Hotel St. Olav Sarpsborg

It was on the island called Nord-koster me and my wife used to stay when we were younger. We came here 17 summers in row from our children were small.
Today we should go from Ekenäs to the northern island and take the cable ferry that runs between the two islands. It is no more than an hour to walk and it was a great trip.

We stayed at the Ekenäs hotel which you can see right at the place where the ferry arrive at Syd-Koster. It is a nice hotel.
There are almost no cars on the island and bicycles are very common. You can rent bicycles many place and the island is quite small, so you ...

... of Europe May 1 - 9th, 2009 I am finding Europe difficult to write about. Don't get me wrong, there is a lot to see, do and experience. Once can throw oneself into a myriad of historical encounters especially where architecture is concerned. Europe is old, Canada is not. The most impressive old buildings that I have seen in Canada are the parliament buildings in Ottawa (I have never been east of Montreal Island). Europe does not have any easy-to ...

It was surprisingly mild when we arrived at Gardemoen (airport) on this morning. None of us slept much on the plane. It is always surreal setting down into a new country. Our first plan is to record video for our TV channel, but since we were not allowed to import our equipment we need to buy it all in Oslo. Too tired today. We'll keep you up-to-date. http://www.norwaytraveltv.tv/

... a look of snugness and comfort that stimulated our hope of a reception. We were welcomed by a kind-looking man, somewhat past the prime of life, who assured us he would do the best he could to make us comfortable. On entering the parlour I could not help running up to the iron stove and clasping it round, being well nigh frozen with the cold. The host made some remark to Captain Kroger about my appearing to suffer much from it, and I heard the latter say in a low tone: "Han er ...

... a survey of the town and neighbourhood. The latter consisted for the most part of wild and dreary moorland, with blocks of granite with blocks of granite peeping through the heather; up one of the valleys was a long lake, which had no particular beauty to recommend it. After our return, I stepped up to the post-office to purchase a set of Swedish stamps for a lady, who had commissioned me to get them for her collection. The Kongelige Post-Kontor (Royal Post Office ...

Ahh, this website can not find Halden automaticly. Then, how can I find it? It should thank the God because there was no train from Oslo to Malmo directly on that day. Only a train to Halden. After that, a train would pass by Halden to Malmo. Since we knew Oslo well, we decided to have a look at Halden. Halden is the point which must be taken from Oslo to Sweden. There is a fort called Fredriksten where Sweden King Karl VII was killed ...

This is a large hospital type of building on 2 storeys with 8 homes of 10 residents and much office and adminstraion space for the district. The building and homes are very institutional but the two gardens were complete 2004 and are very nice. Everything here is just asit should be in all the thoery and incorporates ...

... materials throughout. They did have chicken but this attracted rats so it was roast chicken for dinner that night! There is also an outside wc and store room with seating. The boundary to the playing fields is a stome wqall with planting in front. Overall nice building, lots of daylight, great garden. Cost of building 45sq.m flats make this a one off building

... kjøre til Sandefjorde, for så å ta ferga derfra til Strømstad i Sverige. Vi spiste middag i Varberg ettefulgt av den ganske så lang reise gjennom Sverige. Når vi ankom København i Danmark på kvelden var det på tide med en ny båt. Denne skulle ta oss med til Polen, og på den skulle vi overnatte. Fikk kveldsmat ombord.