Blogs from Trøndelag, Norway, Europe - page 3

Nukuin pitkään, johonkin klo 9 asti. Söin rauhassa aamupalaa ja pääsin liikkeelle vasta klo 11.50. Menin bussilla keskustaan. Kävelin vanhaa siltaa pitkin joen itäpuolelle ja kävin pullakahvilla. Tuli lumihiutaleita harvakseltaan. Kävelin takaisin toisen sillan kautta. Ostin pysäköintiautomaatista vielä uuden 24 tunnin lipun joukkoliikenteeseen. 180 kruunua maksoi lippu jolla pääsi tuomiokirkkoon ja kahteen museoon. Tämä taitaa olla Pohjoismaiden suurin tuomiokirkko. Kuuntelin hetken norjankielistä opastusta. Arkkipiispan museossa oli patsaita ja kiinnostava pienoismalli kirkon historiasta. Kirkon länsiosa oli välillä monta sataa vuotta raunioina. Toisessa museossa oli esillä Norjan kruununkalleudet. Museossa saatu lisätieto innosti minut käymään vielä uudestaan tuomiokirkossa. Ajelin bussilla ensin etelään ja sitten itään. Siellä jouduin odottamaan bussia sen verran, että kävin pi... read more

The ship was delayed overnight by head winds and at one stage Captain said we were almost 2 hours late. However we docked at 2.30 ish and were ashore by 3.0 and walking over the bridge into town when at 3.07 I turned on Mapmywalk. We'd been given a town map so used that to go through the main part to Nidaros. Got down to river and lookout to take couple photos on way there. Stretch of old warehouses probably less than quarter mile. After seeing church went over bridge and I tried to find unusual angles. We turned left into Bakklandet. Saw only a couple of quaint views to photograph. Went down by river and as we'd only been about 90 minutes, sat in sun for a while before continuing to canal and pedestrian bridge ... read more

For my Planning My St. Olavsleden Pilgrimage blog which provides details on the history and the logistics involved, please go to . 4 - 5 July 2017 Tuesday and Wednesday. My daughter Tamara and Linda dropped me off at the Colorado Springs airport. Upon boarding the flight attendant advised due to high temperatures and altitude, the aircraft was too heavy to take off. She asked for five volunteers to take the next flight in return for a voucher. I couldn't due to tight connections, but five others immediately volunteered saving me from being dragged off the United flight. My flight left Colorado Springs at 11:25 AM and the rest of the schedule to Houston, Amsterdam, Oslo, and Trondheim went smoothly. The flight from Houston to Amsterdam was great as I had the whole row to myself. ... read more

I always start a new year by planning my trips for the year, if not before. Last year, Linda granted me five weeks away to walk the Camino de Santiago across northern Spain. I knew she wouldn't agree to that long a separation again so that set one limit for any trip this year. This year we have a new more constraining limit to our ability to travel together. Our dog Bonnie was recently diagnosed with diabetes, requiring two shots daily, in the morning and evening. We didn't want to burden anyone with having to take care of her, especially as she doesn't like to be away from the comfort zone of us or our home. This requires that we take her wherever we go, which pretty much limits us to road trips around the United ... read more

Tag 173 – Grüße aus Norwegen Während Hanna und Renaud mit dem weißen Auto nach Idre fuhren, und Arne und Sophia mit ihrem, um ihre Skisachen abzugeben, konnten Timea, Phil und ich mal etwas länger schlafen. Pünktlich um 9.45 Uhr, wie Sophia uns eingeschärft hatte, standen wir angezogen an der Tür und warteten, dass uns jemand abholen kam. Die Leute mit ihren Pferdeschlitten waren nun nämlich an ihrem Zielort in Norwegen angekommen und veranstalteten dort einen Markt; das Städtchen Røros sollte auch einen Besuch wert sein. Sofie hatte uns davon erzählt und da wir ja frei hatten, bot sich das ja als Ausflugsziel an. Timea, Sophia und Arne hätten eigentlich arbeiten müssen, sie hatten Sonntag schon frei gehabt, doch da wir ja nun kein Auto hatten und Fern ein Auge zudrückte, durften sie auch mit. Eigentlich ... read more