Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 18:01:30 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: Back from our Scandinavian holiday (incl. Saab Museum)
in article vjnctecbu80n21nopsam.supernews.com, davehinznopsamcop.net at davehinznopsamcop.net wrote on 14/08/2003 17:07: > Paul Halliday <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> pressed random keys until the following > was produced: >> Wow! You Swedes have a beautiful country and we only visited two of your >> towns! I'll stick to the car experiences here, but no doubt I'll upload >> other comment to my website. > > (I missed this originally, have been playing with network feeds and > building new servers for my personal network). > >> The museum, as expected, was fantastic. > (snip) >> The highlight was definitely the 92001. > > Did you get close to or in it? It's interesting to note how > not-straight the (hand-made) panels are. 'fraid not. After reading that those panels were beaten out on a mound of horse manure, who can blame me :) <snip>Oslo</snip> >> The building was just as good as the ships and made a perfect setting >> for them. > > Yes. Hopefully that makes the trip to Oslo worthwhile; it certainly > did for me. It did - for me it was more an interesting building with some well-chosen large wooden ornaments inside it :) The boat racing on the day we left was quite a spectacle as well. Just because I said we hated the place didn't mean we didn't enjoy the time we spent there. That sounds weird, but it does make sense when you think on it. >> We adore Sweden and we'll definitely be going back. The Saab factory was not >> open for visitors until later in August, so perhaps we'll see that next >> time. We're already planning a Gothenburg to Trollhattan to Uppsala trip for >> next time, but any suggestions of other places to visit along the way would >> be appreciated ... > > Fjords. Go see some fjords. Newcastle -> Bergen by boat, Bergen -> Oslo > by train, takes you along the (er...Hardangerfjord I think? Big > and impressive, whichever one it is). The boat from Newcastle > is an overnight, I seem to recall. > > Have you driven a Fjord lately? My parents fjord-hopped for a couple of weeks a few years ago and loved it. My mother lived in Bergen for a bit and she was very surprised by my comments. She has also said that "the other side is much nicer" and one of my biker friends tells me driving (well, riding for him) from Bergen to Trondheim is a good trip. Perhaps a long weekend, sometime. Cheers all, Paul
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