Our Christmas Tree

From Texas to Germany to Norway

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January 6th 2006
Many things have happened since my last entry. I went home to Texas for a week, then I spent four days in Germany for our New Years Festival and I am now back in Oslo for some final preparation. Rather than making a separate entry for each time period I will summarize them all in this entry and then keep up with it better from here on out (or at least try, it may not be possible to update it on ... read more

Europe » Norway » Eastern Norway » Oslo

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Two centuries of Viking raids into Europe tapered off following the adoption of Christianity by King Olav TRYGGVASON in 994. Conversion of the Norwegian kingdom occurred over the next several decades. In 1397, Norway was absorbed into a union with De... ... read more