Kategori: resor
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The sea is like being abroad for me, the landscape (seascape!) is so different from what I’m used to. Sailing boats a-plenty, bare cliffs, salty air, flat horizon, constant fear of ticks bearing dangerous diseases and strange plants. It was an awesome day out on the sea, complete with an almost full super-moon rising! When…
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Once again, we got up early (no alarm clocks needed) and the first order of the day was to visit Dalsnibba, which is a viewpoint at 1500 MASL and advertises itself as giving the highest view over a fjord in the world. The fjord in question being Geiranger, and you can also see the serpentine…
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The night wasn’t exactly warm, but I was quite cozy in my tent. It didn’t mean that I got a good night’s sleep though, I just couldn’t fall asleep at first and then I kept waking up during the early morning hours. Nevermind, this landscape is so awesome that it’s impossible to feel tired and…
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The plan for today was to drive to Jotunheimen and camp at Juvashytta. We took the scenic route southwest of Rondane and at first we had the weather with us, with some sunshine and blue sky. We stopped at every potential spot for pictures but I guess the Norwegians have too much of the nice…
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A few years ago I took my sister to Röros and she loved it, so she wanted to visit it again. The weather was not good for cityscapes, but there’s plenty of detail to pick out as well.
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The reason I came to Lappeenranta for such a short visit was to see how my dad was doing. Happily, everything looks good so I don’t have to be worried about him all the time. But I also wanted to see the plaque with mom’s name, it was mounted long after the funeral so I…
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For the past couple of years, every time I’ve visited my parents’ summer house, I’ve been thinking that it’s the last time. I think this was the third last time… but now it’s looking increasingly likely that it really is the last one. Dad wants to sell it, he’s just not so keen on keeping…
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I remember when I was a kid, the fair was a huge thing when it came to town every spring and every autumn. All the junk they sell… useless stuff, but for a kid, it’s everything. As I recall, every time during the fair, the weather was awful. It wasn’t all bad today, but there…
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Like I said, I go through my souvenirs in periods. For my first ever trip to the US (in 1994), I bought canvas patches. I flew to Atlanta to see a friend, but I don’t actually have a patch from Georgia… but I do have patches from Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. Yellowstone is in…