This year I have set foot four different continents and seen several things that I have never heard of before, but it was not until I made it to Missouri…
When I was on the Hurtigruten cruise up the west coast of Norway they served a yummy multi layer cake called a daim cake. It is a traditional cake for…
This is a recipe I found that sounded ok, but once I was done experimenting and modifying it the taste blew me and my friends away. It was so flavorful…
I love playing board games and even more love introducing my guest to great games they have never heard of. With that said I have two new games to teach…
I had a recipe for lemon bars that I got out of a dessert recipe book I really like. The had a good lemon flavor, but the gelatin you make…
I feel very fortunate that 95% of the guest aboard the Guiding Light embrace the idea of no disposable water bottles. Instead they use the reusable bottles I give them…
Let me just say that I had the unbelievable opportunity to spend 10 days on the Guiding Light with my cousin, Shane. It was beyond amazing. After this trip I…
Honningsvag is one of the farthest north towns in Europe. This is 500 miles into the Arctic Circle. Check out how clear the water is. Plus there are mountains in…
When I went to Denver, CO from Oslo, Norway I flew on Iceland Air and had a two hour layover in Reykjavik, Iceland. My flight was pretty cheap ($460), but what I…
This shot was taken at the head of the Urke fjord in Norway. What do you think?
In between the time I left Oslo and I boarded the MS Lofoton in Bergen, I stayed in Haugesund on the southwest coast of Norway. A friend of mine in…
This is the view you get when you take the tram to the top of the hill in Bergen, Norway.
The last week of my trip I boarded the motor ship Lofoten to cruise up the west coast of Norway and around the North Cape. The ship was built in…
At a train station in Norway I took a photo of the ticket machine screen showing a ticket to Hell. After I added the comments for my dad, I thought…
The Norwegian Folk Museum is an open air museum housing original and reproduction buildings from different ears and locations around Norway. The Museum has been around since 1881. I spent around…
At the Holmenkollen (ski jump) in Oslo, Norway people from all over the world come here to practice and compete their ski jumping skills.
The City Hall of Oslo is not an old building by any stretch of the imagination. It was started in 1931 and completed in 1950 due to World War 2…
I took my photo of the waterfront in Oslo and played with it in my Photo Director program and came up with this look that I really like. It seems…
As soon as I got off the plane in Oslo, Norway I knew I was in a way different place than Kyrgyzstan. Everything was different, from the glass jet…
When I was up in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan a group of the people I was hanging out with wanted to go fishing, which is not my favorite activity. Regardless…
The Kyrgyz people have been a nomadic group since the 13 century. During my trip to Kyrgyzstan I got to spend 3 days in a small village and 1 day…
I spent the night in a yurt camp in the high plains of Kyrgyzstan. It was cloudy when I was there, but the owner’s daughter, who runs the camp, gave…
First random item for you is the traditional rug of the Kyrgyz people, which is made of wool but it is pressed and not woven. I have to admit I…
Kyrgyzstan looks very similar to Colorado except without as many trees on the mountains. I loved driving up the mountains and along this river. Near the village I stayed at…