A Retired Teacher in Mexico City

Yesterday I left Bergen at noon, and took the train to Norway's capital, Oslo, for the final portion of my journey.  It is a long train ...

Yesterday morning I left Balestrand on the passenger boat, and by noon I was back in Bergen.  The sun was actually out when the boat entered...

This will be a quick post... no time to upload photos right now. Yesterday I had a pleasant, four hour boat ride from Balestrand to Bergen...

I wasn't sure how I was going to spend yesterday, my last day in Balestrand.  The weather forecasts, depending on whom you believed, cal...

I wrote about the reindeer stew which I had for dinner a few nights ago.  The restaurant where I ate was an interesting little place called ...

Yesterday was another gloriously sunny day on the Sognefjord.  A blanket of mist hung over the water, but that burned off by noon. I h...

In his guidebook, travel writer Rick Steves recommends that anyone staying overnight in Balestrand should splurge and have the smorgasbord a...