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a considered life acl acl episodes acl16 in iceland, finland, denmark, sweden, norway |
to the more populous nordic countries.
-unseasonably chilly July weather in Reykjavik, Iceland; the touristic Blue Lagoon; benefits of an Airbnb; Peace Corps and friend-of-friend connections; swimming pool culture; geothermal energy; can use restaurant bathrooms; a beautiful concert hall; dusk around 11pm, dawn around 3:30am -to Helsinki, Finland but his baggage did not at first make it; beautiful architecture; Sweden had colonized Finland, many signs in Finnish and Swedish both; taking a random bus; Tom of Finland stamps; old capital -Aarhus, and Copenhagen, Denmark; a missed potential reconnection; "fairytale capital architecture"; bike culture; waterways trip -Malmö, Lund, Linköping, and Stockholm, Sweden; seven-day transport card in the latter; the Nobel Prize museum, all Nobels except Peace Prize (awarded in Norway); couchsurfing place and time with his niece; Gothenburg; Peace Corps connection -long train trip to Oslo, Norway on one of his journeys; same word for thank you in three tongues, spelled differently, sounding to Jay's ear the same; food much more expensive in Norway; stunning angular opera house; Bergen and a trip down the fjords, steep cliffs -the less populous Nordic countries: Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Åland -Copenhagen has, in addition to "fairytale style," stunning modern architecture You can read about Jay's travel adventures in the age of the internet at jaydavidson.blogspot.com. For a specific country, use the search feature. 1 hour 16 minutes 02-22-21 debug comment |