It was a closet sized room with only one bed and Pooja and I had to share this room. Mason and Bruce had the same situation. The "bed" that I slept on, was a couch. It did not pull out (det var det hun sa). The staff put some sheets and a pillow on it and called it my bed.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"> AWESOME.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOI4REC3uAToNQZzrMnEEv9MLmmXsbEN7hk32jSRx1cS8fyWepH0zlOvwqmfs0cT6NYJxOQ3nVKjdyaXg6df3mYMP6E-1iu_bD4fEiYXJSXA134oXTO9xou4e-uWrWf7_YWqN45eZTVkE/s1600/CIMG2082.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOI4REC3uAToNQZzrMnEEv9MLmmXsbEN7hk32jSRx1cS8fyWepH0zlOvwqmfs0cT6NYJxOQ3nVKjdyaXg6df3mYMP6E-1iu_bD4fEiYXJSXA134oXTO9xou4e-uWrWf7_YWqN45eZTVkE/s320/CIMG2082.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485358111726206770" border="0" /></a><br /></div>After we settled in, Pål and Rune took us to get a fiskeburger (<span class="UIStory_Message">Æ liker ikke fisken burger)</span> and then to the top of a mountain via ski lift car. It was a nice ride.<br />Pål made sure to let us know that we should go home alone that night.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeU8Fafk0PQvpON9TtcMzsKhxw63aHhItiN2-yoFMifC0xgNnGYvXVyB0vnFxhuBd49RdkOzr3zDlMrTbRhWqHAOz2oEaF4eUIjjf-AOMQ_bH5KgXHTb8tgcv1SFwr68ECw5THr-FGVPo/s1600/CIMG2090.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeU8Fafk0PQvpON9TtcMzsKhxw63aHhItiN2-yoFMifC0xgNnGYvXVyB0vnFxhuBd49RdkOzr3zDlMrTbRhWqHAOz2oEaF4eUIjjf-AOMQ_bH5KgXHTb8tgcv1SFwr68ECw5THr-FGVPo/s320/CIMG2090.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485358131865100354" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHXB4zngQLEGvNuzfZwIStfXNiSiioYqNYbKc5QBzV1pIMo45x4Duu8qgFIbvQCp6K5yOv6dz0uTtTgOU8Su4HhMQDo8IBwo1ZEuG2ZG2OgXyioEzNJjgWAqL6qHGUgs-jDgyTT3hfg0Q/s1600/CIMG2097.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHXB4zngQLEGvNuzfZwIStfXNiSiioYqNYbKc5QBzV1pIMo45x4Duu8qgFIbvQCp6K5yOv6dz0uTtTgOU8Su4HhMQDo8IBwo1ZEuG2ZG2OgXyioEzNJjgWAqL6qHGUgs-jDgyTT3hfg0Q/s320/CIMG2097.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485358134079936930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The next day it was REALLY nice outside and so instead of enjoying it, we took a train to Sweden where it was only 5 degrees and cloudy and rainy. We had lunch there and then drove back. HMMPH!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVkFrrgFAYZbSSPcNzW4KsjgWp18dwm4qvsEVhJA4P6SipBLOWxIhlDPtxmhziYnmzk49T9mWxKRhv9DYviQXhtSErKmRGnJWZTKsvp5QenRb8C2PmJqyoHOSb0-7Kd0ZCxQguJv4B90o/s1600/CIMG2135.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVkFrrgFAYZbSSPcNzW4KsjgWp18dwm4qvsEVhJA4P6SipBLOWxIhlDPtxmhziYnmzk49T9mWxKRhv9DYviQXhtSErKmRGnJWZTKsvp5QenRb8C2PmJqyoHOSb0-7Kd0ZCxQguJv4B90o/s320/CIMG2135.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485359649849513762" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Boarding the train<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtTHM7495ZjzQ0RKEY5IC8aVdYBYdBcDuVMCuFtTeZ3YDmQiYIMFnZW21O3RW27twONPkIoFmGYa1W4Pb_3O-Px9aXlFm62jJbqnZzd1hoCsraFHGkLCpx74gWWtQSJgqE0LLLj3pNhI0/s1600/CIMG2137.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtTHM7495ZjzQ0RKEY5IC8aVdYBYdBcDuVMCuFtTeZ3YDmQiYIMFnZW21O3RW27twONPkIoFmGYa1W4Pb_3O-Px9aXlFm62jJbqnZzd1hoCsraFHGkLCpx74gWWtQSJgqE0LLLj3pNhI0/s320/CIMG2137.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485359654609397122" border="0" /></a> Wishing we weren't going to Sweden.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6qsiyqXKCHh0TkR25OXUChiTiQ87lPHhScTAdJX8WXnV5ZpKEakeX7SZZmknoXSo-9rDYmWsyItZZUkrmO2pffKTY-eFMIDFz_8BT8kAsguQRovu0VBuiqI-t3edSncjK6MxzZoKglg/s1600/CIMG2152.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6qsiyqXKCHh0TkR25OXUChiTiQ87lPHhScTAdJX8WXnV5ZpKEakeX7SZZmknoXSo-9rDYmWsyItZZUkrmO2pffKTY-eFMIDFz_8BT8kAsguQRovu0VBuiqI-t3edSncjK6MxzZoKglg/s320/CIMG2152.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485359665426439634" border="0" /></a><br />gettin' mah borders crossed<br /></div><br />Luckily, we got back to Narvik in the afternoon. I met up with Elizabeth Roman who is a professor of Biology at the Narvik college. She is working on waste management in the Northwestern part of Russia where they just live in their garbage practically.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMyFD3Xq6-MkyFYDvC_InGTGsfAwL5M7hhCr3-YTg0GOYRqrdT4Qwpc90kaJja_tbyzArLvrcNGqhrKqJhohh52fJ99cMBC2jg8gQzQXb9-l92Kp37Qj65RJz4dBX46_OemLhGDFiOHT4/s1600/CIMG2158.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMyFD3Xq6-MkyFYDvC_InGTGsfAwL5M7hhCr3-YTg0GOYRqrdT4Qwpc90kaJja_tbyzArLvrcNGqhrKqJhohh52fJ99cMBC2jg8gQzQXb9-l92Kp37Qj65RJz4dBX46_OemLhGDFiOHT4/s320/CIMG2158.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485364220895137170" border="0" /></a> the "college"<br /><br />After that, I met up with Frode at the Narvik Storesenter and we chatted for a bit until his friend, Eirik came and then we went to AmFi. I joined them for their daily 4 hour ritual of sitting in a Kafe and people watching. I think they had a good time. I took a picture of Eirik's car and I'm going to try to sell it to people on Craigslist.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWbZ7SPGblzUglrLKVSpz0jjPus71191wexjo4FUnETybx0w_gYeS08efiHYJ40u4FyvAc4y1xcO3o8zzjff6-woUUJ0lFjuXVdeK6dL4knR4iy6tbBwHXrFs-kdV-YzbWQ54-E43uJ8/s1600/CIMG2173.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWbZ7SPGblzUglrLKVSpz0jjPus71191wexjo4FUnETybx0w_gYeS08efiHYJ40u4FyvAc4y1xcO3o8zzjff6-woUUJ0lFjuXVdeK6dL4knR4iy6tbBwHXrFs-kdV-YzbWQ54-E43uJ8/s320/CIMG2173.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485364224813481826" border="0" /></a> FOR SALE<br /><br />We went to the Polar Zoo in Bardu the next day in the cold and rain but it was still the best time I had. Merethe from Narvik Rotary klubb drove us there with her son, who became Mason's best friend.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZy6GkuVQp2IqomSghwTWL0XDEMKDpnv2ZtRLbv8MnQJuNF9AU6MmM8MKA92XcA8iYib-JoBFSiDTvxfq6SskiUJO_7tE57qE_fk54ViIgHsdd4GkYGnjvXewBO49w2MZoTatIgFBhkrI/s1600/CIMG2185.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZy6GkuVQp2IqomSghwTWL0XDEMKDpnv2ZtRLbv8MnQJuNF9AU6MmM8MKA92XcA8iYib-JoBFSiDTvxfq6SskiUJO_7tE57qE_fk54ViIgHsdd4GkYGnjvXewBO49w2MZoTatIgFBhkrI/s320/CIMG2185.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485364241469112434" border="0" /></a> Mason's best friend.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9RMsDvnO5sfC5uEgeWMYt4QbjVwiWPdWKhjE39v4Fc7E8UnGlvgKYx8XRq2gdjazsXTq4AQK7RMqxBba49v2fyGkrOevoBXNUD7d07ldkyhtl8GdAA-hHqRL4mdAc3rFAgYI3gXROyM/s1600/CIMG2181.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9RMsDvnO5sfC5uEgeWMYt4QbjVwiWPdWKhjE39v4Fc7E8UnGlvgKYx8XRq2gdjazsXTq4AQK7RMqxBba49v2fyGkrOevoBXNUD7d07ldkyhtl8GdAA-hHqRL4mdAc3rFAgYI3gXROyM/s320/CIMG2181.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485624413328707986" border="0" /></a><br />It was really crowded in the van. I had to sit with the luggage.<br /></div><br />Marianne, Lise and Ann Lisbeth came and they brought Trygve and Martin with them. We also met Elin and her husband, Kyrre, Leiv-Bjorn and Sebastian, an Australian exchange student also, Maria, an Ecuadorian exchange student.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYEZvTa5cI7W6t54r8PvQ4qjRoj3CTPS8LT42hWkOOgYkQKckXmolk_dUrQcrLr2OuVq_g1nK4Ecuz5vNd02o7FHf_asI8UE5b1yOBMbw_54RpzWE-aHVBLzNJHtOzFNWlo8FtvuX3eQ/s1600/CIMG2191.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYEZvTa5cI7W6t54r8PvQ4qjRoj3CTPS8LT42hWkOOgYkQKckXmolk_dUrQcrLr2OuVq_g1nK4Ecuz5vNd02o7FHf_asI8UE5b1yOBMbw_54RpzWE-aHVBLzNJHtOzFNWlo8FtvuX3eQ/s320/CIMG2191.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485367385263645538" border="0" /></a> it was raining.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7szBAsWY6vvUSeWtlkH1SEb_epGnRLCG9qlkC0PCH0LguXyU5Xy7QONadqJhFrA7rCvteAIdZ8m8UNkDHMlUPhP8bNNhxrjop9GCWVh3Jatgk_UMgzS9P2WHbQWgiE2AYs6y2YuL4nHs/s1600/CIMG2221.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7szBAsWY6vvUSeWtlkH1SEb_epGnRLCG9qlkC0PCH0LguXyU5Xy7QONadqJhFrA7rCvteAIdZ8m8UNkDHMlUPhP8bNNhxrjop9GCWVh3Jatgk_UMgzS9P2WHbQWgiE2AYs6y2YuL4nHs/s320/CIMG2221.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485367410862051362" border="0" /></a> Martin<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqM96MOQTUXh1JuGrBuNVdwNM0ICugYuM6eKxD0IT05pUIecoM-r6V9rbZgYgNHURaAAqoCyqBY_2JYs3-N3sMkdBUsjuHq7xq8_bHxNr8CrBdoUNIaZI_C5li04akSLEFPZzc1WlJdOw/s1600/CIMG2222.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqM96MOQTUXh1JuGrBuNVdwNM0ICugYuM6eKxD0IT05pUIecoM-r6V9rbZgYgNHURaAAqoCyqBY_2JYs3-N3sMkdBUsjuHq7xq8_bHxNr8CrBdoUNIaZI_C5li04akSLEFPZzc1WlJdOw/s320/CIMG2222.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485367403949579266" border="0" /></a> everyone else<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-8u4G0ifq55Fs8gEiS5QONtBj28sryTy6hErV9OaWHEZXju3NYCm6M2eUUvnpxFEYgEyiOvDqGUpQvGlLmun-6jEX-8xOSgIOcVbFSsEQj8_vEkc5ZC84v5_-eN91pr_xeYAXvu-crs8/s1600/CIMG2215.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-8u4G0ifq55Fs8gEiS5QONtBj28sryTy6hErV9OaWHEZXju3NYCm6M2eUUvnpxFEYgEyiOvDqGUpQvGlLmun-6jEX-8xOSgIOcVbFSsEQj8_vEkc5ZC84v5_-eN91pr_xeYAXvu-crs8/s320/CIMG2215.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485367399665234658" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wolverine</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-eWorY0qKFuTg_YHo0IMLTYnA23rRjeynBJWwCICEg1lioCEfiPmun6lzpLLP15IP8QMZbsvFszBEiUokTO1X2UuMdU1P8Vueo0T0xs0Xd1SrmwuPi4g82DlQ-XEjonE3W2DFAiT4kE/s1600/CIMG2210.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-eWorY0qKFuTg_YHo0IMLTYnA23rRjeynBJWwCICEg1lioCEfiPmun6lzpLLP15IP8QMZbsvFszBEiUokTO1X2UuMdU1P8Vueo0T0xs0Xd1SrmwuPi4g82DlQ-XEjonE3W2DFAiT4kE/s320/CIMG2210.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485367396969176802" border="0" /></a> Wolf<br /></div><br />I had a fantastic time and Sebastian and I fed 4 baby, arctic foxes. This was the best time of my life. I want to feed baby animals for a living. For the record, baby arctic foxes are the cutest things in the world. This is factual information.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-EhjbDmKjHC1hPuZQReU0ouVlkPvWZetp5ONOOknpsOUMXSVJDwAA5Cd5b33qygCkg0XKi3vK-HAPz8eZXJNdhLw2v6dI9DuPR4PFiTsS_aLeQyg0-ta6331nbiL4RTX7Qqgzfida5I/s1600/CIMG2249.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-EhjbDmKjHC1hPuZQReU0ouVlkPvWZetp5ONOOknpsOUMXSVJDwAA5Cd5b33qygCkg0XKi3vK-HAPz8eZXJNdhLw2v6dI9DuPR4PFiTsS_aLeQyg0-ta6331nbiL4RTX7Qqgzfida5I/s320/CIMG2249.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485368844316797618" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOBhHwl6JrpS2B6pUMN-L74f_eVLFWgvHqjurIJYmGjm-ilNhf-e3yqjxTq_9hVlYfrBekbYDVQp71HYg73gdqSgzT3jLwfZGnOa7aMcgqE59ODs-9sB6akOMy00bxcEH-HnaZPyReWk/s1600/CIMG2230.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOBhHwl6JrpS2B6pUMN-L74f_eVLFWgvHqjurIJYmGjm-ilNhf-e3yqjxTq_9hVlYfrBekbYDVQp71HYg73gdqSgzT3jLwfZGnOa7aMcgqE59ODs-9sB6akOMy00bxcEH-HnaZPyReWk/s320/CIMG2230.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485368811790624130" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8Apj6FRCIldeGw3XfGmu7wfC83MnUvJaPIT-Uj0XaUOXGnxI8A-dsv3TGKBNAQ3RCiT_vPpksyYcWwSk9-sFLVw0bojq0GuFc2fwFFbz79UsTlybQK6e6Mhr3lTwgoDaMjVIEytCM0M/s1600/CIMG2232.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8Apj6FRCIldeGw3XfGmu7wfC83MnUvJaPIT-Uj0XaUOXGnxI8A-dsv3TGKBNAQ3RCiT_vPpksyYcWwSk9-sFLVw0bojq0GuFc2fwFFbz79UsTlybQK6e6Mhr3lTwgoDaMjVIEytCM0M/s320/CIMG2232.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485368828402014594" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Qgu6w_ukbGrzLgvycGVD-CZEByZ1Z6JRgJys_EtQjjkLuMqS4jX1_ki7-jbeN8HZnB5ipp3SndoQN4rYjydwMPUk1BZO0GQl_DMIM5gGNnZapMCFXBcOU9LoppTXwvyf2i42-MikWxM/s1600/CIMG2257.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Qgu6w_ukbGrzLgvycGVD-CZEByZ1Z6JRgJys_EtQjjkLuMqS4jX1_ki7-jbeN8HZnB5ipp3SndoQN4rYjydwMPUk1BZO0GQl_DMIM5gGNnZapMCFXBcOU9LoppTXwvyf2i42-MikWxM/s320/CIMG2257.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485368848432871554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrPJAdBUNFv2shId9W_FwWakMr6-SH4fZuBDiKRIt93GrvVcBmxvmP7y7oid-9anv7L7HGJG0qwbCHDNqLDS26MkMCH25rdLhT_BQRJCq3Y737YLJMs0SRwX9-fr4v_cQCMCIYRnN6dw/s1600/CIMG2234.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrPJAdBUNFv2shId9W_FwWakMr6-SH4fZuBDiKRIt93GrvVcBmxvmP7y7oid-9anv7L7HGJG0qwbCHDNqLDS26MkMCH25rdLhT_BQRJCq3Y737YLJMs0SRwX9-fr4v_cQCMCIYRnN6dw/s320/CIMG2234.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485368836511605858" border="0" /></a></div><br />Pooja and I stayed at Leiv-Bjorn's house with his wife Heidi and their children: Steingrim (15), Sina (13) and Emma Kjerstein (12). This is a very friendly and athletic family. Heidi and EK ran a marathon the day we got there in the freezing rain. They're hardcore.<br />Heidi made us waffles for breakfast :) First waffles of the trip and they were heart shaped! Heidi also gave me the recipe for Kvaefjord Kake aka World's Best Cake.<br /><br />Elin made us two fabulous meals - Taco night! and Indian night! Elin is the bomb.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmgBRV-Ka53mNZrnw2lZvN-WRQXylTrfBEgN9GO00S5oMuHZ3LjXDaHtQHFGorT6KBjcNVOzATYMnKD1QUvv3QO72_DDELJf1GB3QZ0u3Y1K1R7ip3mh7jqoWalyCSZHrPvwY2qSmHkY/s1600/CIMG2343.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmgBRV-Ka53mNZrnw2lZvN-WRQXylTrfBEgN9GO00S5oMuHZ3LjXDaHtQHFGorT6KBjcNVOzATYMnKD1QUvv3QO72_DDELJf1GB3QZ0u3Y1K1R7ip3mh7jqoWalyCSZHrPvwY2qSmHkY/s320/CIMG2343.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485376142747357202" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Leiv-Bjorn's great-great grandfather is Bjønn-Erik, or Bear-Erik or as I like to say, Bear-ick. He is famous for hunting bears for a living after one of them killed his sheep. We visited the cabin that Bear-ick built himself a long-long time ago and we had a picnic (not a toyota picnic).<br /><br />We visited a Husky sledding operation and played with the dogs and checked out some sleds too.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZrzjWfi_Oqqu2_8tyXZPz0gzlgKmVZsWHGKWm0xDMd-1yMkDRo2Ihx0bi55ht6cTsQ7K2I4LxC1fdzKUXsp75NnSeQhulMKckQhDbAB3VHoTKCR5Iil3ikhL_8dKNhI-9EffkcSEPao/s1600/CIMG2323.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZrzjWfi_Oqqu2_8tyXZPz0gzlgKmVZsWHGKWm0xDMd-1yMkDRo2Ihx0bi55ht6cTsQ7K2I4LxC1fdzKUXsp75NnSeQhulMKckQhDbAB3VHoTKCR5Iil3ikhL_8dKNhI-9EffkcSEPao/s320/CIMG2323.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485376133110901474" border="0" /></a> momma and babies<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-YGUsfdbGBKgVuCXUAgBs0grYk7Kw3A45_uIZUMByYzc6HuJL4E0uAnWCHjBTNSRra1PEoX9WvxjKw84TPZDrsTeWwP9NBzh6OH4ZK-QotJGV61pzIqGpFVAkyIZgjaQkNtsTGDcnN8/s1600/CIMG2325.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-YGUsfdbGBKgVuCXUAgBs0grYk7Kw3A45_uIZUMByYzc6HuJL4E0uAnWCHjBTNSRra1PEoX9WvxjKw84TPZDrsTeWwP9NBzh6OH4ZK-QotJGV61pzIqGpFVAkyIZgjaQkNtsTGDcnN8/s320/CIMG2325.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485376128887121218" border="0" /></a> so cute. i want to squeeze them<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5YXiGduWnnh1vKJvlfSNsi7q-VoJn9yP1MXZ2jqArjrjPzb5ZVQ4EC7BdWFR3tCJRID1WESSS8pxydo-AZpPx-E1OI1_rdM6Hc9bn-jo-kmERafv_EoQ2USuIulBsihfY6b0IHYTfdg/s1600/CIMG2333.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5YXiGduWnnh1vKJvlfSNsi7q-VoJn9yP1MXZ2jqArjrjPzb5ZVQ4EC7BdWFR3tCJRID1WESSS8pxydo-AZpPx-E1OI1_rdM6Hc9bn-jo-kmERafv_EoQ2USuIulBsihfY6b0IHYTfdg/s320/CIMG2333.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485624425474055058" border="0" /></a><br />dont look for too long. all this cute starts to hurt.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQVs2YE98CAWDq2sS2UIdfwgUKfaFqSKpJqwgZgn8vNA3RZKtnH23ZLD6DNMxI0MTQOPP1ascEKvLpyXvqodoWDc5E6_XQmEuoWCRw49io1f8LrkcdIzkBXGHDKUZedF3tCkAWGOjSHw/s1600/CIMG2331.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQVs2YE98CAWDq2sS2UIdfwgUKfaFqSKpJqwgZgn8vNA3RZKtnH23ZLD6DNMxI0MTQOPP1ascEKvLpyXvqodoWDc5E6_XQmEuoWCRw49io1f8LrkcdIzkBXGHDKUZedF3tCkAWGOjSHw/s320/CIMG2331.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485624420842421218" border="0" /></a><br />the sled they will pull one day...<br /></div><br />After Bardu, we spent the day with the Finnesnes Rotary Club and Kyrre in Finnesnes and Hamn.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBpQVTNsqZ_idYHpOVS_UBX335H8PGLwJcb7FhyphenhyphenVsc3Clk8GAOrQqpH1KfH4PQ8waYrVmoXT44TMhjo9KXGrS2QIkDqxcBNzOLURe9ckMXvQQkg-9FaFbgWSeZ0KrbHU-m8xUoScdw1U/s1600/CIMG2412.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBpQVTNsqZ_idYHpOVS_UBX335H8PGLwJcb7FhyphenhyphenVsc3Clk8GAOrQqpH1KfH4PQ8waYrVmoXT44TMhjo9KXGrS2QIkDqxcBNzOLURe9ckMXvQQkg-9FaFbgWSeZ0KrbHU-m8xUoScdw1U/s320/CIMG2412.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485376152058710498" border="0" /></a>We went to a troll house which was definitely entertaining and of course, great photo opportunities. Bruce and Tim had a duel...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsz9l2P_KiB0R8WQ2FttHm8GOOvpS354cXPDT0fjP1JkqSxVG_Hc9ZjqvGxRomYMcnlxj-25MuM1sqe9hAzYSNB_iAZ8FPwwOKLBohZp1TRaMLjg1P7fSdB2_FsAbBygBuPvrOLHpPyAM/s1600/CIMG2423.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsz9l2P_KiB0R8WQ2FttHm8GOOvpS354cXPDT0fjP1JkqSxVG_Hc9ZjqvGxRomYMcnlxj-25MuM1sqe9hAzYSNB_iAZ8FPwwOKLBohZp1TRaMLjg1P7fSdB2_FsAbBygBuPvrOLHpPyAM/s320/CIMG2423.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485377401764852706" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBLMDMT06_v89mWCgdbvSSnpwxAhjhXYUpvTYi3z4RHE6GYIe8s3i7weLnh5THWMkYImLRP1ZlR7VMTM86LkyEK-jyatq8UmzjAnXNCy2oSUTx_jfofFL_ReenQ76UkMobKel8j7I3PM/s1600/CIMG2429.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBLMDMT06_v89mWCgdbvSSnpwxAhjhXYUpvTYi3z4RHE6GYIe8s3i7weLnh5THWMkYImLRP1ZlR7VMTM86LkyEK-jyatq8UmzjAnXNCy2oSUTx_jfofFL_ReenQ76UkMobKel8j7I3PM/s320/CIMG2429.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485377411010100914" border="0" /></a><br />...while Mason and I became rulers of the troll empire.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmM0u0-GUj5ofMDEtuDclPYVgAhZUU4nozlRvxQ0sTO-UvA0qzYK7UYq9hnyha7Kjqa0lAXHCLlGQ3h45jYTtGWn5ySmykQ-eMhg7rMKaeUYElQdzPTIqByuFITNggd4ORXH89l2k6LE/s1600/CIMG2438.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmM0u0-GUj5ofMDEtuDclPYVgAhZUU4nozlRvxQ0sTO-UvA0qzYK7UYq9hnyha7Kjqa0lAXHCLlGQ3h45jYTtGWn5ySmykQ-eMhg7rMKaeUYElQdzPTIqByuFITNggd4ORXH89l2k6LE/s320/CIMG2438.