Escape from boredom

Do not try this at home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbFVBiGuQlU

…is about to end. About three weeks ago we started driving from Oslo, and the route has been like this

• First day Oslo – Orkanger. Stopped at Jutulhogget http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jutulhogget_%28%C3%98sterdalen%29 and Tynset to see the worlds largest chair sledge http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tynset. We ended up at Orkanger staying at Bårdshaug Herregård http://www.baardshaug.com/
• The next day we took the ferry accross Trondheimsfjorden, stopped at Austråttborgen http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austr%C3%A5ttborgen. We ended up at Norways Rock City Namsos, what a joke 🙂
• The next day was all rainy when we drove from Namsos to Brønnøysund. We took our bikes and went to Torghatten http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torghatten, but due to bad weather we did not walk up the mountain.
• The next day was sunny, and Kystriksveien was as beautiful as it can be http://www.rv17.no/ We waited for over an hour for the ferry to Tjøtta at Forvik http://www.norway.com/directories/d_company.asp?id=21667 The sun was shining and it was very beautiful there. I took my bike and went to see rock carvings. We also stopped by the russian cemetery at Tjøtta where over 7500 russian prisoners of war are burried. This due to security measures during the cold war, to prevent Russians traveling all over Northern Norway. Came home to my fathers place later that day at Nesna http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nesna where we stayed for a couple of days.

We later drove to my grandmothers place at Sund, nearby Hemnesberget http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemnesberget I helped my uncle wood chopping, thats my kinda vacation.

Then later of to Harstad to my cousin Andre’s wedding, where we also visited Trondenes Fort (Adolfkanonen) http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trondenes_fort After staying in Harstad for three days we went to Senja http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senja Senja is very beautiful, Norway in miniature.

Now it’s only a few days left before heading home and back to work…

Almost not possible to belive, but it was my mother who invited us to a concert in Mosjøen on the 18’th with the famous local band Freak. Read more about them at http://www.marstokk.no/freak.php

We rented George Clooneys movie “Good Night, And Good Luck” this evening http://wip.warnerbros.com/goodnightgoodluck I really would request anyone reading this to see this movie. It’s about journalist Edward R. Murrow and producer Fred Friendly and their work, which was one of the things that ended Joseph McCarthys “witch hunt” for communists. Read more at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy

Today with my sister, http://tusenfryd.no/ – I tried the new roller coaster Speedmonster. Funny when it starts, but after that…just as any other. Should have been a child again…