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By Bothan Taistil
July 11th 2009
Denmark Europe » Denmark
I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. - Robert Louis Stevenson July 11, 2009, Saturday, Copenhagen, Denmark, Absalon, Campground Some people never learn from their mistakes, so we are off on our bikes again to the city. Biking is a serious mode of transportation in Denmark. There are bike lanes, vehicle lanes, pedestrian lanes and lights for each and every lane. Some trikes are equipped for children, babies, dogs, groceries, large packages and mail delivery. The Copenhagen Post estimates that there ma [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 26th 2009 | 109 Views | [diary=422311]

Inside church
Ceiling Dome
Organ in Frederickburg Church

We are Amsterbam and will be moving to Germany on Monday Travel is great Iceland to Norway to Sweden to Denmark I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. - Mark Twain July 8, 2009, Wednesday, Reykjvik to Keflavik, Iceland to Oslo, to Utne Campground, Norway By 4:50AM, we were on the bus to the airport and all connections went smoothly. During the flight back to Oslo, I thought of all the things that could go wrong with our RV sitting for four days. [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 26th 2009 | 119 Views | [diary=422305]

Always look up and find great things to look at.
Sky line
Sky line

By Bothan Taistil
July 6th 2009
Iceland 2 Europe » Iceland
Sorry it has been so long we have been busy having fun Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe. ~Anatole France July 6, 2009, Monday, The Farm, to Kerw Crater. to Icelandic Ponies, to Skalholt Church, to Geysir, to Gulfoss, to Pinavellis, NP, to Reykjavik, to Hertz, to our apartment in Reykjavik, Iceland. Breakfast at the farm is 8 to 9, we are awake at 5 AM, so we decide to eat our banana and begin our tour of Iceland. Our first stop along 35 is Krew Crater, a 55 meter deep volcanic crater, about [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 26th 2009 | 102 Views | [diary=422299]

The two falls join to form one
Can you imagine doing this at Niagara?
Is it really July?

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. ~Robert Louis Stevenson July 4th, 2009, Saturday, Ekeberg Camping, Oslo, to Oslo Airport to Keflavik Airport, to the Blue Lagoon, Iceland to Farm Guesthouse near Selfoss, Iceland. After a night of storms, the weather has finally cooled down. Finding our way to the airport was relatively easy, UNTIL,,, we drove down a ramp to long term parking, it was underground parking with a clearance of 2.2 meters…we are 3.4 meters…Oops! After a U-turn and a ve [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 21st 2009 | 105 Views | [diary=420746]

Lots of folks enjoying the geothermal heated pool, in the rain
There’s what her name….. Enjoying the warm water.
Bob and Kel refreshed after a pleasant soak!

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. ~Lin Yutang July 1, 2009, Wednesday, Laerdal CG to Borgund Stave Church to Hemsdal, Norway. From Laerdal we drove to the Borgund Stave Church…WOW! It is like a pagoda style fancy wooden carved church. The timber for the church was felled during the winter of 1180, and the building erected soon after. The complicated structure was built by traveling craftsmen with skill and experience. It has stood in this location for 800 years! At [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 21st 2009 | 131 Views | [diary=420715]

 Borgund Stave Church
The dragon a throw back to the pagan days
The church is painted in tar every 10 yrs

By Bothan Taistil
June 29th 2009
Norway Bergen Europe » Norway
July 21, 2009. Just a quick note, to let our followers know, we are alive and well, but have not had internet connection, thus our blogs are a bit delayed. At the present we have just arrived in Amsterdam. I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list. - Susan Sontag June 29, 2009, Monday, Tvinda CG, to Voss Train Station, to Bergen, back to Voss and onto Taulen Campground, Norway. We decided we needed to see Bergen, before leaving this area, so we are off on the train from Voss to Bergen, about 1 ½ hour trip. The very [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 21st 2009 | 98 Views | [diary=420691]

A tribute to Knute and Notre Dame
Fisherman’s market in Bergen
Bryggen World Heritage UNESCO Site

By Bothan Taistil
June 27th 2009
Norway Pt 2 Europe » Norway
These are more photos form Norway We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. ~Hilaire Belloc [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 11th 2009 | 70 Views | [diary=417424]

Along the fjords in Norway
Along the fjords in Norway
Along the fjords in Norway

Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure. - Aldous Huxley June 27, 2009, Saturday, Gol, Norway to Hardangervidda N.P., to Voring foss (waterfall) to the ferry at Brimnes to Bruravik then onto Voss, then to Tvinde Campground, outside Voss, Norway. With the summer night bright as daylight all the night long, even with an eye mask, we both were awake at 12, 2, and finally 5AM. We left Gol, and [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 11th 2009 | 124 Views | [diary=417420]

Big water falls
A troll trying to lure one to the mountains!
Voringfoss

By Bothan Taistil
June 25th 2009
Oslo  Europe » Norway
Who lives sees much. Who travels sees more. June 25, 2009,Thursday, Ekeberg Camping, Oslo, Norway. We are now experts on the bus system (ho ho) and know how to get to and from the city. The Frogner Park is our first destination. We still have our 24 hour ticket good on all transportation systems, so we located the tram out to the park. This is a 75 acre park containing a lifetime of work by Norway’s greatest sculptor, Gustav Vigeland. From 1925 to 1943 he worked designing 192 bronze and granite statues, 600 figures each nude and unique. The garden [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 10th 2009 | 68 Views | [diary=417204]

Viking Ship Museum
Burial sled at the Viking museum
Ferry to the museum

By Bothan Taistil
June 23rd 2009
Sweden Europe » Sweden » Stockholm County
wE ARE NOW IN COPEMHAGEN , WE HAD A GREST TRIP TO ICELAND BUT YOU CAN READ ABOUT IT LATER To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. - Freya Stark June 23, 2009, Tuesday, Bandang Camping, Stockholm, Sweden, to Karlstad Camping , Sweden a drive day. We traveled from Stockholm, to Karlstad, the lake region in Sweden. This lake region is a very popular family camping area. We walked along the huge Vanern Lake and enjoyed the kids playing and families relaxing and swimming. There were many, many camp areas in [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 10th 2009 | 74 Views | [diary=417200]

Karlstad  Camping near the lake
Ekeberg Camping, Oslo Norway



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