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485377423936821842" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMJBpe6TTUMInseROYvIoRRCJbmoc2qzuz6GGY303XqqWgnGHnENdx8RDXAIPIOL6DZ57qLAm9r3oPeulGujqiXv5Z8d7MDM159FNSwrZ9BZ7f9QRwNfvS3ma5icP-knSoIkY3TGP43yo/s1600/CIMG2437.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMJBpe6TTUMInseROYvIoRRCJbmoc2qzuz6GGY303XqqWgnGHnENdx8RDXAIPIOL6DZ57qLAm9r3oPeulGujqiXv5Z8d7MDM159FNSwrZ9BZ7f9QRwNfvS3ma5icP-knSoIkY3TGP43yo/s320/CIMG2437.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485624442740551586" border="0" /></a><br />I learned some troll stories and we all bought these candies that were sour and tasted like wax but we kept eating them anyway.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoKqt9MXJjL0F4K6-cari0TjLrRfwIb_yAR_6D9NIl8uU8F3eu-kcCF2Guwvz-UjmUq0PDVMWr_1iKAG6K8Xaux85frCk8W5S2IZsc6yH8ftiG7zRrHsmRKhtRYh2GR3-Jz3kVZ65z-1Y/s1600/CIMG2440.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoKqt9MXJjL0F4K6-cari0TjLrRfwIb_yAR_6D9NIl8uU8F3eu-kcCF2Guwvz-UjmUq0PDVMWr_1iKAG6K8Xaux85frCk8W5S2IZsc6yH8ftiG7zRrHsmRKhtRYh2GR3-Jz3kVZ65z-1Y/s320/CIMG2440.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485624431439322962" border="0" /></a><br />This is a wall full of pacifiers of all of the babies that the trolls ate.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKzEMKem0T-j7I_bXNJKOGWbO8d6xit0C6CguzC-55r4ZKyBtpNUYr5UYDOSRaoHaxDwDmQIJ_LxvjbKQc8RgGACZQfMQNVnkZGq9szfbP1kS1eTvbiuH1e_cHOSMQysUljwTfie79xW0/s1600/CIMG2417.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKzEMKem0T-j7I_bXNJKOGWbO8d6xit0C6CguzC-55r4ZKyBtpNUYr5UYDOSRaoHaxDwDmQIJ_LxvjbKQc8RgGACZQfMQNVnkZGq9szfbP1kS1eTvbiuH1e_cHOSMQysUljwTfie79xW0/s320/CIMG2417.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485377399331853426" border="0" /></a> getting eaten by a troll.<br /><br />Next blog: Last stop<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uP8JbqcIUeT8lRpQBvUsNXNQyvfK6tKHUz9lqkGOl_o6xJ2VSkjp378yZQ_2Al5xWYSYyNMemAkMguzFnLfLSXiObsL1n8MP-dfVuxBsRasY1zCSWezgmlr0AGlzcB9Ufc2pAEW_MAs/s1600/CIMG2354.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uP8JbqcIUeT8lRpQBvUsNXNQyvfK6tKHUz9lqkGOl_o6xJ2VSkjp378yZQ_2Al5xWYSYyNMemAkMguzFnLfLSXiObsL1n8MP-dfVuxBsRasY1zCSWezgmlr0AGlzcB9Ufc2pAEW_MAs/s320/CIMG2354.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485376149374024658" border="0" /></a> Surfer Pony<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUId0sTwGmLSx-d7Xsq7iehJAqFeI9Xqd7v67aJvTl6ynzZ61MZi6h2f6KKhYrkfpcTmGCON6dqNkv5blYPdgogfJNBsH_-3TEk0nQOmmx4wtUxh8tCymsOTCvePlxxZa4LoUmx7J43F4/s1600/CIMG2178.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUId0sTwGmLSx-d7Xsq7iehJAqFeI9Xqd7v67aJvTl6ynzZ61MZi6h2f6KKhYrkfpcTmGCON6dqNkv5blYPdgogfJNBsH_-3TEk0nQOmmx4wtUxh8tCymsOTCvePlxxZa4LoUmx7J43F4/s320/CIMG2178.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485364235386122946" border="0" /></a> Had to leave my mark in the Hotel. I thought this was pretty clever.mysandwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298709752509283059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532958673510558300.post-13812280298212088902010-06-17T11:43:00.000-07:002010-06-18T14:33:13.522-07:00Whales have leg bones<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1TtaEcRC8Zh-oYo4V9DxxjD_BhiAhgDjqIY2nOBDrXpUJ63fRxhyphenhyphenJyMZuCKVarEzx9uYOZj8_QWBLmVhuJlLP9qxdS2qcla8JdZ1tqYgIn6pOLbRVsLzJKS8ZGmOpe4mC0UNP8hjGTU/s1600/CIMG1852.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 378px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1TtaEcRC8Zh-oYo4V9DxxjD_BhiAhgDjqIY2nOBDrXpUJ63fRxhyphenhyphenJyMZuCKVarEzx9uYOZj8_QWBLmVhuJlLP9qxdS2qcla8JdZ1tqYgIn6pOLbRVsLzJKS8ZGmOpe4mC0UNP8hjGTU/s320/CIMG1852.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483880748487708722" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:180%;">Sortland</span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"> -</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:verdana;" >the blue city</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">(Sortland is called the blue city because some artists tried to paint every building in the city blue at some point. This wasn't that sucessful because people argued over what color blue their buildings should be. A lot of them are blue though.</span>)<br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Arrived Thursday night to Sortland and had dinner with <span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">Marianne</span> and <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Ann Lisbeth</span> from the Norwegian GSE team along with the Rotary klubb of Sortland. Here. I ate smoked whale. It tasted like salami.<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIeiAW9Vcg6S8UOzcMo9vXOUfAtdvQgn2ZKEa5HjdahgT-OVcXmjik4wugOo3CP6Mi-XjUJOn2EMrmYyX6VAql6g5WdwFdTni5Do_BgfHt93vZ7FO10PmJRZ-QG2mzPpbXtk0NStbcymY/s1600/CIMG1576.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIeiAW9Vcg6S8UOzcMo9vXOUfAtdvQgn2ZKEa5HjdahgT-OVcXmjik4wugOo3CP6Mi-XjUJOn2EMrmYyX6VAql6g5WdwFdTni5Do_BgfHt93vZ7FO10PmJRZ-QG2mzPpbXtk0NStbcymY/s320/CIMG1576.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483820124254452642" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd_1WyPQPcyk0WUGl9mezp7AAY13DJGyveNE7ueWWS727SSB3zbU9IWmsKdtIcKn1V5AKnvsI96paaAAq67kIdVTtbv-bwZmB3F95q7qaANmqbqKK3V0LoVlhsztWM7JaJo1i3Ui_tpSM/s1600/CIMG1577.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd_1WyPQPcyk0WUGl9mezp7AAY13DJGyveNE7ueWWS727SSB3zbU9IWmsKdtIcKn1V5AKnvsI96paaAAq67kIdVTtbv-bwZmB3F95q7qaANmqbqKK3V0LoVlhsztWM7JaJo1i3Ui_tpSM/s320/CIMG1577.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483820138446532322" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">gettin' my whales ate</span><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">Ann Lisbeth</span> took me on a brief, secret tour of her pharmacy and showed me where the good stuff was. Then she fed me chocolate.<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5chpHSJhy2WezZBUMVfikQ_atXslBKSsX9kfI8_lkR8oukhLCGCJzn0VL5RM___lPfRyFGMBCGij8tAaSVuiXeytPIZMf3ZirP9uWnS2Qw1nXnqh7PllMOQbimw8yoUqSk5HZEdFkT64/s1600/CIMG1604.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5chpHSJhy2WezZBUMVfikQ_atXslBKSsX9kfI8_lkR8oukhLCGCJzn0VL5RM___lPfRyFGMBCGij8tAaSVuiXeytPIZMf3ZirP9uWnS2Qw1nXnqh7PllMOQbimw8yoUqSk5HZEdFkT64/s320/CIMG1604.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483820146596435698" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pQK6jXONqFPbAQ6N8S1Da-F2VBaTyuUNiaWtLLyCHD3Zjh2MdjBasKpUm5-0fZ8ing0zbP2XMECgpN51at_zX76e9Rov5gduWVarADHGWw-UytwatDk-WZQXFuErkxdqIWUuuJS8NCU/s1600/CIMG1599.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pQK6jXONqFPbAQ6N8S1Da-F2VBaTyuUNiaWtLLyCHD3Zjh2MdjBasKpUm5-0fZ8ing0zbP2XMECgpN51at_zX76e9Rov5gduWVarADHGWw-UytwatDk-WZQXFuErkxdqIWUuuJS8NCU/s320/CIMG1599.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483865013655561714" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">The good stuff</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcYFfxuIBk2Jd14kIveVNV95qBSDjRbCW9a2AEamhFKJI6jQ5IGU07lSK9Lv7H1rQs0VXtruwGiMgWPNop5w-VHMRoO7z3elfWkZyRUJrEmhjXyf2VxU9svU0U5vwBYwui3QnzhwMCVI/s1600/Nidar_Stratos.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcYFfxuIBk2Jd14kIveVNV95qBSDjRbCW9a2AEamhFKJI6jQ5IGU07lSK9Lv7H1rQs0VXtruwGiMgWPNop5w-VHMRoO7z3elfWkZyRUJrEmhjXyf2VxU9svU0U5vwBYwui3QnzhwMCVI/s320/Nidar_Stratos.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483821808167422018" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">moo, moo, moo, moo, chocolate.</span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l__4JwEhQ3E"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Stratos has the best commercial that will ever exist for chocolate.</span></a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">While in Sortland, I stayed at Coast Guard Base.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04bWI_SywrUv27cu-yqd8DG4DZsYudPqThlWU7clIYTa9Dc20G6-x0hF3MtUwhShbJshht_kkALafQXzfzabb1NOJwdDtpXKiTgzXK6hAbRy2A_p985tU_Tu_y1TCeYmJbS7XjbAzpX8/s1600/CIMG1849.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04bWI_SywrUv27cu-yqd8DG4DZsYudPqThlWU7clIYTa9Dc20G6-x0hF3MtUwhShbJshht_kkALafQXzfzabb1NOJwdDtpXKiTgzXK6hAbRy2A_p985tU_Tu_y1TCeYmJbS7XjbAzpX8/s320/CIMG1849.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483875291321277986" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Big bummer because all of the hot, coast guard guys weren't there.</span> :(<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQJOi-OC3MJmv_GqXa3WILm_kyJVHxQULW0mtq0aa2m0XOa90nHsZ_BAUS0oTvJmEtldk5vOzzQfprF911QZjBFdXCa0tK4PSfoyytwOn1_smIlupu1cQicVJjyNtJFNpRldphyem3Jbk/s1600/CIMG1848.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQJOi-OC3MJmv_GqXa3WILm_kyJVHxQULW0mtq0aa2m0XOa90nHsZ_BAUS0oTvJmEtldk5vOzzQfprF911QZjBFdXCa0tK4PSfoyytwOn1_smIlupu1cQicVJjyNtJFNpRldphyem3Jbk/s320/CIMG1848.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484198614357535890" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">my room at the base</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Here, I attempted to do laundry... What a disaster.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwY4zGXifGohIIWslWeXurgeByzsZO4AYJoQOZSM1WOIgPdRi_HkFo4pwdgnCVam465JFaOY1Yt7n7F84KBdDjZtdvsxZfNNChDaFgAjK89s9K5wnxdwvIse9GCBjXw3KK6387w1-OyZo/s1600/CIMG1683.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwY4zGXifGohIIWslWeXurgeByzsZO4AYJoQOZSM1WOIgPdRi_HkFo4pwdgnCVam465JFaOY1Yt7n7F84KBdDjZtdvsxZfNNChDaFgAjK89s9K5wnxdwvIse9GCBjXw3KK6387w1-OyZo/s320/CIMG1683.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484194235582266706" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">How do you use this?! </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF5pTIjg3D_Q5ZFGHHAbW4vJvB2MbJFlreSV4wOghAuvWbjGhYgzUpZGpyo4-h7sxrZgfv2ZNFNopWYfPodHBMipN0vNV8DzOVlzIFXIN18kLJd3MVQ9xcGB3C7V70rTnpZkFbB6xe_g0/s1600/CIMG1682.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF5pTIjg3D_Q5ZFGHHAbW4vJvB2MbJFlreSV4wOghAuvWbjGhYgzUpZGpyo4-h7sxrZgfv2ZNFNopWYfPodHBMipN0vNV8DzOVlzIFXIN18kLJd3MVQ9xcGB3C7V70rTnpZkFbB6xe_g0/s320/CIMG1682.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484194226324619058" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> As you can tell by the mess, I clearly don't know</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Friday, we had another tour of a fish factory in Stockmarkenes. This time, a salmon producing plant. I opted out of this tour.<br />Although, salmon smells better than cod, the sight and smell of the "product" made my mouth start to water and I felt my gag reflex becoming sensitive.</span><br />I<span style="font-family:verdana;">t takes about 2 years to fatten up the salmon enough to make them good eats. </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-w3VrSsF65oFIQ5rBJD4g7UBpfY2Uqywf3J3_wmVI1TxcP8RlEX1p31QSN_hnwGp7rU7sZXxb8NaFY17H4nElH_3wjLP4nkG8ukjAK0HPRvaOHEdD1LOPGZFZ-HFlUQ8m9K_CvB8g0IY/s1600/CIMG1627.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-w3VrSsF65oFIQ5rBJD4g7UBpfY2Uqywf3J3_wmVI1TxcP8RlEX1p31QSN_hnwGp7rU7sZXxb8NaFY17H4nElH_3wjLP4nkG8ukjAK0HPRvaOHEdD1LOPGZFZ-HFlUQ8m9K_CvB8g0IY/s320/CIMG1627.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483820156223850242" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">salmon </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8dgLVoNEyP2aiGvmyVEhPudPcG1P2F_83D4LjWQHoMccG1kOAmHcZUMtImeUWFRScrllImAxmhxE2_QRLqpfhTGAyVlnSyjUv-l4wobkQVs-YePLYOyvcqUK0RB-ahxC4eshWDZBu234/s1600/CIMG1628.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8dgLVoNEyP2aiGvmyVEhPudPcG1P2F_83D4LjWQHoMccG1kOAmHcZUMtImeUWFRScrllImAxmhxE2_QRLqpfhTGAyVlnSyjUv-l4wobkQVs-YePLYOyvcqUK0RB-ahxC4eshWDZBu234/s320/CIMG1628.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483820158380493010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">fiske </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">waving goodbye to their 2 year life-span</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYUBYt19QBnlO1E3VqC1XoR3ulMgLEZGNTgwKrN0L-bX0KzIFv-cgjph04SRDQFj2pvhBNg_ONhkGZqviyVJm2eYGxcEX3ziiCV-vo4cKRXCEUPhck9q0bHP6CgQrI8kowlX77fiFTpc/s1600/CIMG1633.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYUBYt19QBnlO1E3VqC1XoR3ulMgLEZGNTgwKrN0L-bX0KzIFv-cgjph04SRDQFj2pvhBNg_ONhkGZqviyVJm2eYGxcEX3ziiCV-vo4cKRXCEUPhck9q0bHP6CgQrI8kowlX77fiFTpc/s320/CIMG1633.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483824350098264130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">good eats</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Later that day, we went to the Hurtigruten museum with Sten Magnus Engen- a famous Hurtigruten captain who is also a Rotary member. For almost 90 years, the coastal express, Hurtigruten, became the most important communication link between the north and the south of Norway and it is said that </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">the Hurtigruten is one of the most professional and proficient expedition voyage operations on Earth.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Vqoj8zegITY26_A1JdCtM41FNJ0ajrOzjxMOPuN6NU9Zu8CX2WY4Ipepl1Af72SmikgAJS_WalbbhJ6ed903YJmQrUiEegPhx-MMwiLn1KPvEAQlSpg0PsWaX7QVXfmA-XB6Ijl_adM/s1600/CIMG1670.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Vqoj8zegITY26_A1JdCtM41FNJ0ajrOzjxMOPuN6NU9Zu8CX2WY4Ipepl1Af72SmikgAJS_WalbbhJ6ed903YJmQrUiEegPhx-MMwiLn1KPvEAQlSpg0PsWaX7QVXfmA-XB6Ijl_adM/s320/CIMG1670.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483867202388062658" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Bruce and I with Sten</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Side note: Everyone is really good about not driving when drinking. Norway has a 0 tolerance policy. You automatically lose your driving priveledges for 2 years and have to pay 2 months of your salary as a fine. </span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">Back to business...</span><br />Saturday night, I stopped at Karl Erik's house for a bit and he let me hold his chickens (det var det hun sa) and watch his children use knives.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdcLCsTmH5O4kZGAI0aZ6sESi7UoqDGmdzwDAn9hQ_HqSvDU_JcLJ-ukhxfZCM5Wv_WQ4AfyF5GMYQ5zSjD9uxAnQ8Eb0yjqKXZJ79z8dK1KrLIcPTWcX98oU2UDXzvsmu-g5vJYPutZc/s1600/chix.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdcLCsTmH5O4kZGAI0aZ6sESi7UoqDGmdzwDAn9hQ_HqSvDU_JcLJ-ukhxfZCM5Wv_WQ4AfyF5GMYQ5zSjD9uxAnQ8Eb0yjqKXZJ79z8dK1KrLIcPTWcX98oU2UDXzvsmu-g5vJYPutZc/s320/chix.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483864982741543826" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOOcHSnLsbMa24srHbhXWCoRUhPHKqEkiRZ1yI42JO0TQPT0uwMCl1adjHQhBc-qSiq6l9pwUBHkDHhvutMRRSb-QKjSu6PN2E7kEyK3DDgefqO7rr2vhT2Thpa8fIYQaYyaD741yuYU/s1600/chixen.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOOcHSnLsbMa24srHbhXWCoRUhPHKqEkiRZ1yI42JO0TQPT0uwMCl1adjHQhBc-qSiq6l9pwUBHkDHhvutMRRSb-QKjSu6PN2E7kEyK3DDgefqO7rr2vhT2Thpa8fIYQaYyaD741yuYU/s320/chixen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483864993685468834" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">mmm, chicken</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HUqg4JQN3n03pwXxBsr7mzoNecG53FEmJMnLzso5XAO9ZgYH1OP2FRsBMASXmyvyM6ATZQFgfl1JS8ySLhfBvttpZRdo-OuyhTsrRqUEbEl1IV0HjC0VWN59YYhOD1zL53RSFJlsYYM/s1600/CIMG1716.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HUqg4JQN3n03pwXxBsr7mzoNecG53FEmJMnLzso5XAO9ZgYH1OP2FRsBMASXmyvyM6ATZQFgfl1JS8ySLhfBvttpZRdo-OuyhTsrRqUEbEl1IV0HjC0VWN59YYhOD1zL53RSFJlsYYM/s320/CIMG1716.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483824382846816610" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">she uses knives better than I do.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Shes like, 4.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Then, Ann Lisbeth, Marinanne, and Karl Erik made us homemade pizza and whale kebabs </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">while we made merriment.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfpSqk04p9jWjkXbZkaZXf1nTFyJzuIR3bczHkfJqipUO03PaVqbNLZobubPHv55OEyfqaZdMzWfWOoGp2he8meFYtHB_iTgOU0j2P_o7FVKAHUe5cVkNFIcHYsRwgxyXpg0RZRJgKOk/s1600/CIMG1717.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfpSqk04p9jWjkXbZkaZXf1nTFyJzuIR3bczHkfJqipUO03PaVqbNLZobubPHv55OEyfqaZdMzWfWOoGp2he8meFYtHB_iTgOU0j2P_o7FVKAHUe5cVkNFIcHYsRwgxyXpg0RZRJgKOk/s320/CIMG1717.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483824360143227074" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">whale<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA7tTqmqxMlQ4pAhNEMCOCG7rj3hasZRxsXYQYlK9bNc3qlhAQ7_N5Ms6Ie8sgTLVTGv5tP_1Udyt3b4UkDgtF5EpFic5-7gu0czdFHtdIZ6XZT_veKPPDx3QwcaAn-nuNlObvBERcN_U/s1600/CIMG1721.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA7tTqmqxMlQ4pAhNEMCOCG7rj3hasZRxsXYQYlK9bNc3qlhAQ7_N5Ms6Ie8sgTLVTGv5tP_1Udyt3b4UkDgtF5EpFic5-7gu0czdFHtdIZ6XZT_veKPPDx3QwcaAn-nuNlObvBERcN_U/s320/CIMG1721.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483867211348569410" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">whale kebab</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Ann Lisbeth invited some friends of hers over as well for drinks and then we went to a local bar that we got into for free because we were American! It's really fun to be foreign.<br />There was a cover band playing called beet shoots, tap root, black coat, something... i dont remember. </span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB4muhsC7MZNH5uz-Z9MI_yPc8UPH5cOZb3Fpzm1jIB9s2R1oZkhGoC2wB7IqXZZxUUI2byyGCrw4OHQLfUtkdqt-9vcdZ2erfjjvcQ5l9UqddoniZBo9cS5l-3gKynmcdwNIuQPU3lV8/s1600/CIMG1768.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB4muhsC7MZNH5uz-Z9MI_yPc8UPH5cOZb3Fpzm1jIB9s2R1oZkhGoC2wB7IqXZZxUUI2byyGCrw4OHQLfUtkdqt-9vcdZ2erfjjvcQ5l9UqddoniZBo9cS5l-3gKynmcdwNIuQPU3lV8/s320/CIMG1768.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483867224128197842" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ylhperEd-FEVB_wIiNFhg9FpdFqfMidrgs97c5SWNbVChfOVmTBGhXRjGyMulqyrZXPFVplAXHu3cDTUrEh1xLIj-tkz9bBwUZEliQoGXSw5lQb9adHjt2hpZvp-ul3q_nBjuzBkXFg/s1600/CIMG1770.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ylhperEd-FEVB_wIiNFhg9FpdFqfMidrgs97c5SWNbVChfOVmTBGhXRjGyMulqyrZXPFVplAXHu3cDTUrEh1xLIj-tkz9bBwUZEliQoGXSw5lQb9adHjt2hpZvp-ul3q_nBjuzBkXFg/s320/CIMG1770.