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Viking helmets had no horns. I promise I’ve heard that somewhere before but I refused to believe it. Arrrgghh! The agony. Killing all the romantic pictures of glorious horn-helmeted warriors that I had in my mind.
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Written by fungaijames on December 27th, 2007 with no comments.
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The original Kon Tiki expedition raft
George Bernard Shaw once said “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. All progress, therefore, depends upon the unreasonable man.”
One such unreasonable man was Thor Heyerdahl. He was a Norwegian explorer and writer who in 1947, along with a team of five colleagues, embarked upon an expedition across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian Islands in a balsa wood raft. (more…)
Written by fungaijames on December 27th, 2007 with no comments.
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When you grow up on an educational diet of British text books, you may be excused for believing that there are no other heroes in history except for those that sailed from English ports.
A visit to the Fram museum will reshape your thoughts about polar explorations and get you wondering what else you don’t know about the contributions of other nations to the amazing history of humanity.
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Written by fungaijames on December 27th, 2007 with no comments.
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Sinnataggen (Little Angry Boy) is the most famous sculpture in Frogner Park
At around midday we leave Drammen and head back for Oslo. The afternoon starts off with a visit to the Royal Palace- the official residence of the Norwegian Royal Family (Construction of the Palace was complete in 1849, 24 years after is started in 1825). (more…)
Written by fungaijames on December 26th, 2007 with no comments.
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Drammen’s Aass Bryggeri (Aass is pronounced aouss as in house) is Norway’s oldest brewery. Founded in 1834, this brewery’s main products are beer and akevitt.
Written by fungaijames on December 25th, 2007 with no comments.
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We have an invitation to go to see a colleague of S’s in a small town (of about 22,000 people) called Lier. The train from Oslo takes us to Drammen (about 47km from the capital, population 60,000), where we meet our host’s son.
Written by fungaijames on December 25th, 2007 with no comments.
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What’s a traditional Norwegian Christmas Eve dinner? We get to find out when S and I have dinner with a friend’s family.
Christmas eve dinner is traditionally the highlight of Christmas in Norway. A lot of effort goes into preparing age old dishes that include:
Written by fungaijames on December 24th, 2007 with 1 comment.
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Many thanks Torstein and family for the amazing hospitality!
Written by fungaijames on December 23rd, 2007 with no comments.
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Shingie is waiting for me and I am overjoyed to see her. We take the train to the City Centre. As we come out of the station it starts snowing. My first snow ever! I am thrilled. Snow virgin no more.
Written by fungaijames on December 22nd, 2007 with no comments.
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Aeroplane De-icing at Amsterdam Airport
Amsterdam the next morning was cold. The ground was an endless white that promised to totally frost-bitefy me when I stepped out. Thank goodness it didn’t get a chance to keep that promise. The warmth of the airport terminal kept me away from its icy tentacles.
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Written by fungaijames on December 22nd, 2007 with no comments.
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