I loved Norway in a Nutshell. I also loved Bergen and would recommend spending a night there. I like Oslo. Be sure to see the Akershus. But Stockholm is magical and Bergen is sooo atmospheric. It has a wonderful very old castle, cobblestone streets, and the iconic wooden houses along the waterfront in the Hanseatic district. I Hope you have a wonderful trip.

FYI, it really was $18 US for a McDonald's Happy Meal in Oslo -- and $30 for a hamburger and fries at TGI Friday's. Mexican food (at Oslo's only Mexican restaurant) ran about $40 per person -- with no drinks.

I couldn't imagine how anyone could afford to live there, so I asked a friend how much someone would earn if they worked in McD's. She figured around $22/hour!!! I think everyone earns more--and spends more. My friend's electric bill runs $1,000/month in the Oslo winter.

I'm here! So the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art was amazing. Glad I had some friends in Copenhagen pick me up here at my Airbnb and drive me there and the Karen Blixon Museum (that was not so great at all).

Weird that my AMEX card isn't taken at half the places I'd been (the Palace Movie Theater and many restaurants) and worse that I forgot my ATM card but at least I brought a lot of cash! Cash rules. The prices aren't that bad here in Copenhagen so far. Eating cheap for the most part and caught a free museum today (Glytptoteket (SP?). Walked for hours my first day on no sleep on the overnight plane trip and was dead to the world. Slept 13 hours, a record for me. Saw The Great Gatsby with Danish subtitles. Have no idea why this didn't get great reviews. I thought it was amazing.

Off to see TIvoli tomorrow, and some other stuff on my list. Surprised there's not a lot of walking tours (I haven't seen any) like there was in Prague and Budapest last year. That MADE that last trip.

Cheers,

Steve R (Gaithersburg, MD)