Montenegro & Croatia
A fantastic day on Montenegro's Bay of Kotor, from above Kotor. I really didn't know what to expect from Montenegro, but it was very beautiful, and cheaper than Croatia |
For any Montenegro patriots out there |
The view from within the walls above the city of Kotor |
The view over beautiful Kotor Bay from Herceg Novi |
Bay of Kotor again, this time near the airport in Tivat, Montenegro |
The spectacular walled city of Dubrovnik, Croatia. It's where all the tourists go, but there's a reason why |
Looking over the harbor of Dubrovnik at dusk. It was really strange to see so many tropical plants in Eastern Europe |
There have been tons of cute cats throughout my travels, but the playful kittens I saw in Dubrovnik definitely win the prize |
Dubrovnik from the mountain behind it |
Sunset over the Adriatic Sea |
Dubrovnik at night is just ridiculously photogenic. It makes you feel like you're in a fairy tale (a fairy tale populated by tons of tourists, but still...) |
Dubrovnik through one of the windows in the city wall |
Looking down from the city wall on the main street in town |
Looking across the city at the Keep |
And in reverse, looking from the Keep over the city. The keep is where I could the place where Games of Thrones was being filmed, and this view just screams "Kings Landing" from the series |
A tall ship, and even taller clouds |
I can't decide if I like this photo, or if it looks like a affirmations poster background. Maybe both |
Looking down a Dubrovnik alley onto tourists looking down a Dubrovnik alley |
Amazing Abisko, Sweden
The daily migration of hikers/campers from the train to the tourist station |
Everywhere I looked there were amazing landscapes like this, and sunny for almost the whole time |
The one morning it wasn't sunny, it was foggy, which I love in an entirely different way |
The second night, I decided to hike up the mountain behind the lodge at 11pm to see the sunset. This is the ski lift with the sunset behind it. |
And once I got to the top, this was the panorama; sunset, lake, and moon. |
On one of my hikes, I came around a corner to find I was staring a moose eye-to-nose (his eyes were about a foot higher than mine), no more than 15 feet away from me. |
I wouldn't say he looked like he trusted me, but we didn't have any problems. |
This has to be one of the biggest moths I've ever seen in my life |
When it flew by me, I thought it was a hummingbird for a second. |
All the toilets in the national park have hearts on the doors. Maybe that means you're supposed to love using the outhouse? I'm not sure. |
One of the big deals about this park is that it's only place in Sweden where the rivers are so pure you can safely drink from them. |
To my American mind, drinking straight from the river sounds like a bad idea, but I tried it and it was delicious, with no ill effects. |
The start of the Kungleden, a 270 mile long train that winds through most of central Sweden. There are maintained huts along the way too, if you don't want to sleep in tents on the trail. |
There were waterfalls all over the park, as you can see from the next couple of photos |
The train to take me back to Stockholm. The "train station" on the left is an unmanned one-room building. |
My sleeper car on the train. A very civilized way to travel, if you have to be on the road for 20 hours. |
Norway
My train to Andalsnes |
While walking around in Alesund one morning, I thought "What am I going to do today?" and then immediately say this sign. It seemed like good advice. |
From my ferry boat/cruise ship |
Obligatory Troll photo |
Akershus Castle in Oslo |
Boats in Fredrickstad |
Bergen from above |
Norway seems to really like public art, especially of famous Norwegians. But a lot of it isn't at all flattering, like this one of Ibsen. Creepy. |
The Trondheim Waterfront |
The Historic Bergen waterfront near sunset |
Or this one, of "The Last Viking". If they ever make a statue of me, I'd prefer something a little more classical. |
The Hanseatic League seal, including a beheaded cod fish on the right. That's how important cod was to trading, they put in on their official coat of arms. |
Ahhh, breakfast in Oslo |
I love your posts, keep them comming.JLH
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