SUMMER IN SCANDINAVIA

Our first stop was Bergen, with trolls...

Bryggen...

and a concert at Troldsalen, next to Edvard Grieg's Troldhaugen.

Then came fjord cruises...

and picturesque trains rides.

                 In Gudvangen we watched Vikings do whatever Vikings do. Like fight...

  frolic ,  blow horns...

play flutes, write with a quill pen...

or hang out around a camp fire.

George, the Viking King.

Our Gudvangen sleeping quarters.

Next stop, Oslo...

which was mostly about Henrik Ibsen and Edvard Munch...

but included Roxie posing in front of the new  new Opera...

and an evening cruise on an old sailing ship...

complete with opera and as much shrimp as you could eat.

In Sweden
we spent a few days relaxing in the small village of Örnafälla...

where the potato cellar behind my old home looked exactly as I remembered it...

and evenings walks were pure magic.

Copenhagen, Denmark.

From quiet Örnafälla to a hotel next to busy Nyhavn...

and close to Kungens Nytorv, we watched the changing of the guards...

and the Copenhagen Opera.

Best of all, smørrebrød.
First we went to the Custom House...

then we found  Café Sorgenfri, a true classic in the matter of smørrebrød.

So that's where we spent our last Scandinavian evening this time around.