Norway in a Nutshell // 2014

NOR WAY THE GREAT, SUMMER, NORWEGIAN ADVENTURE with the GRAVES, HADLEYS and LISKOS

ON Y VA! FRENCH, FOR, “LET’S GO THERE!” DEPART JULY 22, 2014 > IND> ORD > CPH > OSL

D A L E WA N T E D T O P H O T O G R A P H T H E F J O R D S .

S Y L V I A WA N T E D T O H E A R A C O N C E R T A T G R I E G ’ S H O U S E .

C L A R K WA N T E D T O H I K E . ( A L O N G , L O N G WAY. ) D I A N A WA N T E D T O V I S I T T H E P E A C E M U S E U M .

T I M WA N T E D T O T A K E L O T S ( A N D L O T S ) O F P I C T U R E S .

L I N D S AY WA N T E D T O S E E H E R F R I E N D S .

OS LO JULY 23 // ONE OF THE HOTTEST DAYS IN NORWAY’S HISTORY: 33°C

T I N A V I L E N I C A , R A S M U S A N D S I V E R T O F F E R E D U S V E RY WA R M W E L C O M E S AT T H E O S LO C E N T R A L S TAT ION. T H E N E X T S TOP : P E P P E S P I Z Z A !

O K AY, W E G O T T U R N E D A ROU N D A B I T. B U T T H I S LO OK S W O R S E T H A N I T WA S .

TURNS OUT WE WERE F I V E M I N U T E S F ROM V IG E L A N D PA R K AND ONLY FOUR FLIGHTS AWAY F R O M O U R L U X C I T Y F L AT.

L I N D A A N D T H Y G E ’ S F L A T S L E P T S E V E N A D U L T S A N D T W O C H I L D R E N , C O M F O R T A B L Y.

C O M F O R T A B L Y, T H A T I S , O T H E R T H A N T H E H O T T E S T D AY O F T H E Y E A R .

Y O U D O N ’ T H AV E T O S H A R E T H E P A R K A T 4 : 3 9 A . M .

THANKS TO THE

O S L O C I T Y PA S S ,

WE WERE ABLE TO VISIT

THE FOLK MUSEUM,

THE VIKING SHIP

M U S E U M , T H E KON T I K I

MUSEUM, THE FRAM

AND THE NOBEL

PEACE CEN TER.

W E W E R E E N T E RTA I N E D.

A N D V E RY T I R E D .

S I V E RT T R I E D

AND TRIED

AND TRIED

TO GET RID

OF HIS

LO O S E TO OT H .

T H E G OI NG R AT E

F OR O S LO

TOOTH FAIRIES:

6 . 1 8 N O RW E G I A N

K RON E S P E R D OL L A R .

AUR SKOG JULY 25 // HANS OLAV BALTERUD’S COUNTRY HOME, THE TIMBER MUSEUM and NORWAY’S CUTEST BABY

OSLO TAXI TO LILLESTRØM BUSSTERMINAL—THEN A 10 MINUTES DRIVE FROM LILLESTRØM TO FETSUND.

THE SOLITUDE OF BOTH THE TIMBER MUSEUM A N D T H E B A LT E RU D F A R M W E R E W E LCOM E R E P R I E V E S A F T E R L E A R N I NG OF A S IG N I F IC A N T ( A N D R A R E ) T E R ROR I S T T H R E A T I N O S L O . W E T R AV E L E D B Y T A X I A N D B U S T O AV O I D H I G H - L E V E L WA R N I N G S A T T H E C E N T R A L S T A T I O N .

ON THE NIGHT BEFORE

C L A R K ’ S B I R T H D AY,

H E H A D T H E L U X U RY

OF PHOTOGRAPHING

T H I S B E AU T I F U L B A R N

AT S U N S E T. T H E N, H E AT E

BOTH GRILLED SALMON

AND CUCUMBER SALAD —

H I S T W O L E A S T F AV O R I T E

T H I NG S ON E A RT H .

W E P RO M I S E D

H I M H A M B U RG E R S

T H E N E X T D AY.

M O N A A N D H A N S O L AV W E R E E XC E P T ION A L HO S T S .

T H E Y S E RV E D T H R E E N O RW E G I A N M E A L S IN THREE DIFFERENT OU T D O OR LO C AT ION S .

W H I L E E AT I NG DR I E D MOOSE IN THE GREENHOUSE AT DU S K , S Y L V I A A S K E D I F T H E Y O F T E N S AW M O O S E .

MONA SPOTTED ONE R I G H T AWAY.

JULY 26 // BY TRAIN AND FERRY, THROUGH THE FJORDS

FLÅM

I T WA S A N O T H E R D AY O F R E C O R D H E A T I N N O RWAY.

