Quality Tonsberg Tønsberg

... of all of these and a thousand more terms, and times, and travesties that takes thought, and patience. I have heard of, even studied a lot of the events and people of European History, but without an interest in these topics, the information simply gets filed away in the dark recesses of my brain. You see to write about Europe is to risk over using adjectives. "Old" can only be used so many times, the same with gorgeous, ancient, majestic and ...

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/

I have now been in Ås for a week and finished my first week of classes in Global Political Economy at UMB. The town and university are both quite small in comparison to what I am used to. Most things on campus and open at 10:00am and ...

... but the 17m high Slottsfjellstårnet tower built after the war within the castle ground provides a good view of Tønsberg and the Oslofjord. Then the torrential rain came and the day trip to Tønsberg was abandoned for the next train to Oslo. Interesting fact for all you pub quizzers. The sanitory towel was invented here as well as alot of equipment associated with whaling and on that note i will end this blog here.

... to Stavern following the blue dots painted on a variety of rocky outcrops, wooden posts and trees. This was alot of fun clambering over the granite rocks, walking through small patches of woodland and the views of the Skerries (rocky islands). However getting wet feet, embarrasingly slipping off the smooth granite rocks, getting stung by stinging nettles and even getting lost somehow didn't ruin a good walk. The ...

... really need to get to Gothenburg to see the Olson's and Saxin's and spent about an hour trying to figure out a better way than train to get there. It looks like we will be taking the bus at 9:15. We'll see how this works. Ellen let us use her home as our rest area for the night. It's nice and bright here at 11 pm and it 's hard to turn in, but 5 am will come early enough and we better get some rest. Tomorrow: Sweden!

Well, today we went and spent the whole day laying around on an island just a little ways from Tonsberg with Joe's aunt and uncle and their friends. It was "lovely", as are most things here. I felt a little overwhelmed with the group of strangers. It's hard enough to communicate with someone I know, or with one person that I'm meeting for the first time, but a group of 10 new people is really a lot for me. Well, it felt like a lot at the time anyway. I kind of ...

Today was more of the usual routine so far...I woke up late, took a shower, had some bread with brown cheese (Dad! It's like Christmas every day here!) and sat around for a while. Joe's dad is an amateur photographer and showed me some of the wildlife pictures he has taken. They were really beautiful. It was cool to see what some of the wildlife looks like around here, and also to try and talk about it. It helps to have a ...

... praktiske ser ut til å være under kontroll. Vi har (mildt sagt) et velfylt medisinskrin, (Ingrid har vært på shopping på apotek1) og piller for alt fra gnagsår til akutt diaré. Reisenervene og sommerfuglene, derimot, begynner å kjennes... Neste gang dere hører noe håper jeg vi er i Thailand...!

... har lang erfaring i å jobbe med norsk ungdom. På reisene til Aktive Fredsreiser drar deltakerne til konsentrasjonsleirene Auschwitz, Birkenau, Sachsenhausen og Ravensbrück og kulturbyene Krakow, Praha og Berlin. For med egne øyne å se følgene av diktatur og krig. Aktive Fredsreiser legger stor vekt på å se sammenhenger mellom 2. verdenskrigs forbrytelser og ...