Radisson Sas Hotel, Fredrikstad

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.<br>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.<br><br>

... easily go across it wihout any problems.<br>In the evening we had a great dinner at a restaurant called Rökeriet. They have specialised in seafood and it was a great meal. I have eaten there before and that was the reason I would like to bring my friends there also.<br>

... about cow **** on the street, mangled legged dogs, mangled bodied beggars on scooters, and it does not have much of a mind numbing cacophony of horns, traffic or people. There are people in Europe, for sure. They tend to be fairly quiet and let us travellers go about our business without interruption. Only when we look completely confused will someone come to our rescue and point us in the right direction. They don't want to sell us stuff, or take us ...

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/

... to do something, and I can't follow what they are saying. I have to have them show me everything that I should do. Then, every once-in-a-while the coming-from-a-foreign-country part of my identity outside of my poor language ability here gets in the way too. The following example is, more specifically, a result of the comming-from-the-US part of my identity: today Siv asked me if I could make the potatoes for dinner, and I thought, "yeah, I can do that". It was 5 ...

... opened railway to Gothenburg. His ship was frozen up in the Gulf; and he had brought the good deal of baggage with him, which rendered land transit more difficult. Independently of these considerations, I have no doubt he preferred the sea to the land, professionally; at all events, I decided to join him in the endeavour to reach Langesund by water; and at seven o'clock the following morning we took leave of captain J___, and turned our boat southwards. We had such a complete ...

... until 1951 that it was realised that his reason for control over the project was due to a peculiar obsession. EVERY dimension in the building consisted of a combination of the birthdays and wedding date of his parents! Once aboard the ferry (there really is nothing else to do in Stromstad), I had the opportunity to photograph the coastline from the water-side. Bearing in mind I saw these in summer sunshine, it's quite easy to understand his description of the islands as being bleak.

I am now 90minutes by train south of Oslo. Tomorrow and Thursday I have 6 homes to visit around Southern Norway, Fredrikstad is central to them all. This is a small town, probably about the size of Macclesfield and has Norways leading Football team and the shipyard here used to build the worlds largest oil tankers, but has now closed down. There is an old town here, a 17th century fortress built during the wars against Sweden. Its a bit cheesy but genuine. Beer is no cheaper here though!

<br>Reisa begynner<br>Turen vår begynner kl.08:00 om morran fredag 8 april. Vi møtte alle opp på vår videregående skole, og etter tårevåte avskjeder til foreldrene stabla vi oss inn i den to etasjes hvite bussen med logoen til aktive Fredsreiser på utsiden. Det var en laaang kjøretur vi hadde forrand oss.<br>  <br><br>Båt, båt, båt<br>Vi begynte med ...

... kriger og voldelige konflikter<br><br>Aktive Fredsreiser arbeider for å gi ungdom tro på at konflikter kan løses og at fred kan skapes, og at deres egne holdninger og handlinger er avgjørende. Til sammen har det reist 130 000 ungdommer og voksne med Hvite Busser til Auschwitz og Aktive Fredsreiser.<br><br>http://www.aktive-f redsreiser.no/<br><br><br><br><br><br>