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Jumping the Shark in Norway
Why climb a mountain? Because it is there. Why bungee jump from the cliff? Because I am not all there.
This would be my version of Happy Days, when Fonzie jumped the shark, that defining moment when you know your favorite television show has peaked.
Being There — With Holland America
Wow, what a summer. Norway is a lot like pizza: when it is good, it is really good. When it is bad, it is still pretty good. And like the pizza guy, the Viking landscapes always deliver.
If you only travel to places everyone else goes, you will only think what everyone else is thinking.
Not everyone trusts paintings, but people believe videos. Nature’s living mirror, however, is water, whether still or in motion. The most beautiful landscapes pair perfectly with H2Ooooooooh!
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Top 7 Videos That Will Make You Want to Cruise to Norway
Seven field transmissions from a summer of fjords, cliffs, waterfalls, silence, and scenery that never needed special effects.
Field Notes
Solitude by the Fjords
The happy-go-locals do not tan, they rust, and if they smoke, they smoke salmon. The cruisers may come on different ships, but they are all in the same boat: Mother Nature’s.
If Hollywood is loneliness beside a swimming pool, then Norway is solitude by the fjords.
What is on Norway? Ed TV. Time to change the channel.
“Keep close to Nature’s heart... and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” John Muir
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The Elixir
Every day, you have to go out of your mind in order to come to your senses.A fool who persists in his folly becomes wise. I have not been everywhere, but it is on my list. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.