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483869001799691090" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">we had a good time</span> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTbNnSXQFu1g4dgw49ChIPEuwHIus22jwC9gJbCPDVEtdpwaPWn3rlxKiRSENDMoGW3PGD9NgOd3h6fLxNyb3ZqwHbOXpJP27DRXsCFiUKJBGfAYNg_QMddCQmBpmsOmAr0hM6GLvdnAA/s1600/CIMG1744.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTbNnSXQFu1g4dgw49ChIPEuwHIus22jwC9gJbCPDVEtdpwaPWn3rlxKiRSENDMoGW3PGD9NgOd3h6fLxNyb3ZqwHbOXpJP27DRXsCFiUKJBGfAYNg_QMddCQmBpmsOmAr0hM6GLvdnAA/s320/CIMG1744.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483869011500775954" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyjLPSWy1o2VedLKbYMUoG2OjNoyIXh8tWzvChUCZ3QzQQ9nBlZ0ffRVA1WmshrY2w6l0zDXPgbVaWGV71TONl7yUCvvwkw_WETdS4-F16ARdGXZEIrfp3evH-A2QFDI9lCCRpZqjTnao/s1600/CIMG1741.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyjLPSWy1o2VedLKbYMUoG2OjNoyIXh8tWzvChUCZ3QzQQ9nBlZ0ffRVA1WmshrY2w6l0zDXPgbVaWGV71TONl7yUCvvwkw_WETdS4-F16ARdGXZEIrfp3evH-A2QFDI9lCCRpZqjTnao/s320/CIMG1741.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484224473639093954" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYGnTCuc0c5d5iJPxSUrNZ7k0ph5Wml5KFq_eHGqW7Er2QXPuQE4ua_gn90xyKK63_XRjLHlJg3OiTUwPUF06o3aTvaP4oLRIXP6w0qf9MCTkbEWrLFylDHpnM2Cv7Xw_vqipVHvC5Y7k/s1600/CIMG1747.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYGnTCuc0c5d5iJPxSUrNZ7k0ph5Wml5KFq_eHGqW7Er2QXPuQE4ua_gn90xyKK63_XRjLHlJg3OiTUwPUF06o3aTvaP4oLRIXP6w0qf9MCTkbEWrLFylDHpnM2Cv7Xw_vqipVHvC5Y7k/s320/CIMG1747.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484194236561487234" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Tore was DRUUUUUNK! he knocked me down in the parking lot later on this night.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xy48GTlMU7BzHdPJO-iXJS2MffCiaIuoUxzJfHKpHxzala9uwhOzbYukKW6RzbYM_TndU5vwQbQ4ozmIXzujVmYlOtU2Pe79-xfwMzhTvgiNafQ6i9cWtkYvD9t2xM704r4Pyr8LMmg/s1600/CIMG1775.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xy48GTlMU7BzHdPJO-iXJS2MffCiaIuoUxzJfHKpHxzala9uwhOzbYukKW6RzbYM_TndU5vwQbQ4ozmIXzujVmYlOtU2Pe79-xfwMzhTvgiNafQ6i9cWtkYvD9t2xM704r4Pyr8LMmg/s320/CIMG1775.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483867234420777602" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><br />Frode, you are my new, favorite Norwegian.</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Sunday <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Ann Lisbeth</span>, <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Marianne</span>, and <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Karl Erik</span> joined us for a trip to Nyksund </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">- a small town that used to thrive due to the fishing industry but was destroyed in a big storm.<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh54QSjOqqG5OYZ3JmHdghsgLA7IddQU-bjCqwp6Lstbt8_W7ULYoYn0SoWDhHULRK-5CSr7zcs51sWXUY7zTUj-z3fkZV3dTDDY2RT290TRNvoycIDLaYrXCyrva71gqHQMhqHrvsbRsw/s1600/CIMG1810.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh54QSjOqqG5OYZ3JmHdghsgLA7IddQU-bjCqwp6Lstbt8_W7ULYoYn0SoWDhHULRK-5CSr7zcs51sWXUY7zTUj-z3fkZV3dTDDY2RT290TRNvoycIDLaYrXCyrva71gqHQMhqHrvsbRsw/s320/CIMG1810.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483869024045922802" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvsB4VolETkuR3qkozYi43JDx5SvTJQ0nEQ0IOvOeSSUmJWCFtlyaQ8aqz9OymMbQG-I3rrDBuIoHcxLPyRtgwYKxSatXA_fOHoQG9FvFqSmZP7baowK4SIYB1zVKFi13_H6znBLZPExc/s1600/CIMG1791.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvsB4VolETkuR3qkozYi43JDx5SvTJQ0nEQ0IOvOeSSUmJWCFtlyaQ8aqz9OymMbQG-I3rrDBuIoHcxLPyRtgwYKxSatXA_fOHoQG9FvFqSmZP7baowK4SIYB1zVKFi13_H6znBLZPExc/s320/CIMG1791.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483875299790322098" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpP6e849hAMCPngSdcqR36TZxqFhogAEfaOYrJmdmiH9vJltxOkzzpDwAxCSVPgM8phWXsLKFOB5utgqJtP2AAPPPuaDO8Yqy_tfZEGyEyD6i-hDytD630vW6X0e6GB0r4UGl7631_8sg/s1600/CIMG1816.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpP6e849hAMCPngSdcqR36TZxqFhogAEfaOYrJmdmiH9vJltxOkzzpDwAxCSVPgM8phWXsLKFOB5utgqJtP2AAPPPuaDO8Yqy_tfZEGyEyD6i-hDytD630vW6X0e6GB0r4UGl7631_8sg/s320/CIMG1816.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483877294545644274" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCJ3bDN-c_nwJZBeNZNB_0wSxp75EGZi-OQM0CtazCkL2FTkJ2demv321JpclpgPbt1bYlw4EREpAfChLlCwNwWlGiT2U-SH35gCB5Chd5X7U2p_I4KTMH2mTf2wSiPTNl4y9jFZeOLs/s1600/CIMG1831.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCJ3bDN-c_nwJZBeNZNB_0wSxp75EGZi-OQM0CtazCkL2FTkJ2demv321JpclpgPbt1bYlw4EREpAfChLlCwNwWlGiT2U-SH35gCB5Chd5X7U2p_I4KTMH2mTf2wSiPTNl4y9jFZeOLs/s320/CIMG1831.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483877289285947602" border="0" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family:verdana;">It has since been rebuilt and is popular during the fishing season now for vacations and travelers.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Jan Christensen</span> told us a lot of stories about the town since he owns the whole thing and his whole family has lived there forever. His cousin invented the first fishing machine </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieGDmHxyZn9Aia_RmS0YqwcZNg82k4Z2yKcdpZ_fyDYudyD-wlCj5UhlSE4eQMW0keZr6krV8j-0tceZuP3Ruk2epiJeYooUsjivKbwp96sVcVVr9998yH2UN_VJ0r6Gv8FMNQsqyTD2o/s1600/CIMG1804.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieGDmHxyZn9Aia_RmS0YqwcZNg82k4Z2yKcdpZ_fyDYudyD-wlCj5UhlSE4eQMW0keZr6krV8j-0tceZuP3Ruk2epiJeYooUsjivKbwp96sVcVVr9998yH2UN_VJ0r6Gv8FMNQsqyTD2o/s320/CIMG1804.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483869013771852690" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;">to help fishermen who were physically starting to feel its effects after years of hauling fish in by hand. <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Jan's</span> grandfather built the church and his house and the docks and so on... </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The blacksmith's shop (yes, norway still has blacksmiths) </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucJfaNcvNJNu8dOw1g__NbrQI2Fme6S28cZ-kZ7bwjoAT0NSxE0UhLZNuc6tpa8U5HAWdyx2QWJQqEOBegMSMQiqIkeHRc4VN97bySI6G87lxGyU9YAvhWecyoz5cc98iSlyYkA8e8oo/s1600/CIMG1820.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucJfaNcvNJNu8dOw1g__NbrQI2Fme6S28cZ-kZ7bwjoAT0NSxE0UhLZNuc6tpa8U5HAWdyx2QWJQqEOBegMSMQiqIkeHRc4VN97bySI6G87lxGyU9YAvhWecyoz5cc98iSlyYkA8e8oo/s320/CIMG1820.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483869028770539970" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;">was fascinating and he gave us handmade trinkets. The smith was a young, handsome guy, who actually made his own tools in order to make other things. Crazy.<br />Mason and I discussed that if we were trapped on a deserted island and could only bring one thing, we'd bring THAT guy! Then, we went to <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Jan Christensen's</span> house and had tea, </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj503Sme3CK3BW8dxJEcg2SsTEfjXdgB-eG3LIyL9YREBn-eepo3eJr5mCn194OlQsv2wzC5WvbirFdyhFFf_jKtNd7TFNN4tDKqztEepN-AnUwLk5x1Dd2A0umO4PH6c-dZsrqhHBtQE0/s1600/CIMG1832.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj503Sme3CK3BW8dxJEcg2SsTEfjXdgB-eG3LIyL9YREBn-eepo3eJr5mCn194OlQsv2wzC5WvbirFdyhFFf_jKtNd7TFNN4tDKqztEepN-AnUwLk5x1Dd2A0umO4PH6c-dZsrqhHBtQE0/s320/CIMG1832.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483877298937809826" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;">cheese and lefse. </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqP7A1Dl3I6Atrs44p-L2kPvQCwll8KVf0CTBQOYPiX5RurT9GYukU_HeE9g08_pf5pdhyphenhyphen6iqORyNmQYWZaFR_Gs4eAdBeQD_5eCKSLt6CftYaqF8WGDF64VedFXxxprn5vQicd-ylls/s1600/CIMG1838.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqP7A1Dl3I6Atrs44p-L2kPvQCwll8KVf0CTBQOYPiX5RurT9GYukU_HeE9g08_pf5pdhyphenhyphen6iqORyNmQYWZaFR_Gs4eAdBeQD_5eCKSLt6CftYaqF8WGDF64VedFXxxprn5vQicd-ylls/s320/CIMG1838.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483880761691460882" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">(Lefse and cheeses)</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> His house was beautiful and as equally historic as the entire town. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />On the ride to dinner, we discussed <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Karl Erik's</span> potential to grow breasts and produce milk and what they would be like if he had some. He said "hairy, but supple." I said, "if I ever knew a man that would do that, it would be <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Karl Erik</span>."<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUBx5aCrLw6QXwlGlRqyuxGx-bhF6O0belc6tMXiRq5CK2ZS-xLqWdV4ClCmuXBdyzSg_5OfNjXXfU-z38a1fsaiwQGptFG36szOWjpJNpo2MU7H211RwmDg-YZfxOnSmD4Kphsk42M8/s1600/CIMG1725.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUBx5aCrLw6QXwlGlRqyuxGx-bhF6O0belc6tMXiRq5CK2ZS-xLqWdV4ClCmuXBdyzSg_5OfNjXXfU-z38a1fsaiwQGptFG36szOWjpJNpo2MU7H211RwmDg-YZfxOnSmD4Kphsk42M8/s320/CIMG1725.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483867218079278290" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> Karl Erik</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> with apple cake, not breasts</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">We left <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sortland</span> on Monday and went to Andenes. 2 stops here. First, to ALOMAR.<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOMNwW-jPSan8vumD47sn5k7_VYD4ABNYTqyU7sRtF_H_i8aqlNeOEqFZB3Y_vlA3rFVxmE_FGcPRZg5Ofg3xBfl4EOZXla5tH3ayZMDbB331RGABffZKj9j851pxYp6OgM_63Xr5RVxg/s1600/CIMG1878.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOMNwW-jPSan8vumD47sn5k7_VYD4ABNYTqyU7sRtF_H_i8aqlNeOEqFZB3Y_vlA3rFVxmE_FGcPRZg5Ofg3xBfl4EOZXla5tH3ayZMDbB331RGABffZKj9j851pxYp6OgM_63Xr5RVxg/s320/CIMG1878.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484198630180191138" border="0" /></a> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" > ALOMAR (Atmospheric LIDAR Observatory for Middle Atmosphere Research) is a research facility where scientific groups investigate the atmosphere from the troposphere to the lower thermosphere.</span><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmp8upqXHuIEZSt1bXX-EmZPLUWDnl15B4n2yqahaD4vVnOKFC2N1ERVnypzFGjjsscr8vogiOMcKl5cGm3h3DtDoLLuKRySydXUpTaWTj-0n6JKePBN_bl5w3Veagbb-XkDBXua9D6ks/s1600/CIMG1883.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmp8upqXHuIEZSt1bXX-EmZPLUWDnl15B4n2yqahaD4vVnOKFC2N1ERVnypzFGjjsscr8vogiOMcKl5cGm3h3DtDoLLuKRySydXUpTaWTj-0n6JKePBN_bl5w3Veagbb-XkDBXua9D6ks/s320/CIMG1883.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483880764497816930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzI1uU_9bivd15wATWoyAu8VRfsRcIWSBSx0QArhZpBezi0cHLnGEzXoeDkwad9iO7YyW08pT90p-K4Av9GWz4U2FFu3fs8-0AGppM43W5lURCXZmlV3_tkC16vh9M8IvkQBRL_yvtqMc/s1600/CIMG1884.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzI1uU_9bivd15wATWoyAu8VRfsRcIWSBSx0QArhZpBezi0cHLnGEzXoeDkwad9iO7YyW08pT90p-K4Av9GWz4U2FFu3fs8-0AGppM43W5lURCXZmlV3_tkC16vh9M8IvkQBRL_yvtqMc/s320/CIMG1884.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484200799568362690" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">neat equipment</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0EAUdez_hWfgPd7HdW-TND0qBx2Q9fhctNE0c87FhBcil8THWolRhb4pb29E5JYZrpNg48pGrrpbe3Gn6RvigvLbrFj-PhlGh9sCAy0yUGaa65syi6uYbdRKqYhVU0qU1yC-R_NJlweI/s1600/CIMG1869.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0EAUdez_hWfgPd7HdW-TND0qBx2Q9fhctNE0c87FhBcil8THWolRhb4pb29E5JYZrpNg48pGrrpbe3Gn6RvigvLbrFj-PhlGh9sCAy0yUGaa65syi6uYbdRKqYhVU0qU1yC-R_NJlweI/s320/CIMG1869.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484198620494516306" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">View from ALOMAR in Andenes<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XJvabjx6aytFLcj8U-DeT1pdT7_4HficleoE7x2SKzRgc6AyRSMhyFAea4MuMvmmwC6ZCC4k8PBAm6k35QCsPQW2x1-c7tKDoEnhQXa754ziyC9v_1OwdXR8O6e6sfThkfwwd1odp-U/s1600/CIMG1885.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XJvabjx6aytFLcj8U-DeT1pdT7_4HficleoE7x2SKzRgc6AyRSMhyFAea4MuMvmmwC6ZCC4k8PBAm6k35QCsPQW2x1-c7tKDoEnhQXa754ziyC9v_1OwdXR8O6e6sfThkfwwd1odp-U/s320/CIMG1885.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484198604871486386" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">and 2nd, the Whale museum. Total tease here. How can we go to the whale museum and then NOT take the whale safari? HMMPH!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1-Vd1kzDJhmLC6D-kY6USYm4S2TG8TsVQS6068n_2mkomeVZ3TR7pJUtqlARgcXI8_TxqAB5MkxdfqJRaPMu4IUfJemfHUEfD5ZiPUpK5gSMi36KwYrLJoioed2mTrkaEEEJpiwJp4I/s1600/CIMG1904.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1-Vd1kzDJhmLC6D-kY6USYm4S2TG8TsVQS6068n_2mkomeVZ3TR7pJUtqlARgcXI8_TxqAB5MkxdfqJRaPMu4IUfJemfHUEfD5ZiPUpK5gSMi36KwYrLJoioed2mTrkaEEEJpiwJp4I/s320/CIMG1904.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483875278330831330" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">whales evolved from a sort-of-dog </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzmUZ49tHcu31SpLLy7PCKiUUZW8sL_LwVdvTmhpNhMDN62QXkGDaRgzXJ46Hw4yzfVpyOLbQdaHQDXTpzA3AX5cxntFFh8VUmlAu8S50SObYe5eBkU5gxlwVdbZHs7TbBOMO67z98r9M/s1600/CIMG1909.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzmUZ49tHcu31SpLLy7PCKiUUZW8sL_LwVdvTmhpNhMDN62QXkGDaRgzXJ46Hw4yzfVpyOLbQdaHQDXTpzA3AX5cxntFFh8VUmlAu8S50SObYe5eBkU5gxlwVdbZHs7TbBOMO67z98r9M/s320/CIMG1909.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483875274778036226" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">now, they can eat giant squid</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcH2_X9oSBORAfQoZeV84FvPGcU6usTB6jhMvR3jEtdr2JY9X8fpOksm11MrtmXhMt6jagSsU71Fqkr5VMjG4ocoytpYTXe0MVw8OvY2phf5qmHAAyF-UPJKqKrBxC1MgRSk6F6DkhN0/s1600/brain+hole.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcH2_X9oSBORAfQoZeV84FvPGcU6usTB6jhMvR3jEtdr2JY9X8fpOksm11MrtmXhMt6jagSsU71Fqkr5VMjG4ocoytpYTXe0MVw8OvY2phf5qmHAAyF-UPJKqKrBxC1MgRSk6F6DkhN0/s320/brain+hole.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483880736395977490" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">whales have the biggest brain in the animal kingdom. This is the brain hole of the whale skull<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tdPzNSEBDThaowXyio_M3Rj115IRl48vVIMVMvFMsi7bMlL_jXY2L0QEXnLAF20PUtJ8FNMe0ym_SVIpGHoOLQqVn2kgTrecJgkhzoQZ_I_ICV9wbPe8OcCh5qpxs6Hdpg4MEFrw6Ew/s1600/CIMG1841.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tdPzNSEBDThaowXyio_M3Rj115IRl48vVIMVMvFMsi7bMlL_jXY2L0QEXnLAF20PUtJ8FNMe0ym_SVIpGHoOLQqVn2kgTrecJgkhzoQZ_I_ICV9wbPe8OcCh5qpxs6Hdpg4MEFrw6Ew/s320/CIMG1841.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484194258655016626" border="0" /></a><br />Nicole loves Moby Dick </div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Arrived in Harstad on Monday where Lise lives, and had some dinner with the Rotary klubb and our new host families.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzb1qgbGupmyrfDBseXiLNp6d5HmdIimUltMfwn4FABioZhmSm_t5etMaFYJRaL4OHch0dLiiXhNcbIfPN2jfIu1H7FARoAI_6qLxAyWzxsz1WPRGKw1e7kR6EWjeUwJY9feECSXYUEyc/s1600/CIMG1922.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzb1qgbGupmyrfDBseXiLNp6d5HmdIimUltMfwn4FABioZhmSm_t5etMaFYJRaL4OHch0dLiiXhNcbIfPN2jfIu1H7FARoAI_6qLxAyWzxsz1WPRGKw1e7kR6EWjeUwJY9feECSXYUEyc/s320/CIMG1922.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484200813842094034" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Rømmegrøt - Sour Cream Porridge </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I did not care for this. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Although, it tasted better after sugar and cinnamon was put all over it.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">It's name is translated into "escape porridge" because they used to feed it to people in prison. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">It was served for dinner, but would have been better for desert.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Pooja and I stayed with Hilde Svenning, who works with Lise at Kunnskapsparken. She was great and we met her daughter, Helena, very briefly as she was studying for her exams. Helena is finishing her first year of nursing school in Troms</span><span id="result_box" class="short_text"><span style="" title="">ø</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">. </span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />The next day, I went to Hydra Tidal. Eivind Nydal gave me the tour of the facility as well as information on the Morild. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Hydra Tidal's Morild (the prototype) technology is harnessing the vast energy potential of low-speed tidal and ocean currents. 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They gave us a presentation about their company and how to start a business in Norway. I have a tentative plan to move here by 2013.<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhyEGLFxe9c9q-Z3mkZ0CeJ_Q_-CAlABvNd-mocAL4Uhnsc7PgS3Uahq3Ig2F0G9s9s78CuLTV7hiC1xcdoKf9MbMLi75KRFm6FfmQOvqX3pmk77TQY_BVSWHWr_QalEz6XrD491Az8o/s1600/CIMG2018.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhyEGLFxe9c9q-Z3mkZ0CeJ_Q_-CAlABvNd-mocAL4Uhnsc7PgS3Uahq3Ig2F0G9s9s78CuLTV7hiC1xcdoKf9MbMLi75KRFm6FfmQOvqX3pmk77TQY_BVSWHWr_QalEz6XrD491Az8o/s320/CIMG2018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484227819513781234" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >Adolfkanonen (Adolf Cannon)</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmXjK4fg48vW16lPxeevU-y-l5W_RzLtLJalZUvpiPPeaTGIKGnn0-9dIJbgM9l-gkpFE0eD3MSDkBUpWUl-KFAldJij3q49QnfD0dxtG9MF9gZ2S6uO8kADJ0gZ871MvNAhZKp_TnHPY/s1600/CIMG2028.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmXjK4fg48vW16lPxeevU-y-l5W_RzLtLJalZUvpiPPeaTGIKGnn0-9dIJbgM9l-gkpFE0eD3MSDkBUpWUl-KFAldJij3q49QnfD0dxtG9MF9gZ2S6uO8kADJ0gZ871MvNAhZKp_TnHPY/s320/CIMG2028.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484222489548377218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" lang="en-gb"><br />This Cannon, part of the Trondenes Battery (4 other, identical guns) was the most powerful of all batteries in Hitler's Atlantic Wall. The wall was 5,000 km long, from the border between Spain and France in the south to the border between Norway and Russia in the north</span></span>. <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:verdana;">The battery was placed to secure a continuous supply of Swedish iron ore via Narvik for Germany. Swedish iron ore was a strategic resource much needed by Germany</span>.