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Spiral Staircase at Oodi Our two days in Helsinki were rather gray with morning snow flurries and gray skies outside. Inside Oodi , the...

On February 9 we took the train back to Oslo. The train stopped at every small ski area and town to pick up and drop off passengers many...

We left Hurtigruten's Trollfjord and walked less than a mile to the Clarion Hotel Admiral where we stayed for one night before catching a...

Molde has been a city since 1742 but because of its history of unfortunate town fires followed by German bombings in 1940, most buildings...

As the ship headed toward Lødingen for the noon arrival, the skies were very gray and it was soon snowing. Once docked, conveniently, the...

Today, we visited a beautiful hotel that I will never/would never check into. We went to the Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel. The hotel...

Honningsvåg is Norway's northernmost city in the county of Finnmark. Finnmark is Norway's northernmost and easternmost county bordering...

Today we are in port all day (8:00 am to 6:00 pm) which allows for longer excursions and time away from the ship. We went dogsledding in...

Svolvær Port at 9:01 am Beautiful pre-dawn light at about 8:00 am as the ship approached Svolvær. The ship eased toward port and our 9:00...

The ship arrived in port at 10:00 am. It is getting colder as we go north. Brønnøysund sits exactly halfway along the Norwegian coast. It...

Ålesund is a pretty port town on the west coast of Norway burned to the ground in 1904. About 10,000 people lost their homes. In...

View of Haugesund from the bridge The ship arrived in Haugesund at 7:00 am and departed at 10:00 am. The port is on a small island...

Kristiansand, our first port, is the southernmost city in Norway. Several islands connected by bridges form the city/municipality which...

Edvard Munch's "The Scream" We are in Norway for a Hurtigruten coastal cruise to the North Cape which will begin tomorrow. All our...

Going Home Last August my photo, Going Home, was once again featured in the YourDailyPhotograph.com email. With that email two good...

Despite the holiday period bearing down on us, I arranged a short holiday at Half Moon Bay to celebrate my husband's December 20...

A couple of weeks ago, I submitted this photograph to YourDailyPhotography.com for their "A Long and Winding Road" theme. Last evening I...

I'm pleased to say that my photography and my blog had a mention in the online press. The short story was published by Vents Magazine:...

Reflections, Grand Avenue, Chicago We returned home a little downhearted after Turkish Air canceled the Istanbul-Baghdad segment of our...

Several months ago we made arrangements to travel to Iraq with Wandering Earl Tours . As time passed, we watched as tensions continued to...