Norway
By Robert Waite
Tromsø, Norway –
It began with a poster. It was a pre-COVID summer. We were overnighting in Tromsø, Norway, a coastal city of about 52,000 inhabitants located 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
“Tromsø International Film Festival. Frozen Land. Moving Pictures,” it read. The dates were in mid-January.
My partner was instantly interested, but I was less sure. While I have an abiding interest in cinema and write frequently on travel, often to remote locations, Norway? In the dead of winter? To watch films?
But the more I thought about it, the more enticing the prospect became. For one thing, film festivals attract a huge number of visitors. After a rather small beginning in Mussolini-era Venice in 1932, festivals have since sprung up virtually everywhere on the planet. By latest post-pandemic count there are about 12,000.
The Toronto Film Festival, the largest, annually attracts 400,000 film… Continue reading
Where in Asia would you find this location of Nathan’s Famous hot dogs? Answer: Malaysia. Photo from Nathan’s Famous.
Hope everyone had a happy Fourth!
Here are the answers to the July 4th Independence Day Travel Quiz from my previous post. (If you haven’t taken the quiz yet and want to, I’d suggest returning there first.) Some of these questions were tricky, others merely difficult, and a few were relatively easy, especially with True or False questions offering just two choices. The multiple choice questions seemed to give people the most trouble, based on feedback I received. Thanks for joining in, whether Baby Boomers or younger!
1. True or false: As one of the 13 original colonies, Vermont was the only one that refused to ratify the Declaration of Independence.
Answer: False. Vermont was not one of the original 13 colonies.
2. Which U.S. president was born on… Continue reading
St. Petersburg, Russia: can be visited without a visa. Photo by Dennis Cox/WorldViews
Note: This is the sixth in a series of Baby Boomer Travel Guides and the fourth in the series focusing on transportation options around the world. Please go here, here, and here for the previous posts.
Scandinavia and the Baltic States compose far Northern Europe (we’ll cover Germany, The Netherlands, and some other northern European countries in a subsequent post), and feature some of the best scenery, most sparsely populated spaces, and lively yet historic cities in Europe.
Ships and trains offer the most convenient and comprehensive forms of transportation here, but driving among some of the countries is certainly doable.
And Denmark, especially, is well-suited to biking, with plenty of bike paths and flat terrain.
Getting Around The Baltics
The Baltic region is excellent for cruising because the main ports — Oslo,… Continue reading
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