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwpYb7Wln_O45UP1m1VuwewKvj1xKtRmSImWLodY8c_ueL8jwBl2RB01AtZRAklvM_ulVi_RB85XpxVTc_oGbTyo1SyF3eVXs3vnpwm2x7nyYUDZGtOrTov_3rJLcPCWUj4WX3OnAdQ8/s1600/CIMG2041.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwpYb7Wln_O45UP1m1VuwewKvj1xKtRmSImWLodY8c_ueL8jwBl2RB01AtZRAklvM_ulVi_RB85XpxVTc_oGbTyo1SyF3eVXs3vnpwm2x7nyYUDZGtOrTov_3rJLcPCWUj4WX3OnAdQ8/s320/CIMG2041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484222508348869010" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoeX6VRwO13ZsxY8WTkjk_1T21iAA761_fAnYdQqGM4cBb1s52zy7IHQSC0EO1xDMX72lZu3_lf849gUbxA_Qwp4jIg1tC7QHJL6XkQXz_8N3Iqqny9743yVETznugT9Yu9AXrMyu9uik/s1600/CIMG2039.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoeX6VRwO13ZsxY8WTkjk_1T21iAA761_fAnYdQqGM4cBb1s52zy7IHQSC0EO1xDMX72lZu3_lf849gUbxA_Qwp4jIg1tC7QHJL6XkQXz_8N3Iqqny9743yVETznugT9Yu9AXrMyu9uik/s320/CIMG2039.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484222503081636002" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ17Aawues1V3_N9I63Mcpz324nGuhhO_MaKp5xFhk04-b7K1tHjv-_oWYNS7HWxZXUKsEwWi2amArS9U6C-vGNkojLm3VbVARU8tSE49K17ar2jzF1kkGIC_mqF9mBfpWnTlBRTlG_es/s1600/CIMG2051.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ17Aawues1V3_N9I63Mcpz324nGuhhO_MaKp5xFhk04-b7K1tHjv-_oWYNS7HWxZXUKsEwWi2amArS9U6C-vGNkojLm3VbVARU8tSE49K17ar2jzF1kkGIC_mqF9mBfpWnTlBRTlG_es/s320/CIMG2051.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484224456457023698" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlx6u3MhxG8Lt_Z1GgiKiTm9a_7wgcMEEPM07MlWSWpjfO5pxRlon3Kfv46pP8kLonS8RizOp7KRwtlumMNhoxjDbVcZ25kzzTDKnaPM6eZMciqkfW-iyixsPKL6Sx0D0h5E2dQ6WUys/s1600/CIMG2074.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlx6u3MhxG8Lt_Z1GgiKiTm9a_7wgcMEEPM07MlWSWpjfO5pxRlon3Kfv46pP8kLonS8RizOp7KRwtlumMNhoxjDbVcZ25kzzTDKnaPM6eZMciqkfW-iyixsPKL6Sx0D0h5E2dQ6WUys/s320/CIMG2074.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484219358178179810" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">biggest wrench ever.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">After the Cannon, I went to the gym. Norwegian Gym!<br /><br />That night, Hilde had a goodbye/futbol party at her place. We ordered pizza from Dolly Dimple's. This made me miss NJ pizza.<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzjgKhaXOx1zSEONuWTWiMgEo-1p-05maRSAWhfLF_7P3V0LOoAlnAXwXKAMGNCaF2bqPSaBi7Y382xrzXXC5YRHuy79v5AsQz9blIrFXelVlxxMfWoxV3ufmibFGpf9klWwWkPFZ42w/s1600/Dolly-Dimple.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzjgKhaXOx1zSEONuWTWiMgEo-1p-05maRSAWhfLF_7P3V0LOoAlnAXwXKAMGNCaF2bqPSaBi7Y382xrzXXC5YRHuy79v5AsQz9blIrFXelVlxxMfWoxV3ufmibFGpf9klWwWkPFZ42w/s320/Dolly-Dimple.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484227814591410226" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Before we left, we all went to Statoil where they showed us the control room where they contact the ship and then the geology room full of geological infos. I was very impressed with the way they capture and store carbon and also with their environmental monitoring.<br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >EXTRAS:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yfYlbX1Q1I6TGxW7aXO-_tV0-x2vZI94Hf6qBazKNn3-QAgXlEfIndk1SnJHFWm2T6EsRaYCBsuXAlEI-PqqcvSdLb-fO8GN8JqxJQWC_uDucEayz3r2e3d6BwAGVKD33Fv80aBd9j4/s1600/CIMG1668.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yfYlbX1Q1I6TGxW7aXO-_tV0-x2vZI94Hf6qBazKNn3-QAgXlEfIndk1SnJHFWm2T6EsRaYCBsuXAlEI-PqqcvSdLb-fO8GN8JqxJQWC_uDucEayz3r2e3d6BwAGVKD33Fv80aBd9j4/s320/CIMG1668.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483821842233390850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Best GSE team EVER.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJMQn4A0p96BUhg4-T-p3jAYJCo2wL0yEJzrFzr5uiOm9XlP3xWm5r94U3oe9nNrWBF4TppLdGI4SsP8AzrNzoPsqI-SjPZsUHytnlSjuXYs8oU2AYEIoj6J0YgCN5vIcULk3uzP9ZBc/s1600/CIMG1642.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJMQn4A0p96BUhg4-T-p3jAYJCo2wL0yEJzrFzr5uiOm9XlP3xWm5r94U3oe9nNrWBF4TppLdGI4SsP8AzrNzoPsqI-SjPZsUHytnlSjuXYs8oU2AYEIoj6J0YgCN5vIcULk3uzP9ZBc/s320/CIMG1642.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483865015659392354" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><br />Jumping over cars with motorcycles is strictly forbidden in Norway</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsix3fzLL5be7aeKqWOA8iacEqNfaWXsx-yhmwLPC9hmpFbtxPjH3lg9kR_AgGzOJsv0eZNDs7y0wbAES1txxtEzlTKYNs4ofN6lb7D8XruOBdKgTh8D43qyo8LjmCn1L_zO5R9NK1bNI/s1600/CIMG1645.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsix3fzLL5be7aeKqWOA8iacEqNfaWXsx-yhmwLPC9hmpFbtxPjH3lg9kR_AgGzOJsv0eZNDs7y0wbAES1txxtEzlTKYNs4ofN6lb7D8XruOBdKgTh8D43qyo8LjmCn1L_zO5R9NK1bNI/s320/CIMG1645.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483821829004174834" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">THIS is cool! You can bring bottles and cans to this machine and get 1NOK for regular sized and 2,5NOK for the bigger ones. If we had these, people would recycle more.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaucxVWb86dF-wcrntUM1VkBG1UHR0HqA_HqvFiFwaS-LV147LuAYDLgs4-1URT2oMUxclVPaXM_gWC6LrZiu7HqNEzr1WmXou1YjAlq-fXbrHpPm-aTTOc8JmKQ__Rc1Z2R4AjsC1f8/s1600/CIMG1894.JPG"><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="on" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_FontSize" title="Font size" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);toggleFontSizeMenu();ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Font size" class="gl_size" border="0" /></span></span><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaucxVWb86dF-wcrntUM1VkBG1UHR0HqA_HqvFiFwaS-LV147LuAYDLgs4-1URT2oMUxclVPaXM_gWC6LrZiu7HqNEzr1WmXou1YjAlq-fXbrHpPm-aTTOc8JmKQ__Rc1Z2R4AjsC1f8/s320/CIMG1894.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483875287131630322" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:180%;" >... wtf?<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_yNntrOnzlW0k4WPJN0-IEXNqiUgqRXKXA7cm5FzoPIvXosqvWI4DpPOmbxLY4dDwffgbSiYMoIxLdBMf4a5xiw0aRtEeosvp06mQWclg5_obxraMMxthabqLiaALUSwZkE6E3RY9QWQ/s1600/CIMG1952.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_yNntrOnzlW0k4WPJN0-IEXNqiUgqRXKXA7cm5FzoPIvXosqvWI4DpPOmbxLY4dDwffgbSiYMoIxLdBMf4a5xiw0aRtEeosvp06mQWclg5_obxraMMxthabqLiaALUSwZkE6E3RY9QWQ/s320/CIMG1952.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484200824839051314" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">i paid 4 American dollars for this "just okay" cup of coffee</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiff0WpoPkoUQRn_ZYSHJMbTHI7ADonaGndjI73EUCuKqgvEv9sTveShncVDcXy3DSa4d35xjltQ4Gk_5zC_HXCdnmSaD8C5TL4uv3j1gJaFBl_T_2CfiyoJ34EzeGChgZ3wU9qmIBEStY/s1600/CIMG1919.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiff0WpoPkoUQRn_ZYSHJMbTHI7ADonaGndjI73EUCuKqgvEv9sTveShncVDcXy3DSa4d35xjltQ4Gk_5zC_HXCdnmSaD8C5TL4uv3j1gJaFBl_T_2CfiyoJ34EzeGChgZ3wU9qmIBEStY/s320/CIMG1919.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484190699710815330" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">i saw a real submarine!!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqTFs56u42dj2vVGPZ1D6RIjP9EMr6Fu2I5QGyDmyzWbDvRr50wc9IfARvtS-3UV2uiWQHjFb1wBVqR-vMkKHsLy-aA1uj5Y5haZoiKT73YM0Ng9UJijrTfrqALa9w2cJn7LVMIOJ2PY/s1600/CIMG2027.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqTFs56u42dj2vVGPZ1D6RIjP9EMr6Fu2I5QGyDmyzWbDvRr50wc9IfARvtS-3UV2uiWQHjFb1wBVqR-vMkKHsLy-aA1uj5Y5haZoiKT73YM0Ng9UJijrTfrqALa9w2cJn7LVMIOJ2PY/s320/CIMG2027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484219374780033298" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">what is a toyota picnic?</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBY7zMZrXZ36DGO1X0XrAS6vyKzRSElehgsnXqEoBY6zC5YfLiUaOpcF6RGRughodEcCmzOQm7TOdwBbtiozkkoMLbY2B97iQBXb_lHH-jieQ7Q95qq76KMmp8gNH8GcHfZh3i4V92H4/s1600/CIMG1925.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBY7zMZrXZ36DGO1X0XrAS6vyKzRSElehgsnXqEoBY6zC5YfLiUaOpcF6RGRughodEcCmzOQm7TOdwBbtiozkkoMLbY2B97iQBXb_lHH-jieQ7Q95qq76KMmp8gNH8GcHfZh3i4V92H4/s320/CIMG1925.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484200819591485906" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">This machine is smart. You get a ticket from inside the store for 1 of 4 products: condoms, razors, cigarettes and snuss (tobacco you stick under your lip - ick!)</span>. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Then, you pay at the counter and bring the ticket to the machine outside and get your stuff.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPYp704kK1CHyy3vZEiyf-n8_znXF49XgqzhpWzPPuIltQFPngbrmqAezPujd9JivVLjz8-lYVOvu_YjZIqXKuc444g7tKiR9ra6ezu5u9WRlhoHvSUQHsDoRcO9hBK18-TptirsD3Ng/s1600/CIMG1825.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPYp704kK1CHyy3vZEiyf-n8_znXF49XgqzhpWzPPuIltQFPngbrmqAezPujd9JivVLjz8-lYVOvu_YjZIqXKuc444g7tKiR9ra6ezu5u9WRlhoHvSUQHsDoRcO9hBK18-TptirsD3Ng/s320/CIMG1825.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484194240959599106" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:180%;" >Please God, no more fiske...</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><br /></div>mysandwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298709752509283059noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532958673510558300.post-58483646236704548062010-06-06T13:05:00.000-07:002010-06-14T16:26:30.620-07:00Smells like...<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Hello again!</span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNeBNqaY0Ak9PpQ4jTWHNPFw5rmDhjr0D5uGl7Am1_-UR6ADWtjqVJ5BkBy5ZHxMvtpalPj2gc58wpoHeh-Yj7lMQins8KCk3fJsLtoNYp2C3mW_KRfr7LopeyVVYqagZpChyphenhyphenEVihS9Vc/s1600/CIMG1112.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 358px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNeBNqaY0Ak9PpQ4jTWHNPFw5rmDhjr0D5uGl7Am1_-UR6ADWtjqVJ5BkBy5ZHxMvtpalPj2gc58wpoHeh-Yj7lMQins8KCk3fJsLtoNYp2C3mW_KRfr7LopeyVVYqagZpChyphenhyphenEVihS9Vc/s320/CIMG1112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482721720498022514" border="0" /></a><br />its fippin' cold in Norway. We've had some snow.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Sorry I haven't been punctual on the blog. I have not had internet in 7 days!<br />here goes....<br /></div><br />Before we departed our Fauske friends, we all went to the Nexans plant where they manufacture all sorts of cables. Fiber-optic, seismic, submarine... Lets just say that this plant impressed me enough that I think I'm going to buy stock in it.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjunuuZgLgF5NBL-9hlzaNGoFQp-di51C3PwthsEqjGG9-7ovvEDn5QTLUqH44XLYuik1PoWDSgoeOOEMV1JuRgnVCTCKmsBlKSMtsAYNDwtytkQlTwgquGRePVZOW3mlOj5SeiPd3idZA/s1600/nexans+plant.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjunuuZgLgF5NBL-9hlzaNGoFQp-di51C3PwthsEqjGG9-7ovvEDn5QTLUqH44XLYuik1PoWDSgoeOOEMV1JuRgnVCTCKmsBlKSMtsAYNDwtytkQlTwgquGRePVZOW3mlOj5SeiPd3idZA/s320/nexans+plant.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482708014685089218" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />On our way to Mo i Rana, we stopped at the Arctic circle center and were "Baptized" in a grand fashion. This meant that Rolf and Corky handed me a piece of paper while simultaneusly shoveling snow down my shirt. YES!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMb_julndALx5C9eokJBLW4RbszlS5w6enXCbsYCETxAKXPOwIhdMrkp7Dd9Vr0IsQ_KNE3TRGjkRPcFhv1nFU78cKBupo14RaY4uorZOW8s_77ZtssvDCkFt3rkRFJtu7oQsV6WX4ug/s1600/CIMG1132.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMb_julndALx5C9eokJBLW4RbszlS5w6enXCbsYCETxAKXPOwIhdMrkp7Dd9Vr0IsQ_KNE3TRGjkRPcFhv1nFU78cKBupo14RaY4uorZOW8s_77ZtssvDCkFt3rkRFJtu7oQsV6WX4ug/s320/CIMG1132.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482708035758374162" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_cdwB8V9bKltmXQvl-jAGJxMW7Vf2-j_i4dnX40lo6VGitHbv0c2g7eNWqiU7049zwtf5krnp2T1SlPk8tgnxFtx2CPmkl_ju7F9-1MRCAObYhjknaeh9PKiJ-caV4MB0gQswH4SOVU/s1600/CIMG1133.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_cdwB8V9bKltmXQvl-jAGJxMW7Vf2-j_i4dnX40lo6VGitHbv0c2g7eNWqiU7049zwtf5krnp2T1SlPk8tgnxFtx2CPmkl_ju7F9-1MRCAObYhjknaeh9PKiJ-caV4MB0gQswH4SOVU/s320/CIMG1133.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482708024650677858" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Mo i Rana was a busy city to stay in. We arrived late on Friday night and had a very nice dinner and some wines with Arna and Vigleik Haga, our host family (Pooja and I stayed together again). This might be the cutest couple ever.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZCLPm6f1WYC2z9kutzxCpDTxnsQLdSMWsyw-J44XhSZYTjtDX01TqNArA59T0YTi4pIdzdNRK7STN5vQrpRttivawuKCZsjnkLya7UKVnQ7VpLvxblGiNokwAz8WwelAr64VYWL5zD4/s1600/CIMG1267.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZCLPm6f1WYC2z9kutzxCpDTxnsQLdSMWsyw-J44XhSZYTjtDX01TqNArA59T0YTi4pIdzdNRK7STN5vQrpRttivawuKCZsjnkLya7UKVnQ7VpLvxblGiNokwAz8WwelAr64VYWL5zD4/s320/CIMG1267.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482708038259758146" border="0" /></a><br /></div>They are extremely intelligent, and they know so very much about the history of where they are from, the town they are in now, where they have traveled, greek mythology, any any other obscure piece of information you could hope to know about. Arna was a small, Sami child when WWII began and she told us an incredible story about her family during this time.<br /><br />On Saturday, Pooja and I went with Arna to Vigleik's work. He is a cultural embassador for the Rana Kommune so in the morning there was a dedication to the first mayor of Mo i Rana; Per Magnus Karstensen. He is 97 or something like that and he also did many other important things in his life and for the town, hence the dedication.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDJTCK8-TlAfT698JX1yqSM9yK6JjmAo_ArfJaxVxed6iOtXSo9O-0M9lvrv25Cf1V5VHCY9gsExeDt829ryAtEZxz0rft61STSqElQxlNfy7rw2YXq4SRYzG5hj9qcKelx9tm3Zc_jA/s1600/CIMG1150.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDJTCK8-TlAfT698JX1yqSM9yK6JjmAo_ArfJaxVxed6iOtXSo9O-0M9lvrv25Cf1V5VHCY9gsExeDt829ryAtEZxz0rft61STSqElQxlNfy7rw2YXq4SRYzG5hj9qcKelx9tm3Zc_jA/s320/CIMG1150.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482721749226147762" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKI1xm1EqOJIPkVqtICGWzWzZr_ZnovbE7seCFY6L9esgA-aFtL1DJfv451xxR1MTFOZ1Wc9yQrS7OqM3PYvq0K5-MpccEuQ4E-pAN4oCFX57j8KCXINfeA25LlBLqq7nC851YrIUBfY/s1600/CIMG1151.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKI1xm1EqOJIPkVqtICGWzWzZr_ZnovbE7seCFY6L9esgA-aFtL1DJfv451xxR1MTFOZ1Wc9yQrS7OqM3PYvq0K5-MpccEuQ4E-pAN4oCFX57j8KCXINfeA25LlBLqq7nC851YrIUBfY/s320/CIMG1151.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482721767368733842" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmNlsWsL1o_kZ11eLYf9g2ZLY0sOKAEHIUGUH79UMT192lSpfQkeVnFI-7IKtklhO9yx-zmRSYCTnGhgv6vENpaWijZON4YmMkSbnsTS4ekLEqRO1OBroFnUH96p3T4-8Ip8NeQmLRXY/s1600/CIMG1152.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmNlsWsL1o_kZ11eLYf9g2ZLY0sOKAEHIUGUH79UMT192lSpfQkeVnFI-7IKtklhO9yx-zmRSYCTnGhgv6vENpaWijZON4YmMkSbnsTS4ekLEqRO1OBroFnUH96p3T4-8Ip8NeQmLRXY/s320/CIMG1152.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482725215347886930" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48pbskcazVxQ-ePmDxyPnbp_ESqcltp9OnjUC2iC3q7UR39176PxaukTGGbS5SjqIpHSQCfUKSUtcI9kMkNWSlLLzy0oCVej58j5kGdavKWoEgfJNeyDykHs3ed3-1-6FLWGhtd5jvMg/s1600/CIMG1153.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48pbskcazVxQ-ePmDxyPnbp_ESqcltp9OnjUC2iC3q7UR39176PxaukTGGbS5SjqIpHSQCfUKSUtcI9kMkNWSlLLzy0oCVej58j5kGdavKWoEgfJNeyDykHs3ed3-1-6FLWGhtd5jvMg/s320/CIMG1153.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482725222583262130" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">he hated it. (just kidding)</span><br /><br />After that, we went to the bibliotek to hear Norway's most famous poet, Jan Erik Vold, read another poets poems. I don't care for poetry in the first place, so listening to 2 hours of Norwegian poetry was mind numbingly boring. This was really the only bad part of the day.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxsJswY5o9ZFvYhep-ZXiOUyXNUTNzAwjshSyiejMF2U0aK-HWfZ5GZn8neiTgeLMSAhNWw5ea5cHhmNJua_aGiOJ8WTGrweF-a6WtlBKaleQsrXPpIGNT5Uwg469IM5FjPuV0rNh4ojQ/s1600/janerik.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxsJswY5o9ZFvYhep-ZXiOUyXNUTNzAwjshSyiejMF2U0aK-HWfZ5GZn8neiTgeLMSAhNWw5ea5cHhmNJua_aGiOJ8WTGrweF-a6WtlBKaleQsrXPpIGNT5Uwg469IM5FjPuV0rNh4ojQ/s320/janerik.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482739572650625906" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Jan Erik Vold</span><br /><br /></div>We ate lunch with the Mayor and then went to a Recital/Scholarship award ceremony for talented, highschool musicians inside the Rana Museum where Arna used to work. The saxaphones played inspector gadget.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimyp5O_uvoHS-w3pFy1zoSvRcFn4yJz7b-HhmAbUskXy6tcjsFEHu-65ta3lNJK-2_9lgEjxVCmw1ZlBmB0-aX1QJU5uC9Ohzek1RfeEblwqWx050C9U3SjVtC0yIE8wh8Ta7Lq3S6H_A/s1600/CIMG1159.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimyp5O_uvoHS-w3pFy1zoSvRcFn4yJz7b-HhmAbUskXy6tcjsFEHu-65ta3lNJK-2_9lgEjxVCmw1ZlBmB0-aX1QJU5uC9Ohzek1RfeEblwqWx050C9U3SjVtC0yIE8wh8Ta7Lq3S6H_A/s320/CIMG1159.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482721736516802418" border="0" /></a><br /><br />-Had some dinners and then went out to Babettes to meet up with Mason and his host family for some drinks and live musics. -Haggled with a cab driver.<br /><br />Sunday, Ana and Vigleik took us to Sweden! We went to Tarngby. Everything was closed because it was Sunday. Usually, its a pretty happening place when there is snow around - it is a ski resort town. So, we looked into some windows of some stores and then stopped at a grocery store and I bought some beer and chocolate because things are infinitely cheaper in Sweden.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzB6x9tBMKRsKjTWRMfgjV-O_0xqGyGbVscXmYiYTUk3yhwt0YVeKjObldlPayCcFkrQ1d2t5wh1mE8ZZ8sm-UMcYpMHA5TSNy5uyRcP_Ao-Vy70jdfcC0-ecMIqXTwJg-mEMY6sC6j9c/s1600/CIMG1006+%282%29.