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Drag, another cloudy drizzly day, and actually quite nippy! Ambled around town, visiting the Radhus (city hall, though also notably used for the annual presentation of the Noble Peace Prize) an imposing two-towered redbrick structure with a descending, cascading fountain in front.
The main hall was enormous: […]

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Awoke to a gray, drizzly, and chilly morning. Bid fond adjo to our hosts and set off for Oslo, with many km of scenic coastline along the way. Wendy did some great driving, especially through the periodic fog and heavy rain. We stopped in Falkenberg […]

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Not too much noise from the kids, so we arose around 9. After declining the invitation for a morning swim, we were taken on a tour of the general Hoganas area by Olof. He drove us first to the World Headquarters of Hoganas Keramik/Boda Nova, the internationsl […]

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Just a lazy morning, to best maximize our enjoyment of the tranquility and beauty of Falsled Kro. We passed on their over-the-top breakfast and opted instead for lunch there. We loaded up the Silver Vectra, and then lunched in a lovely solarium with subdued, subtle, Danish flower […]

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(I’ll tell you another thing this country could use more of: screens for their windows! Our upstairs bedroom (which is literally that — a room with two adjoining large twin beds and room for not much else, though with some hearty dark wood beams along […]

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Some additional observations: nice that everyone here serving (clerks, salespeople, etc.) seems to be dressed very casual; not sloppy, just relaxed. Also, there’s sure not a lot of advertising here, no billboards, no sides of buildings, not much. . .
This a.m. enjoyed the fruits of yesterday’s […]

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Scandanavia — what a great place — everyone speaks a quite foreign language so one feels like one is definitely travelling, but everyone also speaks very good english!
Didn’t even wake up ’till 9:50am, then Milton ran down to the fast-closing breakfast buffet to snarf some fruit. Cabbed […]

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Ahhh, very nice sleep at last! Finally left bed around 10:45am. Milton went to the Post Office to buy the largest box they had and some packing tape, but we won’t go into that now. Left the hotel and walked to get Wendy’s Ferragamo shoes […]