BY T H E T I M E W E R E AC H E D F L Å M , W E W E R E R E A DY F OR IC E C R E A M . LOT S OF IC E C R E A M . T H A N K S TO T H E E XC H A NG E R AT E A N D T H E H IG H TA X E S A S S O C I AT E D W I T H A S O C I A L D E M O C R A C Y, S I X C U P S O F I C E C R E A M COAT E D W I T H C HO COL AT E P OW DE R CO S T 213 K R , OR $ 34 .

GUD VAN GEN JULY 26 // A LITTLE SUN. A LITTLE RAIN.

AND A WHOLE LOT OF FJORDS.

NORWAY BY THE NUMBERS

1 GLACIERS SPOT TED MOOSE SPOTTED MO O S E E AT E N R E I N DE E R E AT E N

2 D AY S A B O V E 3 3 ° C

100

%

P E R C E N T A G E O F N O RW E G I A N C H I L DR E N W HO A R E B E AU T I F U L

T H E F J O R D 1 F E R RY D O C K E D I N G U D VA N G E N , W H E R E W E LOD G E D I N C A B I N # 20 . OU R A B ODE S L E P T S I X A N D I N C L U D E D A PA T I O , K I T C H E N E T T E A N D B R E A K F A S T . ( $57/ P E R S ON E AC H N IG H T. )

NORWAY BY THE NUMBERS

30kr THE COST OF A 16- OUNCE SOFT DRINK: $5

BAK KA JULY 27 // HIKING TEN MILES (AND THEN SOME) TO CELEBRATE CLARK HADLEY’S 65th BIRTHDAY

NORWAY BY THE NUMBERS

24,629 M O S T S T E P S I N A D AY O N T H E T R A I L F R O M G U D VA N G E N TO BAKKA AND BACK AGAIN

(Although Clark and Dale walked even more, up the side of a mountain.)

THE 45-MINUTE DRIVE

F R O M G U D VA N G E N

TO VO S S F E AT U R E D

13 S P E C TAC U L A R

HAIRPIN TURNS ON THE

S T E E P E S T ( ON E - L A N E ) ROA D

I N NORT H E R N E U ROP E .

AT ON E P OI N T, I T B E C A M E

A 20 P E RC E N T G R A DE .

O U R D R I V E R M AY H AV E

B E E N 1 2 — A N D D E S E RV E D

AN A GRADE.

“I’VE NEVER HAD A BUS RIDE THAT CAME CLOSE TO THE ONE ON THE WAY TO VOSS.” —SYLVIA

VO SS JULY 28 // STEEP ASCENTS AND EVEN STEEPER (SOGGIER) DESCENTS

W E RODE T H E C A B L E C A R U P A N D H I K E D D OW N. B OT H T H E G OAT S A N D T H E LO C A L S K NOW T H E R E V E R S E OR DE R I S B E S T. E S P E C I A L L Y I N T H E R A I N.

BER GEN JULY 28—JULY 30 // ROSES, GRIEG and QUITE A BIT OF SUNSHINE

T H E F LØI B A N E N FUNICULAR I N B E RG E N I S ON E OF N O RWAY ’ S B E S T - K N O W N AT T R AC T ION S .

I T ’ S A L S O A G R E AT SPOT TO PHOTOGRAPH T H E C I T Y, D R I N K A COCA- COLA LIGHT AND S M I L E W I T H T ROL L S .

E D VA R D G R I E G WA S 5’ 1” . D I A N A , S Y L V I A A N D T U B A P L AY E R M A R T I N K I N N A L L S E E E Y E -T O - E Y E W I T H H I M . I N T H E I R O W N WAY S .

M A R T I N L I V E S I N B E R G E N A N D P L AY S F O R T H E S T AVA N G E R B R A S S B A N D .

NORWAY BY THE NUMBERS

9 NUMBER OF SLEEPS I N N O RWAY

9,233 N U M B E R OF P HOTO S TA K E N

ET NE

JULY 29 // VISITING ASTRID, JON ODDVIN, THEIR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, A ROSEMALING EXPERT and A PAINTER OF CATS

NORWAY BY THE NUMBERS

7 HOURS ON THE TRAIN F ROM B E RG E N TO O S LO

OS LO JULY 31 // BUT WE DON’T WANT TO GO HOME YET!

NOT ON L Y I S T H E O S LO OP E R A HOU S E B E AU T I F U L , B U T A L S O YOU C A N C L I M B U P ON I T ’ S RO OF. A N D NO ON E W I L L B OT H E R YOU AT 7 : 3 0 A . M .

DA L E P HOTO G R A P H E D T H E F J OR D S .

S Y L V I A AT T E N DE D A CONC E RT AT G R I E G ’ S HOU S E .

C L A R K H I K E D . ( A L O N G , L O N G WAY. ) DIANA VISITED THE PEACE MUSEUM. T I M TO OK LOT S ( A N D LOT S ) OF P IC T U R E S .

L I N D S AY S AW H E R F R I E N D S .

OUR WAY TUSEN TAKK!

OUR WAY TUSEN TAKK!