On the Fjærland Fjord, Mundal Hotel is celebrating its 120th anniversary this year. This family-owned hotel has creaking stairs, a great turret bed room, a library, a billiards room, a music room, deep leather chairs by the fireplace – and books; not just in the library but everywhere. That’s as it should be. Like Hay-on-Wye, [...]
Sodd
Jennifer Lo Prete, host of this week’s Blogsherpa Travel Carnival, challenged us LP bloggers to write a post about unusual foreign food finds. Immediately, I thought of all the peculiar foods I saw when I lived in the USA. Spray cheese – how weird is that? Or powdered eggs? Strange combinations of food is a [...]
Let women jump: Oslo’s Holmenkollen Ski Jump and the Gender Debate
Earlier this week, Holmenkollen Ski Jump, possibly Oslo’s best known attraction, reopened. The old ski jump from 1892 was torn down in 2008 to make room for a new, improved hill to be ready for the 2011 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
PhotoFriday: Norway
List of my recently published Norway articles – on Matador Travel, NileGuide and Cheapoair’s blog
My City Celebrates
National Geographic’s Intelligent Traveler is hosting a holiday series called My City Celebrates. Again, I was inspired, so heeere’s Oslo! Cool photo of Frogner Park by cris/flickr’s Creative Commons My City Celebrates: Oslo When I need a dose of holiday cheer, I always take in a concert with Sølvguttene (The Silver Boys). The best place [...]
The airport of heavenly peace
I’ve just spent a few days at Sanderstølen with some really powerful bacteria, transmitted by a certain 6-year-old. But chills and fever aren’t enough to stop me from attending our notable annual economics conference in this out-of-the-way beauty spot in the Norwegian mountains. No cross country skiing during lunch for me, though. Last week, Sanderstølen [...]
Wonderful Copenhagen
Lovely weather, summer has definitely arrived. Tivoli lures you in with its magic lights and atmosphere of a bygone era (luckily not bygone in Copenhagen, then). They’ve added a shop, all about teddy bears and outfits for the little cuddly ones. What never ceases to amaze me is the sheer number of bicycles here. Walking [...]
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Autumn leaves in Kew Gardens
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Three Terrific Christmas Markets
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From Aberystwyth With Love
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A Quirky Christmas Market in Paris
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Urbino – a secret Italian hilltop town
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No more: The natural bridge of Aruba
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Travel photo – Brimstone Hill Fortress, Saint Kitts
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High Tea at the Old Cataract in Aswan
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Warsaw’s Jewish cemetery: a memorial to a cruel past
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A to Z of Sophie’s World
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