Monday Escape: Sognefjord, Norway

Today’s Monday Escape takes you to the stunning Sognefjord in Western Norway. It’s the longest fjord in Norway and the second longest in the world. Norway is not an ideal place to be as a backpacker as it’s one of the most expensive countries in Europe. Nonetheless, it’s a beautiful place – even in the [...]

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hello … and goodbye from edinburgh

Greetings, all. Happy 2008 to you. It’s been some time since I’ve last sat down to write – so much has happened, I’ll do my best to fill you in on the life of me between today and the train ride to Voss when I posted last. I’m in Edinburgh, Scotland. I’ve been here since [...]

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train to voss

Six forty-six PM, Norway time (whatever time zone that is), December 28, 2007. Brian and I are sitting on a train and making the long, dark, journey to Voss. We’re on the, ‘most beautiful train ride on Earth,” but it’s dark. Our plan was to catch the 10:33 train heading to the same place – [...]

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jessheim

Brian and I got off the train in Jessheim (yes heim) yesterday evening around 11 or 12. It immediately felt like we were in Norway – it was cold, clear, and the streets were lined with snow. We were unsure of where we were supposed to go. Our couchsurfing host was at a party and [...]

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so, i’m going to norway.

I just finished booking my ticket out of Ireland. Brian and I will leave Dublin on the 26th of December at 12:35 and arrive in Oslo, Norway, at 3:45. We’ll be somewhere in Norway for the night of the 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, and we’ll leave Oslo for Glasgow on the afternoon of the 30th. [...]

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