Folks, the Trip Sort of Got Away from the Blog...
Hello from Back in Seattle, LairCronies! Not to worry; I did, in fact, tour the whole itinerary, with stops to change flights at Keflavik Airport in Iceland both ways; but the blogging kind of went by the wayside after Trondheim. Yes, getting to Lofoten was a helluva challenge; but I did it! And, having adopted a seal pup plushie named Thora from a souvenir shop in Henningsvaer, managed to get to Kiruna, Sweden in one piece Afterwards. That's how I learned the value of installing apps on my phone to help with transportation between cities--don't know what I would have done without the SJ app, which got me clear through Sweden and on to Copenhagen by train, with very little fuss and Decent prices.
Anyway, I'm back Home now, just celebrated my 58th trip around the sun, and am starting to process hundreds of photos, when not busking and trying to get my songs Heard and Recorded. In particular, I want to record the song "Listen Further Back", if only to memorize the Controversial lyrics. Trouble is, I'm being hit rather Early in the season with seasonal depression (or post-travel letdown, or something). I'm having trouble staying Motivated and Interested in things. There is, however, plenty to get Done; I've just got to develop a more Structured lifestyle. Pretty soon, I'll have to plan holiday trips to Texas (when my SIL, Cuc, is sufficiently Recovered from her Recent hip surgery), and, hopefully, back to Colville for Christmas (where in heck Else is there to go for a Decent Christmas trip?). At least now, I can pay for my own freaking plane tickets. Meanwhile, there's plenty to get Updated and Upgraded, both online and off; so I've got to get my shite Together, at least in time for the Foil Arms & Hog show in November!
This, by the way, is a view of the harbor in Arendal, Norway, from the steep, hilly Barbu neighborhood, where my paternal grandfather was born and raised...
Anyway, I'm back Home now, just celebrated my 58th trip around the sun, and am starting to process hundreds of photos, when not busking and trying to get my songs Heard and Recorded. In particular, I want to record the song "Listen Further Back", if only to memorize the Controversial lyrics. Trouble is, I'm being hit rather Early in the season with seasonal depression (or post-travel letdown, or something). I'm having trouble staying Motivated and Interested in things. There is, however, plenty to get Done; I've just got to develop a more Structured lifestyle. Pretty soon, I'll have to plan holiday trips to Texas (when my SIL, Cuc, is sufficiently Recovered from her Recent hip surgery), and, hopefully, back to Colville for Christmas (where in heck Else is there to go for a Decent Christmas trip?). At least now, I can pay for my own freaking plane tickets. Meanwhile, there's plenty to get Updated and Upgraded, both online and off; so I've got to get my shite Together, at least in time for the Foil Arms & Hog show in November!
This, by the way, is a view of the harbor in Arendal, Norway, from the steep, hilly Barbu neighborhood, where my paternal grandfather was born and raised...