Sunday, September 22, 2013
Traveling Together
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| The road between Geiranger and Eidsdal is known as Ørnevegen (Eagle Road). The last turn is a hairpin bend known as Ørnesvingen (Eagle Bend) and offers an extraordinary view over the Geirangerfjord. Beyond a wooden gate, a steep path leads you to the tip of the headland. From here, the view is even more stunning as you can see the magnificent Seven Sisters waterfalls, its white waters standing out against the sombre rockface as they roll down to the dark green waters of the fjord. |
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| One of the features of Trafalgar tours is the Be My Guest dinners. This is where we join people from the local community for a meal. In Bergen, we went to a farm-turned-into-restaurant just outside of town. We were given a tour of the farm and then were given a great meal of Norwegian specialties. Following the dinner the staff all lined up to bid us goodbye. |
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| The Fløibanen funicular in Bergen is one of Norway's best-known attractions. Fløibanen can be found in the heart of Bergen, 150 m from Fisketorget – the fish market – and Bryggen wharf, and it takes just 10 minutes to walk to the lower station from where the cruise ships dock along Bryggen. The journey up to Fløyen (320 m above sea level) takes 5–8 minutes. The journey is an experience in itself, and at the top you can enjoy fantastic views over Bergen. |
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| STOCKHOLM, Sweden |
Delighting in Norway's Fjords
"We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate." Pico Iyer
sharing breathtaking views of the fjords. All photos taken with my
Sony Rx-1 Camera.
Fjords are the result of the gradual retreat of glaciers with the trace of the sea. One of the areas of the world where this natural accident is particularly important is Norway.
According to Wikipedia:
"The west coast of southern Norway and the coast of northern Norway present some of the most visually impressive coastal sceneries in the world. National Geographic has listed the Norwegian fjords as the world's top tourist attraction."
sharing breathtaking views of the fjords. All photos taken with my
Sony Rx-1 Camera.
Fjords are the result of the gradual retreat of glaciers with the trace of the sea. One of the areas of the world where this natural accident is particularly important is Norway.
According to Wikipedia:
"The west coast of southern Norway and the coast of northern Norway present some of the most visually impressive coastal sceneries in the world. National Geographic has listed the Norwegian fjords as the world's top tourist attraction."
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
The Tourist's Prayer
our trafalgar travel Director Cat Griffith shared this prayer to us and i love it.
The Tourist's Prayer
Heavenly Father, look down on us your humble, obedient tourist servants who are doomed to travel this earth, taking photographs, sending postcards and buying souvenirs. We beseech you, O Lord, to see that our plane is not hijacked, our luggage is not lost and our overweight baggage goes unnoticed. Give us this day divine guidance in our selection of hotels. We pray that the telephones work, and that the operators speak our language.
Lead us to good, inexpensive restaurants where the wine is included in the price of the meal. Give us the wisdom to tip correctly in currencies we do not understand. Make the natives love us for what we are and not for what we can contribute to their worldly goods. Grant us the strength to visit the museums, cathedrals, palaces, and if we skip an historic monument to take a nap after lunch, have mercy on us for our flesh is weak.
Dear God, protect our wives from "bargains" they don't need or can't afford. Lead them not into temptation for they know not what they do.
Almighty Father, keep our husbands from looking at foreign women and comparing them to us. Save them from making fools of themselves in night-clubs. Above all, please do not forgive them their trespasses for they know exactly what they do.
And when our voyage is over, grant us the favour of finding someone who will look at our holiday snaps and listen to our stories, so our lives as tourists will not have been in vain.
Amen.
The Tourist's Prayer
Heavenly Father, look down on us your humble, obedient tourist servants who are doomed to travel this earth, taking photographs, sending postcards and buying souvenirs. We beseech you, O Lord, to see that our plane is not hijacked, our luggage is not lost and our overweight baggage goes unnoticed. Give us this day divine guidance in our selection of hotels. We pray that the telephones work, and that the operators speak our language.
Lead us to good, inexpensive restaurants where the wine is included in the price of the meal. Give us the wisdom to tip correctly in currencies we do not understand. Make the natives love us for what we are and not for what we can contribute to their worldly goods. Grant us the strength to visit the museums, cathedrals, palaces, and if we skip an historic monument to take a nap after lunch, have mercy on us for our flesh is weak.
Dear God, protect our wives from "bargains" they don't need or can't afford. Lead them not into temptation for they know not what they do.
Almighty Father, keep our husbands from looking at foreign women and comparing them to us. Save them from making fools of themselves in night-clubs. Above all, please do not forgive them their trespasses for they know exactly what they do.
And when our voyage is over, grant us the favour of finding someone who will look at our holiday snaps and listen to our stories, so our lives as tourists will not have been in vain.
Amen.