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Art Nouveau, Ålesund

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [293]

A land of art nouveau! In the first ever guidebook I glanced at about Norway, I noticed a city perched on a peninsula surrounded by blue sky and about the most spectular setting ever. Ålesund is where I had to be. I would often gaze at that ... Read more >

Winter Olympics '94

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [244]

My Year 4 (4th grade) teacher started drawing some rings on the chalkboard and then asked us to guess what she was referring to. When she got to the second ring, I raised my hand and said "the Olympics." The 1994 Winter Olympics are the first Olympics ... Read more >

True North

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [232]

This European journey hasn't gone the way I originally planned it. Nothing bad has happened but the rest of Scandinavia wasn't originally on my radar. My "internal compass" as I call it guided me to go north, and as far north as I could possibly go. ... Read more >

Nordkapp

Sat, 29 Jun 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [229]

For the longest time, or I should almost say that since the beginning of my travels, I've had a disdain for tourist traps. Some places I've ended up at are popular for a reason, but others are popular simply because. I set out from Mehamn yesterday; ... Read more >

Norwegian Cuisine in the Midnight Sun

Sat, 22 Jun 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [382]

Blue sky awaited me this morning after a bad dream about a friend. After so many days of rain and dark clouds, the sun was shining and it was warm out. Monica made Norwegian waffles this morning. Unlike their Belgian counterparts, they have a soft texture ... Read more >

Arctic Circle

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [215]

My journey northward continues as my internal compass needle continues to point north. I'm on my way to visit my friend Monica who lives outside of Narvik but I still had a lot of ground to cover as it's a long way from Ålesund to Narvik. Norway ... Read more >

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Independance Memorial was built after the fall of the French in 1953 at the end of the first Indochina war. It was destroyed during the reign of the Khmer Rouge and rebuilt later.

by mwollak | Views [173]