This was our ship. We left later than planned due to a strong wind. All night and the greater part of the next day we sailed. We had plenty of time to explore the Costa Magica and we were able to make the acquantance of the other members of our group. Stavanger was the first stop where we could disembark and walk around for a couple hours.
I remember the happy times we spent here with the children. We were invited by a Norwegian family whom we met in Rotterdam in the Norwegian church. This was long ago almost 48 years have past now.This family taught us to speak Norwegian.
Back on board we had to suffer "Sloepenrol" or "Lifeboat drill". It was rather funny actually, for my sister took her umbrella with her. I have the feeling that we all enjoyed ourselves immensely.
Oh, and yes my sister and I were the oldest members of the group, which was not always nice, for we were treated like invalids.
Trollstigen is a part of road 63 in Norway from Åndalsnes to the south. It is about 20 kms long, and it has 11hair-pin bends. The road was opened on the 31st of July 1936 by King Haakon VII after 8 years of building . Originally it was a narrow road where cars could only pass at a few places.
In winter the road is closed.and even in spring it is closed n the mornings because of frost.
The waterfalls come from high in the mountains. In summer they are not spectacular but in spring they are enormous and powerful.
The Sami people, also spelled Sámi, or Saami, (also known as Lapps, although this term is considered derogatory) are one of the indigenous peoples of northern Europe inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia but also in the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway. Their ancestral lands span an area the size of Sweden in the Nordic countries. The Sami people are among the largest indigenous ethnic groups in Europe. Their traditional languages are the Sami languages, which are classified as members of the Finno-Lappic group of the Uralic language family.
Traditionally, the Sami have plied a variety of livelihoods, including coastal fishing, fur trapping, and sheep herding. However, the best known livelihood is semi-nomadic reindeer herding – which about 10% of the Sami are connected with and 2,800 actively involved with full-time. For traditional, environmental, cultural, and political reasons, reindeer herding is legally reserved only for Sami people in certain regions of the Nordic countries.
With thanks to Denise Nesbitt, who created ABC.For more interesting ABC posts click on the logo in the sidebar . This week we are looking for words beginning with S.
I used all the words beginning with Y from my dictionary. I even used Dutch words beginning with IJ or ij. Now I am at the end of my imagination! Perhaps this?
Decoration on the outside of Rådhuset, City Hall, in Oslo.
Wikipedia says:
Yggdrasil: the tree of the Universe in Scandinavian mythology
Yggdrasil(/ˈɪɡdrəsɪl/ or /ˈɪɡdrəzɪl/; from Old NorseYggdrasill, pronounced [ˈyɡːˌdrasilː])
is the tree of the Universe and center of the divine world in
Scandinavian mythology. The roots of that big ash grow in the three
underworlds: the world of the death, the world of the frost giants and
the world of men. The branches spread over the world.The tree unites
earth and heaven and the underworld.
If Ragnarok draws near,
Yggdrasil will tremble and a man Lif and women Lifthrasir will survive
the holocaust and flood. From these two people the earth will be
repeopled and mankind will start a new cycle of time. Yggdrasil is the
source of all new life.
In Norse mythology, Ragnarök
is a series of future events, including a great battle foretold to
ultimately result in the death of a number of major figures (including
the godsOdin, Thor, Týr, Freyr, Heimdallr, and Loki),
the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent
submersion of the world in water.
We thank Denise Nesbitt, who created ABC, and we must thank
Roger too for the weekly job to find ten bloggers for each of the ABC
Team members to visit
and to read their posts. For more interesting ABC posts click on the
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The word derives from the Greek ζωον (zōon), meaning animal, and μορφη (morphē), meaning shape or form.
Long before the common era, people tried to communicate by means of drawing images of animals. First these paintings were important for hunters to know where animals were available. Lateron the paintings got a religious meaning. Cave paintings were found all over the world in mountainous regions with caves
The Milbi Wall in Cooktown Australia represents a wall of stories told by the Aborigenes .
Each story is represented by an animal.
Tribal animals depicted by the Indigenous people of Australia
Tribal animals depicted by the Indigenous people of Australia
We thank Denise Nesbitt, who created ABC, and we must thank
Roger too for the weekly job to find ten bloggers for each of the ABC
Team members to visit
and to read their posts. For more interesting ABC posts click on the
logo
in the sidebar . This week we are looking for words beginning with Z.
Norway
The Vikings used a dragon as their symbol.
Norwegian legends often used animals.
The dog Garm guards the entrance of the other world
