Comfort Hotel Atlantic Sandefjord

Finally we have arrived here to visit with Heidi, Norm, Maria and Mattias. This is one of the handful of goals we had made many months ago! Heidi grew up a few houses down the block from where she is now living, and is here for one year, which for her is sadly coming to an end. This is HER home, but the family will soon move back to OUR home, as they are our neghbors, living across the street from us in Saskatoon for the past 8 or so years. The ...

... and the viking boat shed. Would highly recommend the whaling musuem with skeletons of whales (including a 23 m long Blue Whale skeleton which is reported to be the largest whale skeleton on display in the world) and some less appealing but still interesting Whale foetuses but there is some explaination in english. I then made the walk up to the ruins of Tønsberg castle caused by the Nordic War against ...

... the campsite i was going to use was now abandoned and the nearest one is in the nearby town of Stavern. With a few hours to kill in Larvik with rain getting persistantly heavier waiting for the next bus. I thought buses i my home village was bad with only ten a day, here there is only six here to make the 7 mile trip. There is a few things to see in Larvik Torv (centre) with a nice fountain made from the famous ...

... up was truly spectacular in the full sunlight. It started snowing and it feels like it's January and certainly not June. We pass through famous towns like Lillehammer where the Winter Olympics was held. Lillehammer is on the north end of Lake Mjosa, the largest lake in Norway. Our trained screamed down the 100 mile home stretch of our journey to Oslo. Once we arrived in Oslo we quickly found the half hour ...

... try and tell how 6 months of your life went. There were some ups and downs, I saw a lot of cool things and yes, I want to go back. Hmmm....doesn't really say anything about Norway, does it? I think that's the answer I gave when I got back from Chile, actually. Despite this, I really am ready to go home. I'm missing friends and feeling the need to sort out what happens after I have graduated and am done with my undergrad degree after January. I'm also extremely ...

Hey, again, I'm at work, so I must keep this short. Time has flown by and it's my last day here. I wrote an entry offline about it last night that i'll post later. Tonight I pack up my stuff and head to Oslo with Jo-Petter to scope out the city and meet up with the other PLU students on Wednesday. I think I'll be in Hamar by Friday or Saturday. I might even have internet by Sunday! No promises. Anyway, I'm happy and healthy. More later!

... said, maybe next year. Then, just before we put our packs back on, I spotted a large bird flying a few hundred yards away. It turned out to be our bird. We didn't get to take a picture, but at least I got to see it! We headed to a near-by summer cabin with a good view to eat our sandwiches and saft (juice from concentrate). On the way there I spotted a snake that Ivar almost stepped on. It turned out to be a young " hoggorm ". I ...

... God, 'cause I start on Monday!), but I guess I can't leave the country and come back until I have it. Joe is always talking about making a shopping trip to Sweeden where everything is cheaper, but I guess I don't get to come along. Oh well. The weather has improved quite a bit, and I'm enjoying it! Joe got burned at work today, but didn't seem to mind too much. I went with him, Karoline, his mom and his ...

... the little snack shops on the docks. Friday night I stayed at Davy and Ester's(my brother and sister-in-law, for those who don't know) in Sandefjord and Davy made pancakes for us in the morning. Yummy. It was nice to see them and get to spend a little time there. Overall, the trip felt like a little peaceful family vacation and it was very refreshing. I'm glad that I was able to work it into my London trip this summer.

<br>Aktive Fredsreiser<br>I 1992 startet Helga Arntzen foreningen Hvite Busser til Auschwitz. Dette ble senere en Stiftelse. Formålet var å gi en effektiv vaksine mot nynazisme i Norge. I 1998 startet Helga Arntzen så Aktive Fredsreiser. I tillegg til arbeide mot nynazisme fokuserer Aktive Fredsreiser også på menneskerettigheter og fredsskapende prosesser. Aktive ...