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Trondheim to Kristiansund. We are headed for the west coast and then south. Kristiansund is a fairly large port city situated on three islands connected by impressive bridges and expensive tunnels (there’s a surprise). We have learned that motorhomes of 6 meters is the limit for the low tolls; we ar...

Trick question: which of the pictures below is of a Norwegian “E” highway, i.e., the highest designation, one of those of which there is no better? IMG_5585.jpg IMG_5584.JPG Answer: both of them. The one on top is a bit north of Trondheim, where the countryside is more densely populated; the below i...

All in all, Trondheim has proved to be pretty easy . . . except for getting lost on our bikes. To begin with, the GPS led us to the city’s free “bobil parkering,” a nice big lot where half a dozen other RVs were already parked. Then we got our bikes out, re-educated ourselves on how to unfold them, ...

Driving Rover in Norway is proving to be easier than driving on the (rest of the) Continent or in Great Britain. The roads are usually a bit wider--and when they aren’t, they’re well paved and have reasonably low speed limits--and parking lots are comparatively huge. We left Lillehammer on the E6. “...

Because we are headed to Scandinavia this year, we decided to postpone our departure until the very end of May in order to coincide with the later spring in northern climes. We left Minneapolis with three 50-lb. suitcases (much of it books and maps and stuff requested by our daughter) and one 58-lb....

Adding things up took a little time this year because we spent US dollars, Norwegian Kroner, Euros, British Pounds Sterling and Danish Kroner. In the past we have paid cash for virtually everything. This year, though, we had to use our debit card often, especially for campground reservations. We use...

We were off the ferry in Denmark within minutes of its docking. We had purchased a good map of the country on board and were able to drive (on the right!) right out of town and right on our way. Our first impression of Denmark: flat, And very little traffic for a Friday afternoon. We drove on reason...

We have driven safely on the left for 2964 miles in England and Scotland. That proved remarkably easy to get used to, and David got really good at negotiating traffic circles, of which there are thousands. Except for the major multilane motorways, or M’s, the “narrow road” label is really true, part...

June 30 We found ourselves with an empty day, so we backtracked toward Cambridge to go to the Duxford Imperial War Museum. This is a huge, impressive place at Duxford Air Field, used by the Royal Air Force and hundreds of American pilots during WWII, especially the Battle of Britain. The museum cons...

Our electrical problem has not resolved itself and we have found no one to help us out with the many suggestions we have received via the internet. But Rover’s engine charges the house batteries while we drive and when we’re in a campground the little battery charger we bought does its thing, so bet...

A really good day, but then a turn for the worse. We drove to the small city of Richmond because they have the oldest Georgian theatre in the country and they give tours. We spent a delightful hour in this tiny theatre with a very enthusiastic tour guide. We cannot imagine 400 people, smoking clay p...

We drove from Edinburgh to Berwick-on-Tweed with nary a hedge, stone wall, or too-narrow road along the way. We are now back in England. The Berwick campground was across the Tweed River from the city, high on a hill with great views. The city, a short bus ride away, was a pleasant surprise. Berwick...

Just north of Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland is only about 35 miles wide. The Highlands begin here, and the only real break in the hills is at Stirling. So, of course, a castle fortification was built there in the 1200s, and for hundreds of years it housed kings when it wasn’t being fought over. Th...

On our way out of Haltwhistle--the geographical center of Great Britain, they like to say--we stopped at Hadrian’s Wall. This marked the northernmost part of the Roman Empire, as if to say “this is as far as we are going.” The remnants of the wall are about four feet thick and high, and go on for mi...

June 5 Susan writing . . . Caernarfon, Wales (pronounced Car NAH fin). This was a kind of pilgrimage for me: This is where my whole Anglophile thing began. I can remember watching Prince Charles’ investiture at Caernarfon Castle in l969 on our first little black and white 13” television and saying t...