Norway

We jumped on the shuttle bus for the the 20k journey to Flam, the starting point for the Flam to Myerdal railway.  The trip is mostly through tunnels, so there’s not much to see. The coach was held in queue of traffic at the tunnel entrance for about 20 minutes. The driver disconcertingly announced that […]

We  camped at a site on the approach road to Gudvangen, a small settlement on the Naeroyfjord, a tributary of the Sognefjorden. The ‘town’ exists for tourism. It has two camp sites, two hotels, a few houses, a petrol station and a jetty. Plus a significant ferry booking office and tax free shop. Oh, and

Here’s an interesting point of view from a Norwegian responding to a newspaper report about the reasons for his country coming top of the Happiest Country table. “Norway is only affluent because of gas and oil.” This is a common misunderstanding, also shared by many young Norwegians. That we became affluent because of the oil

We have discovered have we not that one of the noticable features of getting older is the tendency for people to generally ignore you. Not necessarily in a bad or aggressive way. That wouldn’t be too bad. At least you would have been recognised as a sentient human being. No, the way I mean is