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Scandinavia Day Eight. . Oslo. Norway Part Two: A Tour Of The City And A Legacy Of Peace.

After leaving the Vigeland Sculpture Garden  on our second in Oslo we toured the cities revitalized  harbor and it’s many new building, including the slick and modern new Opera House.  The harbor is connected to the North Sea by a long fjord and there are many marinas and docks along the waterfront. Here is a…

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Scandinavia Day Eight. Oslo Norway, A Lovely City On A Fjord. So Much To See In So Little Time.

After our long day on the bus I was up early in Oslo hoping to see some of residential parts of the city before my group’s tour of the city. Unfortunately the weather was co-operating as i watched a heavy storm move in form the south and bring with it some torrential rains.  The storm…

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Scandinavia Day Seven. Copenhagen To Oslo: By Boat And Bus. Some Down Time Taking In The Countryside.

Although we got in late from our visit to Tivoli,  I was up early the next morning to get my walk in before our bus left for the long ride to  Oslo the capitol of Norway. I walked to the reservoirs near our hotel and found the moon setting in the west. Even at this…

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Copenhagen Denmark. Part Two. Observatories to Amusement Parks.

Sorry I didn’t finish up my tour of Copenhagen. I left after a nice lunch in a restaurant near the Stroget,  over a mile long, it is one of the longest pedestrian shopping streets in the world.  My sister and others from the group went to find a boat tour of the canals but I…

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The PPL Wetlands In It's Summer Splendor.

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The PPL Wetlands In It’s Summer Splendor.

It has only been about five years or so since I first  discovered the PPL Wetlands but I have come to love  these canals and ponds along the Susquehanna River and enjoy visiting them in all seasons. It seems it was just yesterday that I was listening to the chorus of the awakening spring peppers and…

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Copenhagen Denmark. Something For Everyone: Gardens, Palaces, Shopping, History And The Second Oldest Amusement Park In The World. Part One.

It is going to be very hard to summarize all I saw and did in my one full day in the  “city of green spires”.  I knew it was an amazing visit, from the opulent Christianborg Palace to the magical Tivoli amusement park.  But, in reviewing the photographs I took for this blog,  I realized…

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Scandinavia 2015 Day Two. Lund, Sweden. Old World Charm At It's Finest.

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Scandinavia 2015 Day Two. Lund, Sweden. Old World Charm At It’s Finest.

After spending some time exploring Malmo on Sunday ,  and getting some sleep, I decided to take the  early train to the historic city of Lund.  I had thought about renting a car and driving, but the efficient and modern train ride from the airport in Copenhagen to Malmo persuaded me to try the train…

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Malmo Sweden: Those Swedish Folks Sure Love Their Flowers.

Sorry I left you folks in Sweden, but  it was difficult keeping  up with my blog posts after I joined up with my fellow  group of travelers in Denmark. We spent so much time exploring the beautiful countries cities of Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki and the unplanned visit to Tallinn, sharing meals and traveling, what…

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