Met Marie, an interesting person who works at Nyt restaurant in Tromsø. (https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g190475-d20023137-Reviews-NYT-Tromso_Troms_Northern_Norway.html) Made us great omelets, talked about her life, her father who is an ethnic Sami [indigenous people], and lives in North Cape/ Nordkapp (https://www.visitnorway.com/places-to-go/northern-norway/the-north-cape/#) , the northernmost point of continental Europe.

Spectacular pizza at Casa Inferno (http://www.casainferno.no) in Tromsø. Definitely top three all-time. 


Bodø [pop. 50,000] is where the U2 spy planes (https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43772/the-secretive-u-2-spy-plane-missions-flown-out-of-norways-bod-airbase) refueled. 


Short flight to Svolvaer in the Lofoten Island (https://nerdnomads.com/svolvaer-guide-lofoten) s [pop. 4700]. Dave almost gets stuck at the airport. A kind woman saves the day. Three nights in Svolvaer, a kickoff place for sailing, climbing, kayaking, hiking. Did an evening sail with Captain Kenneth.


Got to Henningsvaer (https://nerdnomads.com/henningsvaer-guide-lofoten) , an even smaller fishing village with a pop. of 470.


Flew to Bergen (https://www.visitnorway.com/places-to-go/fjord-norway/bergen/) , a city of 470,000. Lush, lots of green space, rains 239 days a year. Yes, it rained on us every day but all was good. As a bartender told us, there is no bad weather, only bad clothes. Fortunately, we had good clothes.


Bergen's  Kunstall (https://en.visitbergen.com/things-to-do/bergen-kunsthall-p826013) had a temporary Edvard Munch exhibit.


Rode the Bergen-Oslo railway. Beautiful scenery, nice elevation gain, then we hit a moose and things went downhill in more ways than one..


At Radisson airport, sat next to a couple from Australia for dinner. Recognized us from the train station in Oslo. They were off to Spain to meet up with other friends. Good laughs.


 Flew to Brussels with one night layover there, then Icelandair to Reykjavik and then on to JFK with 10 pm landing. NY cab drivers are not like the ones in Norway. Next day, home to Florida.

Dave brought COVID back with him. He doesn't like it.


 


 


 


 


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