Oslo finally!

That’s right, after 3 weeks of trying, I have arrived! My apologies to those of you who I know I owe personal emails to (and to those whom I sent emails but who did not receive them–well, I tried.) I’ll soon send more, but computers here are pretty expensive, and I haven’t really had any down time in a few days. After Stockholm, I boarded a ferry to Helsinki, only to find that it was an overnight ride. It was lovely because it went all through the archipelagos surrounding the coast, so that was really something. I made a trip to the on board duty free shop, picking up crackers, cheese and caviar, and settled in for my surprise cruise. Helsinki: City of randomly placed parks and woodland areas not shown on city maps. It was nice, the architecture reminiscent of St. Petersburg which made me a bit sentimental, being so very close to it. After the boat back, I returned to Stockholm and took an overnight train to Trondheim, Norway, where there is a lovely cathedral and sort of an olde town Norwegian feel. I enjoyed that for about a day, then it was the train to Oslo. So basically, I write now having not had a real bed for the past 3 nights. Tonight I hope to procure one, but as I could not find one in Oslo, I’ve booked a train to Bergen, a city amidst the fjords, and supposedly the most “beautiful train ride in the world”. We shall see. Then I’m back to Oslo, then then I’m escaping Scandinavia in the general direction of Luxembourg…I think. As I promised, I’ll be sending more emails asap, most of which I even have written, but not the time to type out. Alas. Speak with you soon

Blair

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