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzB6x9tBMKRsKjTWRMfgjV-O_0xqGyGbVscXmYiYTUk3yhwt0YVeKjObldlPayCcFkrQ1d2t5wh1mE8ZZ8sm-UMcYpMHA5TSNy5uyRcP_Ao-Vy70jdfcC0-ecMIqXTwJg-mEMY6sC6j9c/s320/CIMG1006+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482717148638140210" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After that, we went to their "hut" in the mountains. This actually turned out to be a cabin and it was really cute. I was worried that my facebook hype about staying in a hut in the arctic circle wouldn't be as cool now, but it was. It was small and there wasn't any electricity or plumbing, so we drank a lot of Famous Grouse to keep us warm and we didn't pee.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKUWrfXMZK2vWnM-uZoU4-TYJO0xZrGW8r9IiX77I8QUKIvB9dbvWEOVV_wDZ-OZ9Jvd3pWA7LYdf94Y0NUZyrbQ4wNl0YXTELYe7yn2CoTvn4ZTiqCUIHEiaHmc8JOCG0H2ssR3ocQpM/s1600/CIMG1070+%282%29.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKUWrfXMZK2vWnM-uZoU4-TYJO0xZrGW8r9IiX77I8QUKIvB9dbvWEOVV_wDZ-OZ9Jvd3pWA7LYdf94Y0NUZyrbQ4wNl0YXTELYe7yn2CoTvn4ZTiqCUIHEiaHmc8JOCG0H2ssR3ocQpM/s320/CIMG1070+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482708046731050018" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpbkRzgWui9m8EfbtzmQneB9rI3iYarQLdp5yJFqdyAF_1Ey88IWPN_i9AVd48JHA5wSv8n7zjliqYjNhGeH6x8nH4SwwaVAikZIjdBD3H2VAFxKwQPQcqhnUWCS44znPK8V5uzTfkUA/s1600/CIMG1056+%282%29.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpbkRzgWui9m8EfbtzmQneB9rI3iYarQLdp5yJFqdyAF_1Ey88IWPN_i9AVd48JHA5wSv8n7zjliqYjNhGeH6x8nH4SwwaVAikZIjdBD3H2VAFxKwQPQcqhnUWCS44znPK8V5uzTfkUA/s320/CIMG1056+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482717156379871586" border="0" /></a><br /><br />That day, I saw more reindeer than I could have ever imagined. Also, Rudolph was a female because the males lose their antlers in the winter time.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0HkrwJ5YdcvGHd3siqu8p3Vai0F7JbReW7cojPvQbFtStp2Bqi8PbpWCApv5ZQAG-MotWZaL6eTZhCbxENpAIlj3NoeXZISpI4_ErAx6TozSf4LGLTo0b-XhFNiPlk_nRBSTcRyqjvs/s1600/CIMG1003+%282%29.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0HkrwJ5YdcvGHd3siqu8p3Vai0F7JbReW7cojPvQbFtStp2Bqi8PbpWCApv5ZQAG-MotWZaL6eTZhCbxENpAIlj3NoeXZISpI4_ErAx6TozSf4LGLTo0b-XhFNiPlk_nRBSTcRyqjvs/s320/CIMG1003+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482717134443216146" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMMSpfoE8waz426QX-qaJytF8_qf-blP4tJ8tavJF4zwDFK3T6oekDMKS-re72ALHvZM8FPwdr7WT7Nlg3DAzexwQBJePOFFV_cE9M7lvDvsW4-AQoBZxqQa3aiUPUZKaKv2ctQcwwMo/s1600/CIMG1025+%282%29.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMMSpfoE8waz426QX-qaJytF8_qf-blP4tJ8tavJF4zwDFK3T6oekDMKS-re72ALHvZM8FPwdr7WT7Nlg3DAzexwQBJePOFFV_cE9M7lvDvsW4-AQoBZxqQa3aiUPUZKaKv2ctQcwwMo/s320/CIMG1025+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482717144286122210" border="0" /></a><br /><br />On monday, all 5 of us met at RanaBlad, the local newspaper. We were given a tour of the facilities and learned a bit about the 108 year-old, non-political, very local, newspaper.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2L2POIB8GT6n4bDjwkqFFPeJLvnbvz9STsZy2BRU0AjnqvBRr67aVtaiKb5eWH_ndaK7z8E7dRmOjeyx5sLc32pO_ZoMSwYprnzLbutmCu8vXF-hm183UtyKUv7fSr6G6Mn9sOCN9Vp8/s1600/CIMG1173.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2L2POIB8GT6n4bDjwkqFFPeJLvnbvz9STsZy2BRU0AjnqvBRr67aVtaiKb5eWH_ndaK7z8E7dRmOjeyx5sLc32pO_ZoMSwYprnzLbutmCu8vXF-hm183UtyKUv7fSr6G6Mn9sOCN9Vp8/s320/CIMG1173.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482725248168426034" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />After that, we traveled to the Industrial Park and slept through a 3 hour power-point presentation of the Steel Plant. God, that was hell. I did manage to learn a few things: They recyle 800,00 Tons of metal every year by melting into new steel. And the carbon monoxide that is produced as a result is harvested and sold as energy. They have a cooling system that also removes the energy from the smog and that is converted into electricity which powers the entire facility. There is an extremely long conveyor system that transfers the metals to the plant which is super smart, by not having trucks driving back and forth through town over and over again. Norwegians are ridiculously energy efficient.<br /><br />Last stop - the National Library! Here, I thought about Lauren and missed her. We didn't staye here too long but we were shown the important parts. The archives are set into the mountain where the temperature is controlled inside the 4-story building, for better conservation of the documents. There are 421 meters of shelves and the oldest document they have is from the 12th century.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5tfLL1jC-DACWuQzFoLLYn4JWp0mO6e-V1xg77hJ-HBleq6oEi02zmveh5cXRcbj0AhB5WMYKhPTfZpIe-_yTHpy82ehvJU9N03qHhIkYhOtzf3TltXrfOnJr3k546KPhWGtQ8bbeKPk/s1600/CIMG1184.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5tfLL1jC-DACWuQzFoLLYn4JWp0mO6e-V1xg77hJ-HBleq6oEi02zmveh5cXRcbj0AhB5WMYKhPTfZpIe-_yTHpy82ehvJU9N03qHhIkYhOtzf3TltXrfOnJr3k546KPhWGtQ8bbeKPk/s320/CIMG1184.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482725254182932338" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">(secret library archives)</span><br />They are currently building more space inside the mountain because they are filling up quickly. There is also an archive for old, nitrate films from the 1950's. Its pretty cool because its all sectioned and each one is in its own cell with special pipes that prevent disaster. I don't know if you know anything about nitrates, but they produce their own oxygen so they keep burning until its over, even under water. They're very sensitive and the place would explode if one caught fire. Hence, smart cells. They're also digitizing everything and they have lots and lots cute, Norwegian boys handling lots of expensive digitizing machines.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5nkpeqiYII9TT-VC1AJj9VnZvS_ByUuqhqPRhHfjv6_TT7e0l9Z5HhAMfH80yQ1ohX1zgvix6BL8KeX3F7wFKqWy0zoixpW_LrvgiOuPdxmjKZ-48c2JKFNS9Ldd4b_T65_rST6IjM7U/s1600/CIMG1199.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5nkpeqiYII9TT-VC1AJj9VnZvS_ByUuqhqPRhHfjv6_TT7e0l9Z5HhAMfH80yQ1ohX1zgvix6BL8KeX3F7wFKqWy0zoixpW_LrvgiOuPdxmjKZ-48c2JKFNS9Ldd4b_T65_rST6IjM7U/s320/CIMG1199.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482735894663868578" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">(cute boy)</span><br /><br />Inside the actual library, you cannot check out books. It is for archival purposes only; but if you needed to see a document for research, then you could be lent a copy of something. There are computers that file everything in a giant warehouse to be super efficient and retrieve items quickly.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2jRdXxhEGF_Nz183JGB2CyH0Zcb5-1czNBGrHpEMM9fxIgcwec7e-qytCGWHq2zL9CGKZn8NOq_uY16yxIaJvmejew9xVDGX89Xp_M2Qsub7z_MI63N1tCZ8eirLzwTACkWiC-AZfqLk/s1600/CIMG1193.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2jRdXxhEGF_Nz183JGB2CyH0Zcb5-1czNBGrHpEMM9fxIgcwec7e-qytCGWHq2zL9CGKZn8NOq_uY16yxIaJvmejew9xVDGX89Xp_M2Qsub7z_MI63N1tCZ8eirLzwTACkWiC-AZfqLk/s320/CIMG1193.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482725261872152402" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Tuesday morning, we left for<span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > Kræmmervika Rorbuer</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">,</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" >(<a href="http://www.kremmervika.no/">http://www.kremmervika.no/</a>) in Stamsund, Lofoten, about 9 hours north of Mo i Rana.</span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > We caught a high speed boat to Bod</span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" >ø</span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > and had lunch with our friends </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2EfldAF1IZuw7dfD7pWkoKXm-hb3CqiSRIMuY_ezW_feV8-BnPf95_xah5AZqfGrhyphenhyphenO-UqAOQ7MsFheS44kvRa62GgX7vklpe69qCYQlEhVTfyd0SRisD2-GOjhpWhwRSlnWddYGmBvc/s1600/CIMG1297.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2EfldAF1IZuw7dfD7pWkoKXm-hb3CqiSRIMuY_ezW_feV8-BnPf95_xah5AZqfGrhyphenhyphenO-UqAOQ7MsFheS44kvRa62GgX7vklpe69qCYQlEhVTfyd0SRisD2-GOjhpWhwRSlnWddYGmBvc/s320/CIMG1297.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482735856524873202" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" >and then hopped on the Hurtigruten, a Norwegian cruise ship!! It was a really luxurious ride!<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimg_wHfH0Ps4fqcWQqnKLBNcpPBTKkyu_HE7_jbCAF0WRhaK57fQVQxgZjixHl0qRrkY5xjToyNTVMDm0EUe7c1KI5LAoYZ3tZGgMUpdxi0MVcUbHE8XhfLnD4w4IvWJhy9UdezmU3WIk/s1600/CIMG1305.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimg_wHfH0Ps4fqcWQqnKLBNcpPBTKkyu_HE7_jbCAF0WRhaK57fQVQxgZjixHl0qRrkY5xjToyNTVMDm0EUe7c1KI5LAoYZ3tZGgMUpdxi0MVcUbHE8XhfLnD4w4IvWJhy9UdezmU3WIk/s320/CIMG1305.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482735867591409554" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixNingDvVZSwVfu1RrhZesNlhP0OCd4KykKvTbz3ZdGGqqKggqT3hQD53B1KACJreBLpYv0NtYjEW8CDDfl8ejHGr7wrassVC59dSL-zhE-mXdLeUSJ_nV3kyqwzfaRW_z7IbnCZPovZE/s1600/CIMG1300.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixNingDvVZSwVfu1RrhZesNlhP0OCd4KykKvTbz3ZdGGqqKggqT3hQD53B1KACJreBLpYv0NtYjEW8CDDfl8ejHGr7wrassVC59dSL-zhE-mXdLeUSJ_nV3kyqwzfaRW_z7IbnCZPovZE/s320/CIMG1300.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482735865862215442" border="0" /></a></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" >Kræmmervika</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" > is a fisherman's village full of cottages and boats to use for fishing. We had a nice time there and our accommodations were sweet. Thanks Torgunn!! There, we had an informal rotary meeting and some dinner, and met everyone and Anders, the incoming president of the klubb was our new friend and host over the next few days. </span></h1><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhs3S7gv0UElqWkEY1qpPMQyCZE1X60aBt5aQA9yO8iJYZZKn0AJnt_1mL7EYynQHqHn-VlJS37jw_UOEgC85GbARv8WdIAVWcNhdM_rhmSaz2zcWgA0XhNgCm1-RZ2zns-2naYyqHcpc/s1600/CIMG1470.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhs3S7gv0UElqWkEY1qpPMQyCZE1X60aBt5aQA9yO8iJYZZKn0AJnt_1mL7EYynQHqHn-VlJS37jw_UOEgC85GbARv8WdIAVWcNhdM_rhmSaz2zcWgA0XhNgCm1-RZ2zns-2naYyqHcpc/s320/CIMG1470.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482758474310406818" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8dGfl49Yi6B2Px2pF2xIAeXwKTE7D1x_9tK9rXVD1oVSuvkY4gIY4jaMg0bRoIhwWOav00i8cieTpBvEsOCJNxuZxwoSBqoUPgIDJq6drPFolsskLZQsmSK8anfvVTXOBbotT3H-Hrk/s1600/CIMG1353.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8dGfl49Yi6B2Px2pF2xIAeXwKTE7D1x_9tK9rXVD1oVSuvkY4gIY4jaMg0bRoIhwWOav00i8cieTpBvEsOCJNxuZxwoSBqoUPgIDJq6drPFolsskLZQsmSK8anfvVTXOBbotT3H-Hrk/s320/CIMG1353.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482739590508463970" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Bruce, me and Anders</span><br /><br /></div>During our stay in Lofoten, we did some really smelly things that I have no interest in doing EVER AGAIN! We went to a facility which recieved fresh cod, killed the cod, sorted the cod, and then began the drying process, and had a lot of finished product. Did you know there are 15 ways to sort 1 type of fish? yeah...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYatTsON_bvleRqkA3KP2XO7JWylr7tl_ndIRJMlC-y7HphGHFi315jGk2tZ-FWUCkuOjN39y0H66JIKJOX2Y5oxOQz_k2MQKAwad940Lr2gPbge7V8jCmVewFTOZfDxes0rIyIn45V4/s1600/CIMG1386.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYatTsON_bvleRqkA3KP2XO7JWylr7tl_ndIRJMlC-y7HphGHFi315jGk2tZ-FWUCkuOjN39y0H66JIKJOX2Y5oxOQz_k2MQKAwad940Lr2gPbge7V8jCmVewFTOZfDxes0rIyIn45V4/s320/CIMG1386.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482739601307162754" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">pouring cods out</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUIf2h_lx1fyZXXT5kMT1FHSot6wqfVOdw57SDw9Q9e6qyap3AdIYrGP73vNxAgz_sPTZHri15Lkxzcd744gR20KGtrwcQDhyphenhyphenGsXZ78AJkS1THVrBQI1ronoTfP4JnEDOOGu1sbGR86Q/s1600/CIMG1399.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUIf2h_lx1fyZXXT5kMT1FHSot6wqfVOdw57SDw9Q9e6qyap3AdIYrGP73vNxAgz_sPTZHri15Lkxzcd744gR20KGtrwcQDhyphenhyphenGsXZ78AJkS1THVrBQI1ronoTfP4JnEDOOGu1sbGR86Q/s320/CIMG1399.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482753299982959506" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">gettin' our cods sorted...</span><br /><br /></div>A dried cod weighs 33% of its original weight. It takes about 4 months to dry cod.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78KjF3D7VmtrQhwViOmehxofVXZyjNCODmzNrNp_PG6Pk8Ok5VdLkCjWJ7i7d8UmQm0Gn4EgtL3ycwIVcUdeqiCeFTz2IT2GAQ3Sez17cESWy00eLI3tMAbuBLtKvpEQZWlD2n62CSdo/s1600/CIMG1394.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78KjF3D7VmtrQhwViOmehxofVXZyjNCODmzNrNp_PG6Pk8Ok5VdLkCjWJ7i7d8UmQm0Gn4EgtL3ycwIVcUdeqiCeFTz2IT2GAQ3Sez17cESWy00eLI3tMAbuBLtKvpEQZWlD2n62CSdo/s320/CIMG1394.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482753295204155122" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxchGmsL17s2vdSzmM0V0yTH-Iky3QE2Bzmvm-S3g6p3iX3v7ibLMmDqjuWmdT3IQONYM9b2XzqFby3yCNBN1y8FF1PNI2vFV7HlZbMCv19AJ4A8RN3aGvgpt7Y7y__AZc49QI_b-WFyM/s1600/CIMG1391.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxchGmsL17s2vdSzmM0V0yTH-Iky3QE2Bzmvm-S3g6p3iX3v7ibLMmDqjuWmdT3IQONYM9b2XzqFby3yCNBN1y8FF1PNI2vFV7HlZbMCv19AJ4A8RN3aGvgpt7Y7y__AZc49QI_b-WFyM/s320/CIMG1391.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482753268982837170" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">mmm, stacks of dried cod</span><br /><br /></div>We thought this place smelled bad until we went to the next place- A cod processing plant. mmmm... Jeg like ikke da!<br />We had to suit up in plastic suits and wear shoe covers. Thank god because we trudged through fish guts and buh for about 40 minutes, examining the neat process of alive fish to frozen and packaged fish.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwjHW3jmhYTYY505GBKpmLVycH4xsJXx_V3pCMOxGpU-K3bk_krso9CaSqBH8RZFy0ZmPfVfXNmbjyoaowR8dHjTjf-3G1xxH_uZBE5P8ArmPxMj8813YiSf3DOJnWNuelO6Jfi4acAG0/s1600/CIMG1432.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwjHW3jmhYTYY505GBKpmLVycH4xsJXx_V3pCMOxGpU-K3bk_krso9CaSqBH8RZFy0ZmPfVfXNmbjyoaowR8dHjTjf-3G1xxH_uZBE5P8ArmPxMj8813YiSf3DOJnWNuelO6Jfi4acAG0/s320/CIMG1432.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482753306244055458" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">"i do solemnly swear not to vomit"</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgebNxjIFhZvRKG_QB0IcIhvRyQgoVR08hcuZLLD3wZiYYZkFyBjYt-qA1nqMxi1uF53iRnQNypd9PNoZa4r0FZhvWTfLONUMd9s7r-hhNIEui_S9WHR3nd5REoVhQAo37U4Wi4RmIIHT8/s1600/CIMG1436.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgebNxjIFhZvRKG_QB0IcIhvRyQgoVR08hcuZLLD3wZiYYZkFyBjYt-qA1nqMxi1uF53iRnQNypd9PNoZa4r0FZhvWTfLONUMd9s7r-hhNIEui_S9WHR3nd5REoVhQAo37U4Wi4RmIIHT8/s320/CIMG1436.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482758456759095058" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>In this day, we also went to the Lofoten Maritime College. People learn how to become sea captains here and there is an amazing ship simulator called Poseidon.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Dq_fSsz6FSs_EtNSKiXb2v7mknX7zMsZ02EPCblzuJ6KxuxjbujOGWgStt-G0PEPf05cmImXDBag-kVdrjkci54aZNbTdJxjLJ7d_sKJnR2K8AYm1OtZRQgiqBXyYqVH_O03laD_OO8/s1600/CIMG1412.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Dq_fSsz6FSs_EtNSKiXb2v7mknX7zMsZ02EPCblzuJ6KxuxjbujOGWgStt-G0PEPf05cmImXDBag-kVdrjkci54aZNbTdJxjLJ7d_sKJnR2K8AYm1OtZRQgiqBXyYqVH_O03laD_OO8/s320/CIMG1412.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482753313229292434" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />The captain also has a cute dog, Jasper.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphvb7BMn8l42jV711ItYjubfmXUK1mlLrOUjna4a2hH5ys6z0phKV_9WaGzVzxICXe6J5YBofFQI4bKcX3Z5e_xRJKrrotlkIWb9Dr24vx19_Q0doHLBBWIXVNGDHgANlFZAY-63s63c/s1600/CIMG1408.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphvb7BMn8l42jV711ItYjubfmXUK1mlLrOUjna4a2hH5ys6z0phKV_9WaGzVzxICXe6J5YBofFQI4bKcX3Z5e_xRJKrrotlkIWb9Dr24vx19_Q0doHLBBWIXVNGDHgANlFZAY-63s63c/s320/CIMG1408.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482739597565459794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>Also saw a salmon hatchery. Norwegians grow better fiske by feeding them microrganisms that aren't necesarily nutrious themselves, but they feed the microrganisms a special food that helps the fish when the fish eat those microorganisms. Therefore, the fish grow bigger and better, faster. UGH! I love Norway.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTOyXGRPj46ZaV5UigBILaIYxEUt42DTxSdTG06TxVVEk9ByrTfu_TbjxEZLbk7SXbD0ZJOI0b0HnwfmhV8-UyoNxEFKt6JALkv7cmI7YjpGb8KA13_G6InbRaUEvJRhHNOsKQpZkAi4c/s1600/CIMG1459.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTOyXGRPj46ZaV5UigBILaIYxEUt42DTxSdTG06TxVVEk9ByrTfu_TbjxEZLbk7SXbD0ZJOI0b0HnwfmhV8-UyoNxEFKt6JALkv7cmI7YjpGb8KA13_G6InbRaUEvJRhHNOsKQpZkAi4c/s320/CIMG1459.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482758459678646018" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">gettin' the fiskes grown</span><br /></div><br />When we got home, we then went FISKING (fishinh) with Anders and Petter! I slid into my safety suit (more for warmth than safety)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRR6ioiF3MS-PqITxJlzs1ukpHr8Lu7H5rYJIq0kcE-oWlYo0BbZ3JWwDCDhEYRK-U3yeDfVurli1YC_2TbF3VcAtn-iA1dv27mX1qq5CglDs2U9LB_kmswaYvIBvj4mfv373uuw1or4/s1600/CIMG1488.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRR6ioiF3MS-PqITxJlzs1ukpHr8Lu7H5rYJIq0kcE-oWlYo0BbZ3JWwDCDhEYRK-U3yeDfVurli1YC_2TbF3VcAtn-iA1dv27mX1qq5CglDs2U9LB_kmswaYvIBvj4mfv373uuw1or4/s320/CIMG1488.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482758471770533490" border="0" /></a> and then headed out on the beautiful Norwegian Sea. Mason and Tim caught some eatable fiske, Mason's being the biggest, and then we went back. I'm going to save the fiske slaughtering details for bedtime stories for my grandchildren. Petter kept the fiske.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikgtI3lTOD6nOYfoKZ1f8wktIUAL79IcYTahtbW3WNXaVfimXAYp_Djp1uj68LWueg3LuaSkvSkPq2Nhw_UiUML5_PsgU4z16k3DB1zef5FauePThMuLkACgOKbK4mTpzFkZSuUJ55vrE/s1600/CIMG1509.