Degerness and Ross Family History
Just minutes from our door here in Grünerløkka is Peer Gynt Park. The park consists of a number of statues and was created in honour of Henrik Ibsen as a monument to his play “Peer Gynt”. Most of the statues were created through an international … [Continue reading] about Peer Gynt Park
Today we took the T-bane downtown and went to the Medieval Festival. The festival was held at the Akershus Fortress. Fittingly, the fortress was built in Medieval times and has never been taken by force by a hostile foreign army in all of its … [Continue reading] about Oslo Medieval Festival
Well, we are here. Our home base for the next four weeks. Lots of trips from here planned, but we wanted a place to be able to relax in between. I had my finger crossed as this place listed itself as “cozy”. In real estate sales we often equate … [Continue reading] about Arrival in Oslo
Well, we completed the circle tour of Iceland as we had planned, with a few adjustments along the way - mostly related to wind. Our tour is shown below, with the addition of the side trip to Eiríksstaðir in black. When we returned the motorhome … [Continue reading] about Final thoughts on Iceland
On our way down to Reykjavík today we took a detour into Eiríksstaðir, a Viking longhouse. Google maps wanted to take us through Highway 586. However, checking the highway map we discovered that (a) it was gravel and (b) it was listed as “not … [Continue reading] about A trip to Eiríksstaðir
