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jimmy the one

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5. recommend the trip
Wed Aug 21, 2013, 11:14 AM
Aug 2013

CTY: I just received a brochure in the mail about a trip to Norway, primarily for its scenic value.

Recommend the trip; I was there in the navy last century, narvik & trondheim, two upper north sea port cities with fjords, pretty neat, especially as I got paid to see them(!). They have rugged coastlines, & mountains on each side of the fjords, & at one inner port there's a cog RR up to the top where it's a scant couple miles to sweden.
Having a beer at a bar spoke with a communist who as a kid saw occupying nazis in the port below, from his vantage point high in the overlooking hills - language barrier tho, my basic german limited understanding, he didn't know english.
Didn't see oslo, likely a baltic portocall, nor bergen, more popular places perhaps.

I have mentioned Norway in past Gungeon posts but I thought I would recap here.

Sounds similar to switzerland, they have guns but they also have strict regulations on them.
Swiss have ~3 million guns. Norway 2 million abouts.
USA has 300 million guns. In other words, USA has about 300 million more guns than switzerland & norway combined.

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