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See the World for Free

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 5, Norway and London

Last day in Norway. She bought a beautiful Norwegian sweater, which, not surprisingly, is turing out to be a REALLY warm sweater.  (She plans to wear it when visiting her friend in Canada).



Then she swam in a fjord--looks cold. but that has never bothered Catherine when it comes to water. Cold air, yes, water no. And warmed up in a sauna.



She had this lovely looking fish dinner, but was hungry later, which supports my long held contention that fish isn't real food.

Then she visited the Museum of Leprosy. Between 1850 and 1900 Bergen had the largest concentration of lepers in Europe with three hospitals devoted to their care.

After all this, she went to the airport and flew to London arriving about 1:00 a.m. She tried to get onto one of the 24 hour buses, but the driver wouldn't let her on!!! She said that it didn't look as though the bus was full, but he left her stranded alone in London in the middle of the night! She took a taxi to the hostel which cost her 16 pounds.

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