My relative Linda is visiting from Arizona. She started out by attending # 4 Brats confirmation on the 3rd, which was lovely, and then went off for a two-week tour of Norway.
First stop was Bergen, where she boarded the Hurtigruten, labeled “the world’s most beautiful sea voyage”. Several ships sail the West coast from Bergen to Kirkenes and back - with stops in major and minor cities and villages, passing some of the most beautiful sceneries this country has to offer. The cruise takes 6 days one way, and she thoroughly enjoyed it. She then got off in Kirkenes (a tiny town at the very north of Norway), and made her way back down south again in a “spur of the moment” fashion. This country isn’t big on cheap hotels, so she ended up paying quite a lot for her accomodation, but had a lovely time traveling through Sami country (The Norwegian equivalent to Lapland) and the far North by bus.
She had all sorts of weather on the way - from beautiful sunny days on the ship, with no wind and mild temperatures, to fog and rain, wind, and of course - snow. She witnessed the celebration of National Day in the little town of Narvik, and saw the War memorial museum in Kirkenes, as well as having a breathtaking 14 hour bus ride from Karasjok to Bodø.
She came back here a week ago, happy and full of her experiences, and she’s now taking it easy here with us before we’re all attending another relative’s wedding on the 31st. She’ll then be off on a 3-day trip to Copenhagen, Denmark, and we’re leaving for my mountain cabin the week after. My cabin is right where her mother came from, who emigrated to the States in 1922, so there’ll be more relatives there too…
A lovely lady, well into her 70es, who’s become my laundry assistant, sometime babysitter and scullery maid (I’ll have to withhold her passport, I think…).
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