SUMMER IN SCANDINAVIA 2010
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Our first stop was Bergen, with trolls.
Bryggen...
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...and a concert at Troldsalen, next to Edvart Grieg's Trolhaugen.
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Then came fjord cruises...
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...and picturesque trains rides.
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In Gudvangen we watched Vikings do whatever Vikings do.
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| play flutes write with a quill pen...
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...or hang out around a camp fire.
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Roxie was quite comfortable.
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...which was mostly about Henrik Ibsen and Edvard Munch...
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...but included Roxie posing in style in front of the new Opera...
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...and an evening cruise on an old sailing ship,
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complete with opera and as much shrimp as you could eat.
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In Sweden we spent a few days relaxing in the small village of Örnafälla.
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The potato cellar behind my old home looked exactly as I remembered it...
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...and evenings walks were pure magic.
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From quiet Örnafälla to busy Nyhavn - five minutes from the hotel.
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Five minutes in the other direction, and you could watch the changing of the guards
at Kungens Nytorv
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And across the water was the Copenhagen Opera.
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First we indulged in it at Custom House, near the hotel.
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Then we found out about Café Sorgenfri,
a true classic in the matter of smørrebrød.
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So that's where we went on our last Scandinavian evening in the summer of 2010.
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