We had a great time. We loved the locations of the hotels which allowed us to walk and/or use public transportation. The staff in each spot was more than helpful.
Traveling during shoulder season meant that some of the exhibits were closed but because there was limited tourist traffic we were treated very specially in a couple of spots. For example at the Hardanger Museum in Utne, Norway, Monica had time to explain the exhibits to us and then because she had a friend pressing apples into juice in the same area, she asked him to open up a couple of the outdoor museum buildings – each 100 years apart in age and then she gave us a short history lesson and told us what we should look for in each building. We also got to taste the fresh apple juice – Yummy! There were a couple of other instances like the one above.
Yes, Norway was expensive – you warned us. We just shut our eyes, signed the credit card statement and moved on. It rained, more than unusual (according to the locals), but we enjoyed a couple of days of sunshine on the Fjord and Stockholm weather was pretty good. It was a beautiful day of sunshine on our last day in Stockholm and that was the day we planned to visit the Skansen Outdoor Museum – perfect timing!
I could go on about all of the other very fun experiences we enjoyed but won’t bore you. We’re working on settling back into USA time – both back to work today.
We thank you very, very much for all of the work you put into our trip and for helping to make it so enjoyable for us.
