Because We Can

  Sunrise this this morning was unbelievable. It made me glad I am an, up with the rising sun and to bed with the setting sun, person. Even if it means up at 4:30 and to bed after 10. Both of which will change with the ever lengthening daylight hours the further north we travel. Later in the morning, but long before sleeping beauty arises, the view is no longer as spectacular. As they say, the early bird gets the worm. Or in this case, the view of the awesome sunrise. Early-bird Bob. The very definition of a Norwegian breakfast. Liverwurst and pickled herring in abundance. The glass of milk is what goes for regular milk in this part of the world, 1.3% fat. Tastes every bit as good as the 3.5% artery clogging, heart attack inducing regular milk in the USA. What to the Europeans know that we American's don’t? Maybe it’s that people’ health comes before the needs of the politician's biggest political donors. America. the best country donations to politicians can buy. Tonig...

I had been wondering how Linda knew the ice machine was in the basement of the hotel so I asked her. She said she read it by the floor button on the elevator. That impressed me as I didn’t know she could decipher those words in Norwegian. At least it did until I remembered to look at the floor stops in the elevator when I got on this morning. I’ll be an optimist and believe she read the bottom sign and didn’t see the middle one. Gullible Bob. For over two weeks I have been carrying the ever increasing amount of posts cards Linda has been buying. At last she sat down and wrote on them. When she went to buy stamps for them she discovered why she was one of the few people buying postcards, it is very expensive to send a postcard to the USA. The good part is it will greatly cut down on her postcard buying addiction and will lighten the load on my back. We like to eat Wasa crackers, but always have a hard time finding any in the stores. Not over here, even this small market had a whol...