Scandinavia
In August of 2007 I had the chance to visit Norway, Sweden & Denmark, and spend time with friends old and new. Here's a record of the trip.
North of Bodo, Norway, above the Arctic Circle amid much beautiful scenery.
Stellar guide and host Martin Eide highlights the scenery.
The historic trading post at Kjerringgoy.
More signs of Norwegian prosperity: cows on the beach.
Walking bridge.
On the way back from Svartisen glacier, saw the world's strongest tidal maelstrom, Saltstraumen
High school friend Ann Kristin finds her dreamhouse, near Saltstraumen.
The Oslo jazz fest happened to be going on...
Munch Museet, Oslo.
Grimstad on Norway's southern coast, where my mother was an AFS exchange student in 1958.
Arnulf and Anne-Lise Torp, long-time family friends. Anne-Lise was my mother's Norwegian "sister"
Boat, Grimstad harbor.
Arnulf & Anne-Lise's daugther and granddaughter.
We took a scenic boat ride to Arendal and back...
Paid a brief visit to Gothenburg, Sweden, home of my great-grandfather Anders Arrenson.
On to the Swedish countryside to visit my friend Carl...
Farm shed...
Carl (keyboardist) is an old friend from McDonald's Jazz Band days. He arranged a recording session for us in Vaxjo.
Besame Mucho Arkestra, from left: Carl, Magnus, Per, me, Mats.
Magnus makes killer Swedish meatballs!
Arrived in Copenhagen early on a Friday evening, in time to see the locals congregate at Nyhaven.
Nyhaven, later evening.
The mermaid.