Thursday, July 16, 2009
Concluding blog posts
Please see below for my final blog posts, including the second half of our journey to Northern Norway, a side trip to Dublin, the Rotary International Convention in Birmingham, and a few shots from our jug fishing trip when I got home. I recommend starting at the 'Harstad, 8-9 June' post and going up.
It has been a pleasure sharing my experiences with you over the past year. I look forward to traveling around the state of Iowa next semester while conducting the field research for my masters program. Then I'll be bouncing between Oslo and La Salle the spring 2010 semester while I draft my masters thesis to graduate in June.
Best,
Dan
Thursday, July 9, 2009
A couple farewell pictures from Norway
Trailer gathering and jug fishing, 27 June
Rotary International Convention in Birmingham, 20-23 June
The theme of the convention was 'East meets West', with the Rotary International President from South Korea and the Convention being hosted in the UK
An advertisement that caught my attention. It appears it is not just the Americans who celebrate on the 4th of July. These creative retailers played on the homophones 'independents' and 'independence'.
Dublin, 17-19 June
Atop the Guinness Brewery enjoying a pint
Empty beer kegs were strewn all about the city outside of pubs
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Bodø, 14 June
Lucas was the master fisherman this evening, but I liked posing with the many large cod he caught. I did catch one of these, however.
We fished until late into the night, after which we proceeded to Dag and Evy's house to cook up some of the fish for a late night snack.
Moskenes in the Lofoten Islands, 11-13 June
Travis enjoying the random, beautiful sandy beaches we found along the way
A panoramic view from the top of the mountain we hiked up and down...then back up and down on the way home. The island of Moskenes is relatively narrow at the point we were hiking, and we came from the east side (right side of the picture) and headed over the to west side. Interesting to note how the island is rather symmetical in this area, with a lake and the ocean on either side of the peak in the middle.
Travis and I hoofing up the steep peak
The lake on the west side, with a small river flowing from it leading into the ocean
An unexpected encounter: when we got to the west side of the island along the hike, we bumped into two fellow students from the University of Oslo, pictured here with us.
More dried stockfish on wooden racks
The heads and entrails are removed before hanging