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikgtI3lTOD6nOYfoKZ1f8wktIUAL79IcYTahtbW3WNXaVfimXAYp_Djp1uj68LWueg3LuaSkvSkPq2Nhw_UiUML5_PsgU4z16k3DB1zef5FauePThMuLkACgOKbK4mTpzFkZSuUJ55vrE/s320/CIMG1509.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482758483803043874" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1z73_t9azRDuXnAsnLmDl7KJwwy4vxniQs8Vw_on1gYvXFwANe23iM2Ww5dftMzm4sxlkfBkgeVBD-vUrEWo7bsLD2XZNI5T6lslzYDK_JnkyklNmXT1W4VVGRcBEY1a7zRoVc1ZWOm4/s1600/CIMG1505.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1z73_t9azRDuXnAsnLmDl7KJwwy4vxniQs8Vw_on1gYvXFwANe23iM2Ww5dftMzm4sxlkfBkgeVBD-vUrEWo7bsLD2XZNI5T6lslzYDK_JnkyklNmXT1W4VVGRcBEY1a7zRoVc1ZWOm4/s320/CIMG1505.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482773445311259890" border="0" /></a><br />When we returned, we smelled so awful. SO AWFUL. In the morning we smelled so awful. SO AWFUL! Our clothes smelled SO AWFUL! FiskeJeans! We were told that this smell, is the smell of money.<br /><br />Before we left, Anders and Terje took us to the Viking MuseumTerje had brunch waiting for us at his house. Vikings are ridiculously awesome.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRFTf87rTPtnY-fCkBHTEKBPMY2diFGWTsYKFbjfeeNDnxVu9AfK6yKdJnx6Y7X5Vijff984FeIVwhomwL6KpEWwVskYGkHwhsNt6mcuXCJUhDNUZgO2yDPVaOauycMy1FGRrDCXC2ZRM/s1600/CIMG1543.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRFTf87rTPtnY-fCkBHTEKBPMY2diFGWTsYKFbjfeeNDnxVu9AfK6yKdJnx6Y7X5Vijff984FeIVwhomwL6KpEWwVskYGkHwhsNt6mcuXCJUhDNUZgO2yDPVaOauycMy1FGRrDCXC2ZRM/s320/CIMG1543.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482769381940177250" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPIoBnZ_59k3FQZ1xqVynZ03LRY2QarcfLEmNAwyatYN4vXUdeuAxmg5eIsJ_g5ShKEKQTCwCUI9skdeehjC4iT4rpxcJWmxdL1uOJOK39oYig2eIANtYZhpmzi7ea002uoifRt2czmps/s1600/CIMG1525.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPIoBnZ_59k3FQZ1xqVynZ03LRY2QarcfLEmNAwyatYN4vXUdeuAxmg5eIsJ_g5ShKEKQTCwCUI9skdeehjC4iT4rpxcJWmxdL1uOJOK39oYig2eIANtYZhpmzi7ea002uoifRt2czmps/s320/CIMG1525.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482769369972405666" border="0" /> </a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Nicole the Viking!</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;">t<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4cVnv5t9WUZImrvWejw5K5B5ZaiQm4iHM5zC4RR5CrmK80B2ubKJYKqywAf3zundel03JSGimkf88FIhJJ_QcnAmbA1UfChwLn_vc84-3x7RAmoOS10VS4hsnHkU3DYgoB538oW1E380/s1600/CIMG1552.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4cVnv5t9WUZImrvWejw5K5B5ZaiQm4iHM5zC4RR5CrmK80B2ubKJYKqywAf3zundel03JSGimkf88FIhJJ_QcnAmbA1UfChwLn_vc84-3x7RAmoOS10VS4hsnHkU3DYgoB538oW1E380/s320/CIMG1552.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482769385560271362" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">the water glasses are insanely small in Norway</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTj9Xd5KMULRv5R1UDUfeQnlwRIL9TxaCb4fO3svJTGsRENh60N0DcliuIYUfaIA-8c-h1qO20HgfTp-fcp4kj84rhUFuD1j20ST3TldEwHz487yXqD6yH7v8bAAr1_-v9LLvFoZMzRcY/s1600/CIMG1558.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTj9Xd5KMULRv5R1UDUfeQnlwRIL9TxaCb4fO3svJTGsRENh60N0DcliuIYUfaIA-8c-h1qO20HgfTp-fcp4kj84rhUFuD1j20ST3TldEwHz487yXqD6yH7v8bAAr1_-v9LLvFoZMzRcY/s320/CIMG1558.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482773438692817906" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Terje and his son, Per</span><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Next Blog: Arrival in Sortland and Harstad-ing</span><br /><br />There is a lot of "tubed" food in Norway<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-eeGvhyphenhyphen90W8jUF0jcLlQdXxkPgllid25hDmZjZdg7Mtl3gX70pE7YLBeD2dmp6M6KJswCdzFIF9nKrjKPYRlPVzJEoSpt8jUNf6UTLKM9NrKErqRt0zl8A4OkZc6dtL64DUR79LZPtDw/s1600/CIMG1011+%282%29.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-eeGvhyphenhyphen90W8jUF0jcLlQdXxkPgllid25hDmZjZdg7Mtl3gX70pE7YLBeD2dmp6M6KJswCdzFIF9nKrjKPYRlPVzJEoSpt8jUNf6UTLKM9NrKErqRt0zl8A4OkZc6dtL64DUR79LZPtDw/s320/CIMG1011+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482717159462294114" border="0" /></a> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">evidence.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Q2x7vAM8e4A_Hvlo18I8rBQ0B-I85BMKntXDk29p9ubFlQ4vY03seC1EFwAfqA9Df7bfCAywnehVWCIC0UGLxt6OAzATQ523R3di1M1NIiVdchhcZq8zhkp3spB7VVK2Rt-WkXPDhF0/s1600/CIMG1282.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Q2x7vAM8e4A_Hvlo18I8rBQ0B-I85BMKntXDk29p9ubFlQ4vY03seC1EFwAfqA9Df7bfCAywnehVWCIC0UGLxt6OAzATQ523R3di1M1NIiVdchhcZq8zhkp3spB7VVK2Rt-WkXPDhF0/s320/CIMG1282.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482735898001239266" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">more midnight sun</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM2gIJR6VcqNg8pQ5BKi8bitNyWOy3JoBWE7M8_sflsRVDBcCMi_J-KzSV56QoffNaVqcjVZ8OVMMUxBjHPUMl8P5NjHyeaFPJyyNhd0COfq9tXs7EIG80Fl-3FiUjT_uEYbdN-k6vXNY/s1600/CIMG1513.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM2gIJR6VcqNg8pQ5BKi8bitNyWOy3JoBWE7M8_sflsRVDBcCMi_J-KzSV56QoffNaVqcjVZ8OVMMUxBjHPUMl8P5NjHyeaFPJyyNhd0COfq9tXs7EIG80Fl-3FiUjT_uEYbdN-k6vXNY/s320/CIMG1513.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482739584021829218" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlR6c5LySuylbuUE1cvN1aqsJRo3UP0MnKSXomi8JymWkHR27_VzDAQhRDhjqfUTve8wdwHmMuitowdV_YWP0JJWBC6rxk0WCM2s8NwHoXBsANaRSb3yLD4rOAMGLqOrls_AV8lI3iiX4/s1600/CIMG1482.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlR6c5LySuylbuUE1cvN1aqsJRo3UP0MnKSXomi8JymWkHR27_VzDAQhRDhjqfUTve8wdwHmMuitowdV_YWP0JJWBC6rxk0WCM2s8NwHoXBsANaRSb3yLD4rOAMGLqOrls_AV8lI3iiX4/s320/CIMG1482.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482773449525076194" border="0" /></a><br /></div>mysandwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298709752509283059noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532958673510558300.post-47223856947098560552010-06-01T09:57:00.000-07:002010-06-06T00:27:34.703-07:00IRIS, Salstraumen, Gamle Salten, Fauske<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZoL2C6-WuSAYtwwp3X_v9xffC9WLAibTHF81R9pYAqV8BlgYlbgCnXv8xx_-KSt425luTB67w19eoJrMuJ-mzQvS5cBd2TFjnWIqaS6OaPcQGHfy1tEBhuxjyj03m25GQ0ZfTqbnwbw/s1600/CIMG0843.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 383px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZoL2C6-WuSAYtwwp3X_v9xffC9WLAibTHF81R9pYAqV8BlgYlbgCnXv8xx_-KSt425luTB67w19eoJrMuJ-mzQvS5cBd2TFjnWIqaS6OaPcQGHfy1tEBhuxjyj03m25GQ0ZfTqbnwbw/s320/CIMG0843.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478685866223077794" border="0" /></a> Aww, Norway loves USA<br /><br />I went to work at IRIS, the waste management plant. There were a lot of Soprano's jokes made.<br />IRIS : <a href="http://www.iris-salten.no/">http://www.iris-salten.no/</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEP4ry6UmVh2StBB47Vx9DqXznzR4xJtC6kOLXQIaj2zMpJXe3z8IZyGT8_syrdBopGE3rT-7u9SpLt7bSqhFGesIcCI-HR8pYhhMg9sPevo_p-x1VBhkvbwEidxcus_zmICQPGZXvV0/s1600/CIMG0753.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEP4ry6UmVh2StBB47Vx9DqXznzR4xJtC6kOLXQIaj2zMpJXe3z8IZyGT8_syrdBopGE3rT-7u9SpLt7bSqhFGesIcCI-HR8pYhhMg9sPevo_p-x1VBhkvbwEidxcus_zmICQPGZXvV0/s320/CIMG0753.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478675655012979602" border="0" /></a>some trash i found. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrzcDU-hoLCeSjrs7irsH0dfVmfCKNpAxd633u6fcWBXi_ZKyfD5nf7lOuzq5h3Pqp8OCT50ykF42ffojFbNW0PR_VmlfWM4EJOXaaqcFD92AHFL4Mp6TTpDUQFm0pXsJFhwpXwwhEO8/s1600/CIMG0752.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrzcDU-hoLCeSjrs7irsH0dfVmfCKNpAxd633u6fcWBXi_ZKyfD5nf7lOuzq5h3Pqp8OCT50ykF42ffojFbNW0PR_VmlfWM4EJOXaaqcFD92AHFL4Mp6TTpDUQFm0pXsJFhwpXwwhEO8/s320/CIMG0752.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478675648435614066" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZbGvncsu8RvlHMfj2ehd3lY2CirRyxkNKbbE9UZaFPTy4ef0HlvXSUw6ohai8Xp3_jSozG2apla3sFdW712Tn8Sr7oi0Zp0YXwovfCKbwGpSqv4PcP61dDGyG67Ouq9-8iysBcyqfrDE/s1600/CIMG0750.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZbGvncsu8RvlHMfj2ehd3lY2CirRyxkNKbbE9UZaFPTy4ef0HlvXSUw6ohai8Xp3_jSozG2apla3sFdW712Tn8Sr7oi0Zp0YXwovfCKbwGpSqv4PcP61dDGyG67Ouq9-8iysBcyqfrDE/s320/CIMG0750.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478675645830040354" border="0" /></a> people bring things they do not want to IRIS. so many perfectly good skis and skis and ski boots and bindings and poles and bikes! perfectly good, ridable, great condition bikes! i did not understand it.<br />if i had room in my suitcase, i would have taken a bike and some skis.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijmnfrKRPcIpjBjxUfkkT5bdzePfBtvD8ZBKyI__XA95EKtEDUONeEOTE1XeU7A9-XRB4wkQYY1QEB3SlhENIyfO2ZACSkZwkPIw2aqomMfQ2pRpnOM1ZMh7AdmGJj3xYrMxeHRSYSsDU/s1600/CIMG0894.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 356px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijmnfrKRPcIpjBjxUfkkT5bdzePfBtvD8ZBKyI__XA95EKtEDUONeEOTE1XeU7A9-XRB4wkQYY1QEB3SlhENIyfO2ZACSkZwkPIw2aqomMfQ2pRpnOM1ZMh7AdmGJj3xYrMxeHRSYSsDU/s320/CIMG0894.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478693528721669698" border="0" /></a> (IRIS from Gamle Salten)<br /></div><br />They recycle nearly EVERYTHING and what they do not recycle, they convert into energy by composting and transferring the methane into electricity or incinerating and converting the gases and smoke into energy.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5refsp939BqxcP5pqVnY4d8yj1K8RAkFviY7VFa4CMZ-VcYX1e3mnz6P9FaFF3AydYX0Hts1u5ndT_26enhsBNg8ueJ_hbnaBHNhdGug3y8rm-3vVFmgUu9ESMfkQvSOX1Os5MgMe3wk/s1600/CIMG0850.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5refsp939BqxcP5pqVnY4d8yj1K8RAkFviY7VFa4CMZ-VcYX1e3mnz6P9FaFF3AydYX0Hts1u5ndT_26enhsBNg8ueJ_hbnaBHNhdGug3y8rm-3vVFmgUu9ESMfkQvSOX1Os5MgMe3wk/s320/CIMG0850.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478690642224847010" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Norway is the most sensible place it seems. Everything here works exactly like it should and that it was designed by the most sensible person, in the most sensible way.<br />They are good at saving also. All of their oil income is not spent. It's put away. Although, a lot of Norwegians have a problem with this, they think some more of this money should be spent to fix roads and schools and things. Im sure Norway has some small problems, like everywhere else.<br /><br />Back to IRIS...<br />Erik-Andre <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-TR6lVuRVo3SBGuJtWMPswmbUPjE_5q0Vs7wAKrlZW5zj9TKZLtwF8WbXuegjg8UTE2odsJRxcEXR0gOIVhMB6qAUVsbXVfMJ_sOV8TpTihqUEbTQOTkuwTt9g6DPGfeTDwjjXfky4s/s1600/CIMG0756.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-TR6lVuRVo3SBGuJtWMPswmbUPjE_5q0Vs7wAKrlZW5zj9TKZLtwF8WbXuegjg8UTE2odsJRxcEXR0gOIVhMB6qAUVsbXVfMJ_sOV8TpTihqUEbTQOTkuwTt9g6DPGfeTDwjjXfky4s/s320/CIMG0756.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478675669444084658" border="0" /></a><br />and Bjørg <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjahZD-ac3cND7Kyeschj166sCfg9J8MA7Qiu9KS3gQdRWhSBx-FwVt5wglzby6LmHaoxXXT52czYD3qmT95obpDy4TLpDOcOF2RprrlClm73t_kPz_6pzcmY-EqF1-2h3_iUummjt833o/s1600/CIMG0757.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjahZD-ac3cND7Kyeschj166sCfg9J8MA7Qiu9KS3gQdRWhSBx-FwVt5wglzby6LmHaoxXXT52czYD3qmT95obpDy4TLpDOcOF2RprrlClm73t_kPz_6pzcmY-EqF1-2h3_iUummjt833o/s320/CIMG0757.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478683492354787474" border="0" /></a> gave me a tour of the facility and gave me an IRIS t-shirt and a really great airphoto book of Nordland which was written/photographed by Majvi's Cousin.<br /><br />Majvi, Per, Pooja, Mason, Bruce and I went to Saltstraumen. Saltstraumen is the strongest Maelstrom in the whole world. Every 6 hours, the tide rushes in and creates a very powerful whirlpool. Over 90 people have died and many boats have been pulled down because it looks deceptive.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6o0HLvEHDezvf8dOnIZeW6TfH8F5aMJLTzQAtPkfYr6FSpS0p_O36_izJ2od8g_honRHes7l1fMXHkryb5-gqtoj-naZHKVQ3Zt2QGAIIkkQ8WVmMf3k3Lk9w2cAcDZcRLG6glnj5zYQ/s1600/CIMG0781.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6o0HLvEHDezvf8dOnIZeW6TfH8F5aMJLTzQAtPkfYr6FSpS0p_O36_izJ2od8g_honRHes7l1fMXHkryb5-gqtoj-naZHKVQ3Zt2QGAIIkkQ8WVmMf3k3Lk9w2cAcDZcRLG6glnj5zYQ/s320/CIMG0781.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478685859053136834" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOXY2NkLz_HEs9MWfo8IXw2wrgQlEDxS0Sb3nAGeZOE4-wiG9PH0vAaPWPfvgqRi09-uPgXH8xsBxMAxqnYk2OLXUXaLA2OUTw6YOuHrh_M5V_zYpDr9WcG2IlFGrhnYgDZbpwNh6hvw/s1600/CIMG0770.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOXY2NkLz_HEs9MWfo8IXw2wrgQlEDxS0Sb3nAGeZOE4-wiG9PH0vAaPWPfvgqRi09-uPgXH8xsBxMAxqnYk2OLXUXaLA2OUTw6YOuHrh_M5V_zYpDr9WcG2IlFGrhnYgDZbpwNh6hvw/s320/CIMG0770.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478683497785594034" border="0" /></a> (Majvi at Saltstraumen and her summer mittens) <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg87wtSQ_50HpIQ0AYoxAv7pgMcx3eAdGK6zcur5iFjeArxd3BLkkkBEY0RNcGs5FHREbU6CkPpx1s_6VabVKxCZtKV0DPXkcgelmvJPsg1m-v7MXJ7jSuxER-Oq5YuOYi19fiYf7Hqww/s1600/CIMG0771.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg87wtSQ_50HpIQ0AYoxAv7pgMcx3eAdGK6zcur5iFjeArxd3BLkkkBEY0RNcGs5FHREbU6CkPpx1s_6VabVKxCZtKV0DPXkcgelmvJPsg1m-v7MXJ7jSuxER-Oq5YuOYi19fiYf7Hqww/s320/CIMG0771.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478683515209136962" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkFI7PWZKCACWhKnqb4RySuO0CPq-PZMAu5fGS2iVxixvrbZtqBbVHiOW-O-FOu2GB6cIEYpRnxW6FDcPY_HK0cbh5X-CzpJA48u7lL1idXq4oqpHJiaRWO0a6ZmieeSbhyEZOkcd5lFk/s1600/CIMG0801.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkFI7PWZKCACWhKnqb4RySuO0CPq-PZMAu5fGS2iVxixvrbZtqBbVHiOW-O-FOu2GB6cIEYpRnxW6FDcPY_HK0cbh5X-CzpJA48u7lL1idXq4oqpHJiaRWO0a6ZmieeSbhyEZOkcd5lFk/s320/CIMG0801.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478685847342503874" border="0" /></a> (unimpressed with Saltstraumen. (just kidding))<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdzN1pV97ROxwlbwgE_G-MZa_KbOLP_nM0FQ9kuMVIFHt5obApGwKdB8veg19v_RHzrUlcA89saMFPwVtOAF53L_Rdxbs-m2VuBtmDNnKBU8UIzpR-I6XaLT_R5XeEdg7LWyp3QB7NyE/s1600/CIMG0769.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdzN1pV97ROxwlbwgE_G-MZa_KbOLP_nM0FQ9kuMVIFHt5obApGwKdB8veg19v_RHzrUlcA89saMFPwVtOAF53L_Rdxbs-m2VuBtmDNnKBU8UIzpR-I6XaLT_R5XeEdg7LWyp3QB7NyE/s320/CIMG0769.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478683512478493618" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdO-VP8NIN4Q99rAMH8kJWVUHxoz1g7-1ZREWKbgunCFkiDuUCiU0BZMDnaAdVe51sqRSe8DkXIqOEGh2vaA7H1isy4zkdvBlLjwWWq1P3jj5UZ7GUzRv2qYYuUZpXLjQFLxNt02AgI_s/s1600/CIMG0934.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdO-VP8NIN4Q99rAMH8kJWVUHxoz1g7-1ZREWKbgunCFkiDuUCiU0BZMDnaAdVe51sqRSe8DkXIqOEGh2vaA7H1isy4zkdvBlLjwWWq1P3jj5UZ7GUzRv2qYYuUZpXLjQFLxNt02AgI_s/s320/CIMG0934.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478694892369259714" border="0" /></a>(Saltstraumen from Gamle Salten)<br /></div></div><br />A visit to the University of Bodø: its FREE. even if I wanted to come here! All I need to do is show a bank statement saying I can support myself for 1 year here. Approximately 90,000NOK or about 14,000USD <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mWOe7lqd4l-XpOoki6DPMhuldIRVp4-GPwXra8TqS1ZqTBgqOvApiysjGdh_2HMU9Af_NJulZeuWeN9a7g86OEUslt-El-NEVFOse8O5_tHt6h-igPCEvS3dqh7l890R9GrWbyRXnDo/s1600/CIMG0853.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mWOe7lqd4l-XpOoki6DPMhuldIRVp4-GPwXra8TqS1ZqTBgqOvApiysjGdh_2HMU9Af_NJulZeuWeN9a7g86OEUslt-El-NEVFOse8O5_tHt6h-igPCEvS3dqh7l890R9GrWbyRXnDo/s320/CIMG0853.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478690650786995666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4bkFSMC-NA-wS_KH8s9Kew2U55dUanzbopUI2pbtUaUtwkH6t0f5WCyiLIdqEPgAkGOTwtQOHYUTGWv6VgD-Mt2OBujK9WC95Odt4QAx07pH3GnnS7w7oAf0t7vufmeQQYwrJLKZpxBk/s1600/CIMG0845.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4bkFSMC-NA-wS_KH8s9Kew2U55dUanzbopUI2pbtUaUtwkH6t0f5WCyiLIdqEPgAkGOTwtQOHYUTGWv6VgD-Mt2OBujK9WC95Odt4QAx07pH3GnnS7w7oAf0t7vufmeQQYwrJLKZpxBk/s320/CIMG0845.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478690636170436514" border="0" /></a> 1% of all monies for public buildings goes towards art in Norway.<br /><br />We went on one last boat ride before we left Bodø, Gamle Salten.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGAysbIpxK0iHGhsiSO5y9HPRHUHVaWjifUN_HuxZINOFLhAykgpCzcfM_Der9c7BfaCwMJaVW5eGKZt6V2k4szqk3MsoEWaMTAYc7HcT3K-n_WFFImjZkSi5s-o5GMhf8eMXxBL_2FRk/s1600/CIMG0869.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 411px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGAysbIpxK0iHGhsiSO5y9HPRHUHVaWjifUN_HuxZINOFLhAykgpCzcfM_Der9c7BfaCwMJaVW5eGKZt6V2k4szqk3MsoEWaMTAYc7HcT3K-n_WFFImjZkSi5s-o5GMhf8eMXxBL_2FRk/s320/CIMG0869.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478690656028129602" border="0" /></a><br /></div> This was a nice, relaxing ride, with some dancing and mingling with Rotarians and friends that we have made since we have been there. The Gamle Salten used to be a HurtiGruten boat, but is too old for that now. <span id="result_box" class="long_text"><span style="" title="">M/S Gamle Salten "is one of the finest vintage ships. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="">It is a genuine issue of a 50-years coastal route ships and for extended periods, was as a reserve steamer along the coast of northern Norway. </span><span style="" title="">It has been restored to its former glory with a status as a "national treasure</span></span>".<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddXEPZisazlGCwfKvlpsLmn7j-T3blx2E17ojUBMGunp1bPENpnYGrnEuZNYH4HBEuQdzymAOf1uHC62InG30RGbRkbfAhBbuvclgpN6444g_L7Yqr5zPoAMWK2oOa8aJSL3mVjDy-tE/s1600/CIMG0898.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddXEPZisazlGCwfKvlpsLmn7j-T3blx2E17ojUBMGunp1bPENpnYGrnEuZNYH4HBEuQdzymAOf1uHC62InG30RGbRkbfAhBbuvclgpN6444g_L7Yqr5zPoAMWK2oOa8aJSL3mVjDy-tE/s320/CIMG0898.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478693532275208546" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm2T9HdPsD48T-3a56yWc55Y2nl4RTqNZAoysWYkI_Qucjm1NVoguXx-o5dtmts7wm7OO2PiHhRy7RqIBK3zFc-ujmsMJh6_PGSlH-wOB4NGoccXENOpegiV72OovRbxU5jaqZEKNistQ/s1600/CIMG0878.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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I am staying with a very nice couple, The Normanns. They have a beautiful home and are very cute.