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The idea here is to TRAVEL THE WORLD regardless of time or budget. It dawned on me one day that even if I had unlimited time and money (which I definitley do not), I still couldn't see everything in the world that I'd like to see--I'm simply not going to live long enough to do it.

But I had a bit of brain wave and soon after the travel envelope was born. This is an actual physical envelope. I typed the name of every country in the world, plus every state in the US on little slips of paper which I then put into the envelope. In the beginning we (myself, my husband, Dave and daugher Catherine) would draw out a slip at random at the beginning of the month and that's where we would go---at least in our minds. We grab some books about the country from the library and put them in our bathroom to look at. We also check out some videos about the country if any. We check it out on googleearth, listen to the music, try the food, maybe even attempt to learn a dance or celebrate a festival.

After the first two years we discovered that even virtual traveling can be tiring, so we travel now whenever I happen to be in the mood.

It's great fun. I especially love it when people I meet have been to the place I'm "visiting" in real life, or get excited and have some virtual adventures of their own. I hope that anyone who comes across this blog will feel welcome to come with us on the trip!



You have a standing reservation to see it all!

Jul 7, 2015

July 3 Norway

We got up early. No food in the house of course, so we went to I-Hop. Dave did the laundry, I paid the bills, then we packed up a few things and left to drive to Butte for the family reunion. (I felt horrible about leaving the cats who were so excited to see us). The cabins in the campground are about 45 minutes away from Butte and are hot and buggy, but the area is charming and Dave's family is fun. 


Meanwhile, Catherine was busy exploring Bryggen, Norway.She says Norway is "cold and expensive." She bravely tried a whale and salmon sandwich. Took two bites and then went and had a burrito. 


She wandered around Bryggen, the old town.


And found the fish market (I suspect this was not hard to do). 



Then she had authentic fish cakes for lunch.

She went back to the hostel and took a nap. Then went grocery shopping and spent the rest of the day trying to get the fishy taste out of her mouth.  It was raining so she went to a museum about Bryggen and explored the university park .



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