Scandinavian Cruise - June 2004 MS Westerdam - Holland America Line 11 June 2004 - Harwich, England Cliff Hotel, our hotel in Harwich Harwich from the Rotterdam 14 June 2005 - Bergen Norway Phil and Marilyn at Gamle Bergen Seen from the dock area Gamle Bergen 15 June 2004 - Hellesylt, Norway Hellesylt from the Rotterdam 15 June 2004 - Geiranger, Norway Marilyn in Geiranger Phil saving Marilyn from the Troll Cruising the fjords Cruising the fjords Cruising the fjords - Seven Sisters Waterfall Cruising the fjords 17 June 2004 -Tromsø, Norway Phil having his 10 AM feeding at Mack Ølhallen, the northernmost commercial brewery in the world Street scene in Tromsø Looking into Tromsdalen at the Artic Kirke 18 June 2004 - Honningsvåg, Norway Honningsvåg Just to give an idea of where we are Phil at the Sarry Makk Microbrewery, Honningsvåg (means "sorry to Mack Brewery" who used to be the northernmost brewery in the world and who is now relegated to the northernmost commercial brewery in the world!) Street scene in Honninsvåg 18 June 2004 - Nord Kapp, Norway (Europe's Most Northern Point) Nord Kapp Marilyn and Phil at Nord Kapp Cruising the North Cape The Midnight Sun 20 June 2004 -Trondheim, Norway Marilyn and her cousin, Elsa Endresen. Marilyn's father Sverre had emigrated from Trondheim to the US Trondheim Trondheim and the Westerdam 21 June 2004 - Vik, Norway Vik and the Westerdam On the road to Voss Summer farmhouse on the road to Voss On the road to Voss 21 June 2004 - Voss, Norway Phil at Welcome sign Voss 21 June 2004 - Flam, Norway Flam from the Flamsbana (railroad) Flam Cruising the fjord with a great rainbow! 22 June 2004 - Stavanger, Norway Outdoor market at Stavanager Monument to Norwegians who emigrated to America Stavanger Marilyn at waterfront with Westerdam Stavanger waterfront 23 June 2004 - Skagen, Denmark Skagen Skagen lighthouse Marilyn in downtown Skagen 24 June 2004 - Copenhagen, Denmark The cruise was now over and we started a one week automobile trip through Sweden and Norway. Phil at Kronborg Castle, Copenhagen 26 June 2004 - Oslo, Norway Phil with the Osberg ship that was built about 815 AD and was used as a burial vessel around 834 AD at the Viking Ship Museum with was excavated in 1914, Bygdøy, Oslo Phil with Thor Heyerdahl's balsa raft Kon Tiki that he sailed from Peru to Polynesnia in 1947. The vessel is housed at the Kon Tiki Museum in Bygdøy, Oslo 26-27 June 2004 - Vestre Slidre, Norway Phil's great great grandfather Finkjel Finkjelsen and his family lived here near Loman overlooking Slidrefjord. They emigrated to the US in 1850. Phil at the Einang Stone. This runestone is one of a very few that remain in the very place where it was inscribed in the fourth century AD. The inscription reads "I Gudgjest made these runes." Looking down to Slidrefjord from the burial site located next to the Einang Stone The Loman Stave Church, one of the few left standing in Norway Phil at the entrance to the Grythe Farm from which his paternal ancestors left to emigrate to Wisconsin in 1850 Vestre Slidre and Slidrefjord 28 June 2004 - Halmstad, Sweden The Najadan, a training ship from 1897 to 1938 29 June 2004 - Växjö, Sweden Ruins of Kronobergs Castle near Växjö from the 16th Century AD 29 June 2004 - Bornholm, Øland Island, Sweden Enjoying ice cream at Bornholm Castle, Bornholm Phil being knighted at Bornholm Castle, Bornholm 29-30 June 2004 - Ystad, Sweden Downtown Ystad Medieval house in Ystad, one of hundreds in the Gamle St. Peter's Church and Monastery in Ystad
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