<br /><br />Today, we went to the hydroelectric facility where Mr. Normann used to work, he is now retired. <span id="profile_status">Norway is the fifth largest exporter of oil, yet almost all of the electricity used in Norway is self-produced hydroelectric.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDrOUZCIVHGMAjn1mXrKqMmgbNlxhrgGOjvfVE_I0KF5buE5hAp2IbcHAfqD_grfCbnwxeWJAxVsDRvsYjAxTW37Bi76Ad7LQyYGY_M6U-S96UAqfVQGzUmYpbUss8avy_61hR1pwPlo/s1600/CIMG1021.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDrOUZCIVHGMAjn1mXrKqMmgbNlxhrgGOjvfVE_I0KF5buE5hAp2IbcHAfqD_grfCbnwxeWJAxVsDRvsYjAxTW37Bi76Ad7LQyYGY_M6U-S96UAqfVQGzUmYpbUss8avy_61hR1pwPlo/s320/CIMG1021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478696195835595954" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMLqGw1U5dX9zbuexrStPa1csTpkRr3SiLWee5ZyMXsyp0wFCAZlX57W9GX-FwyFL5pE1YCPtza40vbGd6-_Dhq-IoaX2ILx-w7IRmcZk5IjyBvg2fsIoxgy4hSj2-xSRIfLKD4ON-Gnc/s1600/CIMG0999.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMLqGw1U5dX9zbuexrStPa1csTpkRr3SiLWee5ZyMXsyp0wFCAZlX57W9GX-FwyFL5pE1YCPtza40vbGd6-_Dhq-IoaX2ILx-w7IRmcZk5IjyBvg2fsIoxgy4hSj2-xSRIfLKD4ON-Gnc/s320/CIMG0999.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478696182065795698" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The facility was waaaay underground in the mountain. It was VERY COOL.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Ox1tnq1LBwb7RBCz4tULhCyrUXtfBhzeoz6OdRYM5_iwNSNWc2qgnp4miIMF_0TZZmO02Azcz0ShuqlvLMz-_U6ZVPh0z8bnMS2Ptk2cdoYn4_iBmRgQLsBvQdPkskkEBfxxqh4bj8Q/s1600/CIMG1009.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Ox1tnq1LBwb7RBCz4tULhCyrUXtfBhzeoz6OdRYM5_iwNSNWc2qgnp4miIMF_0TZZmO02Azcz0ShuqlvLMz-_U6ZVPh0z8bnMS2Ptk2cdoYn4_iBmRgQLsBvQdPkskkEBfxxqh4bj8Q/s320/CIMG1009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478696192172465474" border="0" /></a> (so much danger)<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuPXGJ8p2ihktzVmbjIL3tfElqhzZptJGqbmNMxUpoUtdqz4GSPTFCwoxmNyD8gp4Oh63F5B9AlEkIzeIVl5LNOqGP-nrau8tht7KtnX3e9XXGLiDcVay3Bs3NIvH9G7rH4rtNkJagiF0/s1600/CIMG0992.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 338px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuPXGJ8p2ihktzVmbjIL3tfElqhzZptJGqbmNMxUpoUtdqz4GSPTFCwoxmNyD8gp4Oh63F5B9AlEkIzeIVl5LNOqGP-nrau8tht7KtnX3e9XXGLiDcVay3Bs3NIvH9G7rH4rtNkJagiF0/s320/CIMG0992.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478696177975494482" border="0" /></a> ( tour by Robert Normann - no relation to Sigmund Normann, my host dad)<br /></div><br /><span id="profile_status"><br /></span>After the hydroelectric facility, we visited the mining area and went to the Copper Mining museum. My camera battery died though, so i didn't get to snap any pictures of that.<br /><br />So far while here, Pooja and I solved identity theft in the United States. A photo i.d. is on every credit card. um, GENIUS. We are going to implement that in the US when we get back.<br /><br />Also, a brown bar is a bar that serves only øl. (beer)<br />We saw a "Staples" which used to be a "Binders" which means "Paperclip" in Norwegian.<br />I am very tired so not in a blogging mood too much.<br /><br />(fiskeboller (fish balls))<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVa0FmMlBBr0WunbhvHbd1dkRq1avz1odpoQitKH2V7SvTgTAWP0-Mlk7_x9svmoTBxrNuZvrke-g4oRQaw_w1k4-Ctt0UoPpaOyFvXSmXUmdwZVGad674NyYiAYVfug29BVBLsxs2ig/s1600/CIMG0758.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVa0FmMlBBr0WunbhvHbd1dkRq1avz1odpoQitKH2V7SvTgTAWP0-Mlk7_x9svmoTBxrNuZvrke-g4oRQaw_w1k4-Ctt0UoPpaOyFvXSmXUmdwZVGad674NyYiAYVfug29BVBLsxs2ig/s320/CIMG0758.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478683509749249586" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyHiUowXbhfSmCrHJfpyKjbuesGArbZJ8Beqx0Zzgx6GOf8-8WPE1Dc-ToXNJ2sstB9LQqmUs7hvW1bMaJOBifhgAMLyDAiU8cpHcuA34YV7jD5DuwO_i0YB5LCaDB_wlVx5ubDNKXMj4/s1600/CIMG0828.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyHiUowXbhfSmCrHJfpyKjbuesGArbZJ8Beqx0Zzgx6GOf8-8WPE1Dc-ToXNJ2sstB9LQqmUs7hvW1bMaJOBifhgAMLyDAiU8cpHcuA34YV7jD5DuwO_i0YB5LCaDB_wlVx5ubDNKXMj4/s320/CIMG0828.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478685860938391362" border="0" /></a> ((almost midnight sun) 11pm)<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYzrWJ7C9yyj-KFe7T4L4x5D_FGwZpShGBqlx00CrjZsJm5ahV7rNEjmN9Y3n37_ilCn3m1XleKpkKRCC42aQsGZVkwyatSMjqLJ4gEWiFJz5F4O_18S4wXzioi_8NsdLsBgvgg50lOs/s1600/CIMG0755.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYzrWJ7C9yyj-KFe7T4L4x5D_FGwZpShGBqlx00CrjZsJm5ahV7rNEjmN9Y3n37_ilCn3m1XleKpkKRCC42aQsGZVkwyatSMjqLJ4gEWiFJz5F4O_18S4wXzioi_8NsdLsBgvgg50lOs/s320/CIMG0755.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478690628532060610" border="0" /></a> GULL PINNE!<br /></div><br />here is a picture from when we hiked Keiservarden.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtS6YYnxZ9wjQ28u6s2BeGj75jYFmqTIkCSM6f-_f9624TuAvs835P4XQElix1o7s8OCSa8eU5_uQ2SC7QYSDPqQ0abgWl9pdmOaCUzw7Zc3_kJPaZRYL_2K44N-8WMUSac5LU11rOE00/s1600/jump.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 481px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtS6YYnxZ9wjQ28u6s2BeGj75jYFmqTIkCSM6f-_f9624TuAvs835P4XQElix1o7s8OCSa8eU5_uQ2SC7QYSDPqQ0abgWl9pdmOaCUzw7Zc3_kJPaZRYL_2K44N-8WMUSac5LU11rOE00/s320/jump.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478685839394236706" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYX1wo2O_WQLmI_RN67KkTflwO7QgYIcJUChheNt0SUxUN8cOHTgQE2woem7vVUROMc9-y7tq0i0X75NJ4QacBLo86EH88gsPjmLX0epOveQOsxLg95LTG9CyokLzyZEo7CUzPs2LE5Y4/s1600/bodo,+norway+052+%282%29.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYX1wo2O_WQLmI_RN67KkTflwO7QgYIcJUChheNt0SUxUN8cOHTgQE2woem7vVUROMc9-y7tq0i0X75NJ4QacBLo86EH88gsPjmLX0epOveQOsxLg95LTG9CyokLzyZEo7CUzPs2LE5Y4/s320/bodo,+norway+052+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479558902398149746" border="0" /></a>mysandwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298709752509283059noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532958673510558300.post-87036846395421082982010-05-31T05:53:00.000-07:002010-06-01T09:53:46.692-07:00A few things...<div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_SGLWDsobs5h2JEorHaP3GDzLEkamxbnB8xCYMWapQMlErhHaoxOw9zpAcBm8BxCvOGV1gkmB9lsKQE88mZIeMqnEBMayJf05oaS3EXDktmzIxIldRJDwj1hBpA_P9bzWS7Pnc9Vsu4/s1600/CIMG0553.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 483px; height: 362px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_SGLWDsobs5h2JEorHaP3GDzLEkamxbnB8xCYMWapQMlErhHaoxOw9zpAcBm8BxCvOGV1gkmB9lsKQE88mZIeMqnEBMayJf05oaS3EXDktmzIxIldRJDwj1hBpA_P9bzWS7Pnc9Vsu4/s320/CIMG0553.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477792479269337666" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><span class="UIStory_Message">Sunday, we hiked at Keiservarden. It was an amazing view.<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLb-ADq2MgCf2vqw5HPuPdpiQfQAPSZkhPMKiP64XTQ7DIk1reDlREOTQHWGvylS1ereNLOoNsR2mwCIj2flWu0g-wqgNUaGqlkotm5SPqFnjL5f0CaHgwm6CoW5MNij44B9pXc7DvkDo/s1600/CIMG0567.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 393px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLb-ADq2MgCf2vqw5HPuPdpiQfQAPSZkhPMKiP64XTQ7DIk1reDlREOTQHWGvylS1ereNLOoNsR2mwCIj2flWu0g-wqgNUaGqlkotm5SPqFnjL5f0CaHgwm6CoW5MNij44B9pXc7DvkDo/s320/CIMG0567.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477792489807019042" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /></div><span class="UIStory_Message">We constructed some rock piles, they were all over- apparently, it is a Norwegian hobby. This hobby is called <span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">VARDE</span>. Afterwards, we went on a scenic drive.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4kKoklQIvrksm2ArzYuLu5ZowKfSk7O0cEeXU4C_B0J1H-hdsjmQGxq78yIezJW8lmmhNgRN49-moxvXKNvHzyyQfgP9r2WnsEYjy7WReaVbmyYxIBeW9BmsxlzT3Z5UXWntk917iyNY/s1600/CIMG0550.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 488px; height: 365px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4kKoklQIvrksm2ArzYuLu5ZowKfSk7O0cEeXU4C_B0J1H-hdsjmQGxq78yIezJW8lmmhNgRN49-moxvXKNvHzyyQfgP9r2WnsEYjy7WReaVbmyYxIBeW9BmsxlzT3Z5UXWntk917iyNY/s320/CIMG0550.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477792462826064658" border="0" /></a><br />(<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Majvi in blue top</span>)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoSF5ESA0BZyYcIY8JBLIqy53bj6y9w9ktTlY70P0ykzvUB3A3rDVjgVWVMHUVl1ddwxwpevQg2UMGquTpTBytRB1ZjoaUy9Fwoull5rCQ3eeZ3H3Hpvsnwq00D16E0MJV7DnIYi0VnaI/s1600/CIMG0565.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 289px; height: 385px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoSF5ESA0BZyYcIY8JBLIqy53bj6y9w9ktTlY70P0ykzvUB3A3rDVjgVWVMHUVl1ddwxwpevQg2UMGquTpTBytRB1ZjoaUy9Fwoull5rCQ3eeZ3H3Hpvsnwq00D16E0MJV7DnIYi0VnaI/s320/CIMG0565.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477792481834951314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVYw2TUexDn45wmvqWfSs7t3q9034lwEL2ai9n5jYRWwfyLps8F5usd8Dw9VBk_4DOxMwP3e4No8t2SMfU_9Zo88bnMQMq4QRDrSnSb_GLKboCMjcIX8XKGFZnrBlUTg8gpfP4xUHwl9c/s1600/CIMG0579.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 518px; height: 388px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVYw2TUexDn45wmvqWfSs7t3q9034lwEL2ai9n5jYRWwfyLps8F5usd8Dw9VBk_4DOxMwP3e4No8t2SMfU_9Zo88bnMQMq4QRDrSnSb_GLKboCMjcIX8XKGFZnrBlUTg8gpfP4xUHwl9c/s320/CIMG0579.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477792495542758530" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">(Bruce and Mason adding the finishing touches to our Varde)<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0JnqaEM53fxkmARtG-UfOx10k2T4Ky6H9dqUcNpJJewo44F4dlaXp3SnNFfOGiNufCl0xAgX3Bbk5ggzi1950pR_YGjRspn-_w-rvzzIMmdUzK5Qx5CFL3o3_jYTZqRYmJrDpXwU5_c/s1600/CIMG0596.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0JnqaEM53fxkmARtG-UfOx10k2T4Ky6H9dqUcNpJJewo44F4dlaXp3SnNFfOGiNufCl0xAgX3Bbk5ggzi1950pR_YGjRspn-_w-rvzzIMmdUzK5Qx5CFL3o3_jYTZqRYmJrDpXwU5_c/s320/CIMG0596.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477794672877172802" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span class="UIStory_Message"><br />Later that night, we went cod fishing on a boat that made its maiden voyage in 1916. It was 5 degrees celsius on the water and very windy. I wore a tank top, a t-shirt, 2 long sleeved shirts, a cardigan, a northface fleece, a rain jacket and another rain jacket on top, some gloves, a hat, and two hoods - I was still cold. It was a unique experience.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjEsWWniz5LUmo9ptxs64a2xNT3cXMpiH7OXGscbD5qjaXGAOMXXv7V-wxyf1NOTrCvXYONazLZh20UKr8KFQUYbMtGwxGyrYdi3Bb3et_PaLi_F7n8I4VEjexE_hPdp9EU6bvo2Mj1Kk/s1600/CIMG0632.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjEsWWniz5LUmo9ptxs64a2xNT3cXMpiH7OXGscbD5qjaXGAOMXXv7V-wxyf1NOTrCvXYONazLZh20UKr8KFQUYbMtGwxGyrYdi3Bb3et_PaLi_F7n8I4VEjexE_hPdp9EU6bvo2Mj1Kk/s320/CIMG0632.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477794693521568386" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmk5lGmGIHZ0YTouy0VVtzcP3W5BTDqXf7qihqujNHmPWp5aCueJnAGBkb03aqjxDh8YjaeRNzc5YZFO-kLQnVIs3kxcmrhR_NzA4p1TT8Bt1rRyOLF1lLWmNdoxONWC60L0nwHsrtvU/s1600/CIMG0629.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 356px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmk5lGmGIHZ0YTouy0VVtzcP3W5BTDqXf7qihqujNHmPWp5aCueJnAGBkb03aqjxDh8YjaeRNzc5YZFO-kLQnVIs3kxcmrhR_NzA4p1TT8Bt1rRyOLF1lLWmNdoxONWC60L0nwHsrtvU/s320/CIMG0629.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477794699239685986" border="0" /></a><br />(<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">MIDNIGHT SUN!</span>)<br /></div><br /><span class="UIStory_Message">We tried to fish but didn't really catch anything. THEN, we went to </span><em style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Bliksvær</em><span class="UIStory_Message"> and had 2 units of beer and handfuls of shrimps.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqdiQHbFl-fbgjBkZz4muFgcMoUoVdj55LBYT62RG7FrftCKprJBqHsmGlNxXHeyvOKcPchP_eFgtbC55lia7zXRrwpQFoxwFmV6sscOP8_9bBxjCtUKEwIh813QbYj2VDb5p3tC_vEvA/s1600/CIMG0649.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqdiQHbFl-fbgjBkZz4muFgcMoUoVdj55LBYT62RG7FrftCKprJBqHsmGlNxXHeyvOKcPchP_eFgtbC55lia7zXRrwpQFoxwFmV6sscOP8_9bBxjCtUKEwIh813QbYj2VDb5p3tC_vEvA/s320/CIMG0649.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477796712254440418" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCCdXOtnxZ2eEtIGTpzJuBZYyZRfwma4x07R7uMAa6k2x5Vd3lWfFIhIwVXuM1qg050Siu0brDzNShtalYAwZ2iE38CsQ5nOzdg2eyLgVEEPpHnzxA8XHKV9Xd00k09NQFnqeP12qkx9I/s1600/CIMG0648.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIYN7sxrXgZvfPdoa6jYoRK4IxJUdIWfYTB08ITNLewBJss2PLK6Hw2mSuAR7H3PuoEXM0Kj77xumbcF-tbsKt2AjhZy7d_iQyUeRl3DeZaETD3UhbgLJByadxgOvOS1_Llt6dRKtCTg/s320/CIMG0669.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477800135625932658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span class="UIStory_Message"> Bruce wore mittens and Long John Silver was our captain.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2XGGkw6GjMBwQZ1rcje-54sAwSMJsg9NtSoU-mbw4thE3Olx7lXDvTDxsv9OJTsQkz8qGrAVGcbjdqTZxrCX1XHwMtmmMMiTGX0Ao9LZExnhWY3i3PyxsHXyeHWQ4adHlFXJinBSa49w/s1600/CIMG0639.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2XGGkw6GjMBwQZ1rcje-54sAwSMJsg9NtSoU-mbw4thE3Olx7lXDvTDxsv9OJTsQkz8qGrAVGcbjdqTZxrCX1XHwMtmmMMiTGX0Ao9LZExnhWY3i3PyxsHXyeHWQ4adHlFXJinBSa49w/s320/CIMG0639.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477794681197860274" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxf6A3dx6FWjQumQhIO2DuWLQmpiD-c2sZok-ddt7UB0dUWyM557kpApvnpf_sda4EGumOC3hhJecniMB-qLN-E5obwEVxwR6isSC1ZjsWvg177THLfVEmaJvXlGLkSNdWuxIrUDW2Os/s1600/CIMG0625.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 326px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxf6A3dx6FWjQumQhIO2DuWLQmpiD-c2sZok-ddt7UB0dUWyM557kpApvnpf_sda4EGumOC3hhJecniMB-qLN-E5obwEVxwR6isSC1ZjsWvg177THLfVEmaJvXlGLkSNdWuxIrUDW2Os/s320/CIMG0625.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477794686398143890" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="UIStory_Message"><br />Yesterday, we went to the aeronautics museum.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3rGAP11vv9OlJIORIA7ixSStrUUsgaPXB_DC2z7TnMDoqs6TN_hZhM2uHYaQ4ox4HEURN_TQy6NvYlfB4SBXYnobXXpjGoKFXHfxC6inAJopGZAyZod13C3oGQ47LPBZLdEU0_9LI72g/s1600/CIMG0706.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 408px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3rGAP11vv9OlJIORIA7ixSStrUUsgaPXB_DC2z7TnMDoqs6TN_hZhM2uHYaQ4ox4HEURN_TQy6NvYlfB4SBXYnobXXpjGoKFXHfxC6inAJopGZAyZod13C3oGQ47LPBZLdEU0_9LI72g/s320/CIMG0706.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477800158746909202" border="0" /></a> (Sven next to the BOMB!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9K-ZW1neB0i1qCM7Z3ZoY0zTWYbhH-8nQa2cnheJGkv1jMm6Nt9EPyo3a101EdWcV7YzEsQn8yxanEeYY4BpyRbIXuUcHAEe-qvpUeAx2mTpgr2Kr-RkIWLwqv5aogzYbh-oZj9eSh4/s1600/CIMG0707.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 405px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9K-ZW1neB0i1qCM7Z3ZoY0zTWYbhH-8nQa2cnheJGkv1jMm6Nt9EPyo3a101EdWcV7YzEsQn8yxanEeYY4BpyRbIXuUcHAEe-qvpUeAx2mTpgr2Kr-RkIWLwqv5aogzYbh-oZj9eSh4/s320/CIMG0707.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477800144981097074" border="0" /></a>(decades of ejection seats )<br /><br /><span class="UIStory_Message">... and then we went to Wider</span>ø<span class="UIStory_Message">e, Norway's #1 airline.<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSWJhSR7Xe2Oevk47seQ9ZUmg55thvgEX7IY3Cmo_Jvd0fn2iKTA-uZbSYHE9I-wCdLwKpb0yGrrvA1DnWan7w-y93KSM40tFZ4WqHEgpCh7q3D3I9zlF_0aNb4opHOE7xsSmJZ47pUc/s1600/CIMG0745.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 551px; height: 368px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSWJhSR7Xe2Oevk47seQ9ZUmg55thvgEX7IY3Cmo_Jvd0fn2iKTA-uZbSYHE9I-wCdLwKpb0yGrrvA1DnWan7w-y93KSM40tFZ4WqHEgpCh7q3D3I9zlF_0aNb4opHOE7xsSmJZ47pUc/s320/CIMG0745.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477801541678202242" border="0" /></a><span class="UIStory_Message"> </span><br /></div><br /></div><span class="UIStory_Message">There, we were shown the crash test room where they simulate crashes and emergencies.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguzr1xuTVfnXS6R6E0F_o_61IIbJT-ZVj97Qo9mXc6KGzjH-haMV3A6g65ZVUPRAeiPdDueumY8Rq_SlrR9P1KiQXRalgxT4t-5Tgb2SGKnuM8QvhAdoC7nvsH0qtf-iDgningNhuTOSs/s1600/CIMG0724.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 290px; height: 435px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheus1f2aIerFFBavQDZ8pWFmjGMHv-aCjX5AnAKC0DtM_Grmbetxv-TaM4URQak_k-jxqfKijTESSkAgDH0Jxf2BVVdsgvGXjn0jrU3J6wrjrYyfP7997qaTtz-5tCDsbyjmotvddFM0/s320/CIMG0717.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477800168280008482" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> (gettin' my repairs made)<br /></div><span class="UIStory_Message"><br /><br /><br />A few things...</span><br /><ul><li><span class="UIStory_Message">Lots of cute guys work at Wider</span>ø<span class="UIStory_Message">e.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span class="UIStory_Message"> Mayonnaise comes in tubes here, like toothpaste. buh.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span class="UIStory_Message">I ate like, 18 pieces of chocolate.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span class="UIStory_Message">I ate "fish balls". No, they're not the testicles of a fish.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span class="UIStory_Message">Richard and Wenche are really great, friendly, rotarian hosts who have been arranging wonderful activities for us, showing us around, and making sure that we are fed. They also are responsible for saving us from freezing to death when we went on the Faxsen boat ride. They packed all kinds of warm clothing and accessories for us to wear.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span class="UIStory_Message">Richard told me that when Norwegians bump into each other, they don't say sorry. If they bump very hard though or cause pain or break something or something like that, then they say it. I learned this only after bumping into him about 328, 437 times and saying "im sorry".