I still can’t get over the snow.
I now know an official member of The Royal and Ancient polar bear Society, and her name is Jane. It only cost her $46 bucks and it’s a lifetime membership.
This club is so exclusive you cannot join unless you are physically there to fill out the application. That is how Elvis Presley got declined — since he sent his representative to apply.
As you can see by Jane’s membership card, there are only 287,000 members!
This sailor was on more expeditions than any other sailor in the world. And it makes sense because he was the chef.
The lights are on and it’s 3:00 in the afternoon. Bizarre.
When we were in Oslo Jane was asking our tour guide about lutefisk and what was best on top of it. The guide said of course bacon butter, it’s delicious.
And, surprise!, I found it on the buffet table of the cruise ship. Bowl of melted butter with tiny diced pieces of bacon. Two ways to kill you instead of one!
Norway is full of discussions of trolls and they’ve been talking about them as if they are real. Originated in the 11th century.
This was part of the folklore about how the Seven Sisters mountains were created. The woman the man chose for a wife ran from him and he aimed at her with the bow and arrow trying to kill her but he missed and he went right through a mountain right to the Hat of another man and that’s why there’s a hole in this mountain. Some of these things are just silly and made up — but they have nothing better to do in a place that’s dark for 24 hours a day.
As I explained you couldn’t see the green until you held up your camera. So I was holding up the camera trying to get a good shot not realizing it was on selfie. When I finally looked at the pictures I scared myself to death.
The loudspeakers on the ship would announce that the northern lights were available to see and people would just run outside like crazy freezing their butt off trying to get some pictures. So once I got some decent pictures I gladly stayed inside.
I ate a lot of fish and this brown pile of meat is reindeer!
