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Norway - A Tourists Point of View

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The statues and buildings throughout Norway kept me snapping away. Thank goodness for digital cameras. Imagine if I had taken 500+ photos on traditional Kodak film? (Don't worry, I am not sharing all 500+ pics.) Imagine if I had to process those photos before I got to see them? I still have rolls of film from I don't know when sitting in a bowl, plus a disposable camera. I would never be able to regale you with all the photos that are about to follow. Sorry it's blurry. This is the Rica Holberg hotel where we stayed at. Just super. It's not far from Slottet (Royal Place) where this monument of King Karl Johan who ruled Sweden and Norway from 1818 to 1844 when he died. The Royal Palace Queen Maud - the wife of Karl Johan Detail on a gazebo in the Royal Garden Fountain in the back of the National Theater ( Nationaltheatret ) We took a bus ride from Oslo to Haugesund where my friend picked us up. This was one of the bus stops along the way. Our main vacation took place in ...