</span></li></ul><span class="UIStory_Message"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="UIStory_Message"> </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7chZfcIJZZfYwJwglRptkPPn2_KChM9jOjRuId2HKk7jksWwntgbaci_bEovQqLwOxptvUCCYuPLQMFkAOi5oIaboYKCX2-fA3Th6R7V588JIsJD2h6g5HbyFEhaW76FuGTBBF75754/s1600/CIMG0656.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 546px; height: 364px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7chZfcIJZZfYwJwglRptkPPn2_KChM9jOjRuId2HKk7jksWwntgbaci_bEovQqLwOxptvUCCYuPLQMFkAOi5oIaboYKCX2-fA3Th6R7V588JIsJD2h6g5HbyFEhaW76FuGTBBF75754/s320/CIMG0656.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477796720266468386" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><ul><li>Wenche knitted her own bathing suit and she swims in the ocean all year long. She's hardcore. </li></ul><ul><li><span class="UIStory_Message">Majvi is the niece of the Rotarian who was supposed to be hosting us, but she went on Holiday. Majvi is super nice and she likes to talk to Pooja and I and listen while we complain about our woes of America. She has been a gracious host and she makes a nice breakfast spread. She has been "teaching" us Norwegian words and phrases. </span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);" class="UIStory_Message">"Majvi, how do you say "how do you say"?" :)<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_tUyGGFXsHo6EE-2V3y7np20GUQRceMKo2G0qCf7soy3dIv2pBuLJ7XcpWjbp0lCJLIdijWXxyzktZz_Amitq3NG8LcJSn0PIHXCLaawZgkEGkL_SIUqDjFCcOx3FJTXn2CYxIlfiUuY/s1600/CIMG0401.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 556px; height: 415px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_tUyGGFXsHo6EE-2V3y7np20GUQRceMKo2G0qCf7soy3dIv2pBuLJ7XcpWjbp0lCJLIdijWXxyzktZz_Amitq3NG8LcJSn0PIHXCLaawZgkEGkL_SIUqDjFCcOx3FJTXn2CYxIlfiUuY/s320/CIMG0401.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477846593045445570" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Robert Smith, meet Nahn Nahnson.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="UIStory_Message">Next blog: Work day at IRIS and Salstraumen, the World's Strongest Maelstrom!<br /></span>mysandwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298709752509283059noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532958673510558300.post-29790869255534161742010-05-30T09:48:00.000-07:002010-05-30T16:57:56.634-07:00Eurovision<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP__IjH9wiQ-4snS3McLinAj_aGMrUv-tKYkCpaaFGh38JYHM1NMv0OYS22kv0MbOdzfh7VMsnOVMd8H8I-T9zZNaWG7dq4rUUs3-yugoDLxsjAIJib_5kQ2WhB1R-AvyhIhEuRaRpUuE/s1600/CIMG0466.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP__IjH9wiQ-4snS3McLinAj_aGMrUv-tKYkCpaaFGh38JYHM1NMv0OYS22kv0MbOdzfh7VMsnOVMd8H8I-T9zZNaWG7dq4rUUs3-yugoDLxsjAIJib_5kQ2WhB1R-AvyhIhEuRaRpUuE/s400/CIMG0466.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477112741417311906" border="0" /></a><br /><span id="result_box" class="short_text"><span style="" title=""><br />Gratulerer Tyskland!</span></span> Germany won the Grand Prix/Eurovision last night.<br /><br />This is the Radisson BLU where we attended the screening and met some peoples. Since this was not a Rotary event, we had to spend our own monies on alcohol. That was the only low point of our night.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYYsj04f9aEsZ8OyTLIbnWE3Z6YAd929IBPIXSRST870qvauTL-VLtQc5C4SspFzcND6OKfHQLT5qQwLqiM1obWql1P8_nUMDCD61gztsW3iBY1Iz-YnvD6zcHyo2JVji4wUL1M4-TIM/s1600/CIMG0461.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYYsj04f9aEsZ8OyTLIbnWE3Z6YAd929IBPIXSRST870qvauTL-VLtQc5C4SspFzcND6OKfHQLT5qQwLqiM1obWql1P8_nUMDCD61gztsW3iBY1Iz-YnvD6zcHyo2JVji4wUL1M4-TIM/s320/CIMG0461.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477113774470451602" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Liv</span> and <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Rune</span> (bottom) were the hosts of the party who are friends with <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Richard</span> and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Wenche</span> (right) so they got us in for free.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcy7Uaew199Jg9VhRgBzh_X1cggnemvLLU_5yhHegJz6vEzQ-wCVnLogr5PkDBU8wxzxAqtERB3TdeF1C2EJ3cSc_i5uMwRscresbAeZIxKa6FK8Jyb73S0emVRvMtbQ8IsWvfUemcF8g/s1600/CIMG0483.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcy7Uaew199Jg9VhRgBzh_X1cggnemvLLU_5yhHegJz6vEzQ-wCVnLogr5PkDBU8wxzxAqtERB3TdeF1C2EJ3cSc_i5uMwRscresbAeZIxKa6FK8Jyb73S0emVRvMtbQ8IsWvfUemcF8g/s320/CIMG0483.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477115355805927250" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6AjbMwKo35mfqXxvTlRMnsPKw_2NDrqd4fDB3L3MR8FT0XJEYhuz2ZPl6XSANQJsMjB7l-L2xWcn3DQ9U2hIsxlmGjpBS0E_7mh3srZ1CXE2y_ebyCMnpIFQMhLcpN2d2LA4BczCjchs/s1600/CIMG0491.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6AjbMwKo35mfqXxvTlRMnsPKw_2NDrqd4fDB3L3MR8FT0XJEYhuz2ZPl6XSANQJsMjB7l-L2xWcn3DQ9U2hIsxlmGjpBS0E_7mh3srZ1CXE2y_ebyCMnpIFQMhLcpN2d2LA4BczCjchs/s320/CIMG0491.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477115366589628706" border="0" /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></a>this girl loved Mason and spilled red wine on my white sweater. HMMPH! the guy in the yellow hat (see also pic below)<br />made me an american flag. :) <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOyqQcfuGFiA1NymxsUnfdGh1DDXDYKK779m8V5rK5_x_hRFXIwR_fB2Nc1sqp0pkkxmjw2Gfj-w4GfmpfoBxdbRH-hcLs_5XlGk9O9a7izqOSoS6RKmd2pZoVlI1-JGM0eAfG7qCf9tU/s1600/CIMG0489.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOyqQcfuGFiA1NymxsUnfdGh1DDXDYKK779m8V5rK5_x_hRFXIwR_fB2Nc1sqp0pkkxmjw2Gfj-w4GfmpfoBxdbRH-hcLs_5XlGk9O9a7izqOSoS6RKmd2pZoVlI1-JGM0eAfG7qCf9tU/s320/CIMG0489.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477115359219356994" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWxi9Uzw9Kmsvc7ngB8_s6phMyCFE7ImXu2Pb-IvtFun8gUFlI9G6jhRMs2zQ93N5KHBXWchcBLqHKWhrMjpmpxbYpZer9tGEB5iJoVLU2fS_QUsv-8qFP0QK42ooHKamyweRrQNnxBko/s1600/CIMG0493.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWxi9Uzw9Kmsvc7ngB8_s6phMyCFE7ImXu2Pb-IvtFun8gUFlI9G6jhRMs2zQ93N5KHBXWchcBLqHKWhrMjpmpxbYpZer9tGEB5iJoVLU2fS_QUsv-8qFP0QK42ooHKamyweRrQNnxBko/s320/CIMG0493.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477115370848825714" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This is Lars and Maia. She is from Florida but Lars is her father and he lives here in Bodø so she spends her summers in Norway. Lars is a handsome, orthopedic something or other and he diagnosed my calf muscle dent. Thank you, Lars.<br /><br />And Tommy and Stefan were definitely my favorite part of the evening.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhG6H_OFeOjcXvIofRLxgT94OeNliSZC3c-6yOInyvRBPINnvZrv3TLowGKlYBU532cPfcP2V97E8bRSjA8gd1KmUFOvy_vAn3OrDC5DN4BzyNrMT2OTCNqPV4ZedEKP6ZAnLSl-L-LGc/s1600/CIMG0499.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 497px; height: 372px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhG6H_OFeOjcXvIofRLxgT94OeNliSZC3c-6yOInyvRBPINnvZrv3TLowGKlYBU532cPfcP2V97E8bRSjA8gd1KmUFOvy_vAn3OrDC5DN4BzyNrMT2OTCNqPV4ZedEKP6ZAnLSl-L-LGc/s320/CIMG0499.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477115375854949698" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx4nxrFGBptxQY4zYuZ8WWJJ5KSltLftq9UiBgGFBu6FKntLGAQGqOfc7N-JOCESzVq_kDogPNkFjSUXf0TcL_6Pm17i5JkLgKRTyTd-qTTbO5Xv-3Kz9oYKWc1qYe7EesSc71aXrtgKM/s1600/CIMG0509.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx4nxrFGBptxQY4zYuZ8WWJJ5KSltLftq9UiBgGFBu6FKntLGAQGqOfc7N-JOCESzVq_kDogPNkFjSUXf0TcL_6Pm17i5JkLgKRTyTd-qTTbO5Xv-3Kz9oYKWc1qYe7EesSc71aXrtgKM/s320/CIMG0509.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477121622049547298" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAinC4-duZMlLH4NMKgMIYRQ4ojVmzMZTcEQlug1TCKQkAauRJjpOfbRK-gk_Wg5r9a887LZwcFF5e9xtbdeqgNijDvub4rHVpqRkmvjpobvlM98KXfAuOSda_BGJKFlUdPTNrd3v7I68/s1600/tommystefannicole.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAinC4-duZMlLH4NMKgMIYRQ4ojVmzMZTcEQlug1TCKQkAauRJjpOfbRK-gk_Wg5r9a887LZwcFF5e9xtbdeqgNijDvub4rHVpqRkmvjpobvlM98KXfAuOSda_BGJKFlUdPTNrd3v7I68/s320/tommystefannicole.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477121613946268066" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Mka-TADVe4v5nU_QIKmer_EU02CrOTg4jnTWFmUhsgBrH1DA8-QiQ041Oe0Odi445FhkCQvXmJGSMmDh1ViSK8p2dgIpgenJPG3uhQdL5gYIUJGOLrEpgZ8QpSN_qDsFxfNdqRGpsoc/s1600/CIMG0500.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Mka-TADVe4v5nU_QIKmer_EU02CrOTg4jnTWFmUhsgBrH1DA8-QiQ041Oe0Odi445FhkCQvXmJGSMmDh1ViSK8p2dgIpgenJPG3uhQdL5gYIUJGOLrEpgZ8QpSN_qDsFxfNdqRGpsoc/s320/CIMG0500.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477121605950882594" border="0" /></a><br />These guys were awesome. They taught me helpful, Norwegian phrases (bad words), and taught me some informative Norwegian customs, and bought my drinks. Really fun, cute, nice guys.<br /><br />This guy, TV, SUCKS.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPh9rBr8En2n5SWmw03VdKB7PIzmlO-F_EDxZ0DWWZ1nHNqTm3WQAJ8Vb3FqXaSACk5dsc0nLwO7jyndsGL0fIXfkNA99N9nJeVuocB6c0ARzaaqZcClM13WMMUhrtuwYiIRoWJ1PZvI/s1600/CIMG0510.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPh9rBr8En2n5SWmw03VdKB7PIzmlO-F_EDxZ0DWWZ1nHNqTm3WQAJ8Vb3FqXaSACk5dsc0nLwO7jyndsGL0fIXfkNA99N9nJeVuocB6c0ARzaaqZcClM13WMMUhrtuwYiIRoWJ1PZvI/s320/CIMG0510.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477213709119813986" border="0" /></a><br />He invited us to an "after party". We walked there with him and he called NJ a dump or garbage can or something so I explained that we live amongst the corn and the tomatoes.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfZ5nFTkm_qPHZLbVgYYPSeEuobBW_KBvLglWvIK_jzgSvWRQIF7ZGB9gyG1tVnL-KcqaWxqmAFbmh_9CCXwva9YrOYhJ3hM4KntUP0bGBWFiyYlJY-JCk0iO4XHKXkZoLcHBTK3HOYw/s1600/CIMG0526.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfZ5nFTkm_qPHZLbVgYYPSeEuobBW_KBvLglWvIK_jzgSvWRQIF7ZGB9gyG1tVnL-KcqaWxqmAFbmh_9CCXwva9YrOYhJ3hM4KntUP0bGBWFiyYlJY-JCk0iO4XHKXkZoLcHBTK3HOYw/s320/CIMG0526.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477213050102775074" border="0" /></a>walking to "after party" at 3:30 am<br /><br />When we arrived, it was super shady and there was 1 girl there (looked like she was on drugs) and a guy passed out on the couch. TV went upstairs with the girl. I told Mason it was bad news and we needed to leave but for some reason he took his shoes off so while we waited for him to put the shoes on, we took pictures of the house. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9yPCpWAE7K8ENmW3LopIfIWfjqJVMQrMqdeu15j1LYT-TKzw17earK5rfuWGo477lOrPvQYK72y_N3IoVylqVGztcYRPK0krNNOC7MTEQLyG5il97Yy48hBjqa90Fc9D9OPp9M2VQF4/s1600/CIMG0528.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9yPCpWAE7K8ENmW3LopIfIWfjqJVMQrMqdeu15j1LYT-TKzw17earK5rfuWGo477lOrPvQYK72y_N3IoVylqVGztcYRPK0krNNOC7MTEQLyG5il97Yy48hBjqa90Fc9D9OPp9M2VQF4/s320/CIMG0528.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477213066237598754" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJMj66ICVACTIGft7Povt9yu0qltrFz54s69C3557A4FdrM8xB3vc2iq8kaHLW2dagvkzS0hF3DpIQeAoyJ_YN2ASRl94ZT2BYqCgI_FJNP52J2yyKPIOEQFuc0KJr-X_ZO35OxXDN6Y/s1600/CIMG0529.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbJMj66ICVACTIGft7Povt9yu0qltrFz54s69C3557A4FdrM8xB3vc2iq8kaHLW2dagvkzS0hF3DpIQeAoyJ_YN2ASRl94ZT2BYqCgI_FJNP52J2yyKPIOEQFuc0KJr-X_ZO35OxXDN6Y/s320/CIMG0529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477213058084604802" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There was very ugly jewelry on display and a norwegian flag.<br /><br />Then we walked home with Hilde, who ended up being a prostitute. The end.<br /><br />Next blog: Hiking Svartvatnet and Cod Fishing Trip<br /></div>mysandwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298709752509283059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532958673510558300.post-66206813612674447642010-05-28T16:31:00.001-07:002010-05-28T17:06:40.725-07:00Bodø: First Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9It2WT05gk5ZT8GVZ8WP0iKGUTcKFDpne16iywFKqmrVHeIvnaF7NWd4ihHoe7Vn5awz6CDAriZd3bqcO-7qjzaXxvjJJqN5QPSM13fxd9g1zbWRumZS1Xv4DcjyVvjl2L9i8de03Ms/s1600/CIMG0410.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9It2WT05gk5ZT8GVZ8WP0iKGUTcKFDpne16iywFKqmrVHeIvnaF7NWd4ihHoe7Vn5awz6CDAriZd3bqcO-7qjzaXxvjJJqN5QPSM13fxd9g1zbWRumZS1Xv4DcjyVvjl2L9i8de03Ms/s400/CIMG0410.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476475240203231090" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="Body">Two words: JET LAG</p><p class="Body">Quick post.<br /></p><p class="Body">After we flew in, we had lunch and walked around the city with Richard and Chi, his dog. It took about 15 minutes to explore all of it. Bodø is the cutest. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvF68a2YHLyT3XwcOcF0Vuul5M2kJ4tZ-IUFWxJTpFylgK00vuwQtcmyLeJQox_IGPlxQV99MIYhr2wFJxgNXF90n89VOrKMvSfVcSmNNwvBlSjw2vh4TJDWAVbZUXLa6bciCAb_Y10g/s1600/CIMG0422.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvF68a2YHLyT3XwcOcF0Vuul5M2kJ4tZ-IUFWxJTpFylgK00vuwQtcmyLeJQox_IGPlxQV99MIYhr2wFJxgNXF90n89VOrKMvSfVcSmNNwvBlSjw2vh4TJDWAVbZUXLa6bciCAb_Y10g/s400/CIMG0422.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476476319358424226" border="0" /></a></p><p class="Body"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg603WEZAeMtx8bVUe734q87dg8ToCVrLRWv4hB7K1rNSl6ejX1EmMZmbMarN1PhaRrwhqckLumQCuhil2xDhMTf4XYSDmybgssflEDkSQVWwFTjZRSWazBdoaQGPdf0629QXOwRzOZ7uQ/s1600/CIMG0427.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg603WEZAeMtx8bVUe734q87dg8ToCVrLRWv4hB7K1rNSl6ejX1EmMZmbMarN1PhaRrwhqckLumQCuhil2xDhMTf4XYSDmybgssflEDkSQVWwFTjZRSWazBdoaQGPdf0629QXOwRzOZ7uQ/s400/CIMG0427.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476470688166708738" border="0" /></a></p><p class="Body"> Cool Guy Crossing<br /></p><p class="Body">Right now, it is 2:00am and the sun hasn't set. It won't. I must get used to it.<br /></p><p class="Body">I have my own hotel room!<br /></p><p class="Body"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfnwteRfv4CMbyVYPRZ6l_nka0eg2lHxp0wKNLBhmg4UiAIbeuaBpORzBRL22PfT8yV9WUj2f_lmlllQS3kMdhXkWoeJJXrXn88evkQF47YZ-WRyB6ed3jhgBtAaWxhWI_qpsYfYcORQ/s1600/CIMG0413.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfnwteRfv4CMbyVYPRZ6l_nka0eg2lHxp0wKNLBhmg4UiAIbeuaBpORzBRL22PfT8yV9WUj2f_lmlllQS3kMdhXkWoeJJXrXn88evkQF47YZ-WRyB6ed3jhgBtAaWxhWI_qpsYfYcORQ/s400/CIMG0413.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476471602883926882" border="0" /></a></p><p class="Body">Our hotel was one of 3 buildings that remained standing when Bodø was bombed on May 27, 1940. </p><p class="Body">We also went to Richard's Protestant church where he sings. It also survived bombing.<br /></p><p class="Body">We will have a walking tour of the city tomorrow and I will learn more about this small, quiet town.<br /></p><p class="Body"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-c5EjN4DnFvhtdm3RNC-qd7sTcNOlF7imI1xCKOYOg0NfjMFQhSZOtNN10NkGNlMb4fVcLArgaeGYffF0BuHSM8gSS8cmYVK91NMlChf8KKjpK9YADWDNlFBJjAjET5Fq2vBYknNbAoc/s1600/CIMG0391.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 374px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-c5EjN4DnFvhtdm3RNC-qd7sTcNOlF7imI1xCKOYOg0NfjMFQhSZOtNN10NkGNlMb4fVcLArgaeGYffF0BuHSM8gSS8cmYVK91NMlChf8KKjpK9YADWDNlFBJjAjET5Fq2vBYknNbAoc/s400/CIMG0391.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476473087788014290" border="0" /></a> $200.00 = 1200 NOK = not a lot of $$<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv3k34co1ccY6aErT_ubvskw6iSt45aL2BIREjowVYsCwN9-8PWjLZ78RhCVJ1iMj-UbNg-S_ZUgmGuwRaNkNl8etG7BwTlujlHY172L3nS-z8H2L94j8mD-KLsDhdzU0rKrfc_VmDPtE/s1600/CIMG0438.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv3k34co1ccY6aErT_ubvskw6iSt45aL2BIREjowVYsCwN9-8PWjLZ78RhCVJ1iMj-UbNg-S_ZUgmGuwRaNkNl8etG7BwTlujlHY172L3nS-z8H2L94j8mD-KLsDhdzU0rKrfc_VmDPtE/s400/CIMG0438.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476474004319603426" border="0" /></a><br /><br />You can buy shrimps and fishes right off of the boats. Super Fresh.<br /><br />Tomorrow night, we’re going out for the grand finale of EuroVision. It is like a country-vs-country version of American Idol, with all the country’s finalists competing against each other in this big Grand Prix idol. It's a huge deal here, especially since Norway is the host country this year. Bars are selling tickets for their Grand Prix night parties. Tomorrow, or should I say tonight, we are going to PARTY!<br /><br /> Sunday, we’re going cod fishing.mysandwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298709752509283059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532958673510558300.post-22617546901761105522010-05-13T06:59:00.000-07:002010-06-01T14:53:33.759-07:00Expectations<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbWSto87POIISiORWBp0_TZIVVVDv8YvidaD4uW-hCDA77N5E4v2clzrwsKQX9hR-nvIOsH46mE_52ztE0SzqyoaW36uAeqtgCwIU0wVzjnfj7QAD4BiP-OjqePNxT66UtCnmrsLT8Ac/s1600/norway.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbWSto87POIISiORWBp0_TZIVVVDv8YvidaD4uW-hCDA77N5E4v2clzrwsKQX9hR-nvIOsH46mE_52ztE0SzqyoaW36uAeqtgCwIU0wVzjnfj7QAD4BiP-OjqePNxT66UtCnmrsLT8Ac/s400/norway.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470764308245158130" border="0" /></a><br />My trip to Norway is just 2 weeks away! That being said, I thought that I would post a few things that I am expecting of Norway so I will be able to compare my expectations with what I actually experience when I return.<br /><br />Thinking about it, I guess I really have no idea what to expect... except the usual: cold, snow, blonde people, fjords, viking stuff, oil, heavy metal, fish, wet, sun...<br /><br />Since its for Rotary, I am expecting to see and talk to lots and lots of real old people. Old Norwegians. That might be a good band name.<br /><br />Iv'e been told they've got "Beiber Fever" over there. I guess I'm also expecting a lot of pop culture.<br /><br />I hope for the vocational aspect, that I am able to see some of the hydroelectric facilities and some of the wildlife of Northern Norway. Mostly, I hope to really, actually, learn something that I can use in my professional life and get a new job with. I want to see the World's seed bank and an oil rig.<br /><br />I'm also looking forward to trying Norwegian foods and beers. I hope some of them are WEIRD!mysandwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13298709752509283059noreply@blogger.com1