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Monday, March 21: Above Bergen
Dave had stocked the apartment with Honey Nut Cheerios—name brand!—for us to eat for breakfast, since none of the rest of us like the yogurt and meusli he eats. After breakfast, we headed…
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Tuesday, March 22: Around Town
On Tuesday, Dave and I left the kids at the apartment watching Netflix and went for a 5-mile run, making a long loop around town. I was only able to keep up with…
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Wednesday, March 23: Tourism
Before we left Colorado, Dave suggested that we might take a day trip he took the first time he was in Norway. It sounded like fun, so we scheduled it for Wednesday. We…
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Thursday, March 24: My Birthday!
By Phoebe On Thursday Mom and I got up and went down to a bakery just down the hill our apartment was on. We collected some cinnamon rolls for us and “an almond…
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Friday, March 25: Norwegian Weather at Last
We wanted to check out a couple of museums on our last day, so we decided to get to VilVite, the Bergen Science Center, at opening time. It was a gray, drizzly day—the…
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Saturday, March 26: Flying Home
Our flight left Bergen at 6:15 am, so we left the apartment at 3:30. It’s a tiny airport, but we had to stand in line quite a while to pay to check our…
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The Gribbles Go to Iceland!
As many of you know, Dave has been working in Norway quite a bit this year. His project there is winding down, and he was thinking about going back during the Christmas holiday.…
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Saturday, December 18: Vík and Nearby
Our flight left Denver at 4:50 pm on Friday, but we arrived at the Keflavík airport at 6:00 am Iceland time. (It’s a 6-hour flight and a 7-hour time difference.) We had all…
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Sunday, December 19: More Wet Things
Of course it was dark when we got up on Sunday morning, and we ate our breakfast at our scheduled time, 8 am, in the brightly lit dining room at the hotel, with…