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Day 29 - Magic Ice (continued)
The entrance fee includes a local alcoholic beverage served in an ice glass.
The entrance fee includes a local alcoholic beverage served in an ice glass.
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The map in the museum is a fireplan for the defence of Svolvaer. The symbols show the locations and arcs of fire of units/ heavy weapons. I assume the length lines may be there effective range.
The mural shows light house/buoy positions on the Lofoten Islands to the south east of Svolvaer . The different colours will indicate the colour shown by the light when pointing in that direction. So when sailing to Svolvaer you want to approach from the green light direction, if you come in from the red you will get rocks, or sand banks. I assume yellow means ok for shallow draft boats. The length of lines may indicate the distance the light can be seen from which would depend primarily on its height and then brightness.
The following plaque might not be easy to read.. It's a model of the large German battleship that was sunk by a captain from Lofoten islands, Colonel Birger Eriksen. He went against orders and sunk it with one shot.
What they really should have is a model of the Warspite which together with the some british destroyers sank 8 german destroyers in a fjord nearby.
Thank you for this thread! As I mentioned early on, this is a way for me to see some of the areas where my distant family on my grandfather's side come from (and who knows - you may have met some distant relative of mine!), so it's been doubly enjoyable.Hi everyone, thanks for reading and checking in on this thread! Your continued interest, views, and engagement is why I continue posting these.
Unfortunately this thread will have to be put on a brief hold, as I am flying to Vietnam in a couple days and staying there for just under a month. I will be unable to continue these posts during this time.
There are only a couple days left of the Norway trip to post, but I do not want to try to rush through it and do a half-decent job presenting the material. I am not sure if I could finish it in time anyway, as my favourite hike from the whole trip is about to unfold, and instead of rushing through it and probably not even finishing it, I would prefer to do it proper justice and wrap it all up in April, when I'm back from my trip.
What a great opportunity for you to re-live some of this trip by starting from the beginning and checking out some of the posts you might have missed See you again in late March or early April!
Day 31 - Rainy Spaghetti
There are no pictures for this day, no videos, and no log in the journal, but I made spaghetti this day
I walked in the rain for about 3km in order to buy the ingredients for the spaghetti, but there was nothing else to do and I wanted to save money (and make a meal that would last two days).
On the walk back there was even more rain, and the on-going question of the plastic bags and their survival. See, the problem was that I bought too many ingredients, and I overestimated the amount of beer I would need for the next couple of days. As a result the walk back to the cabin was not fun at all.. but the bags ended up surviving and the food did not get wet!
So that's all I did this day, I made some spaghetti with meat sauce, just like my mom used to make. I'm not sure if it's worth writing about.. but I remember this day fondly, even though it was a monday
Next time use your backpack to carry your loot.
It's possible I had my daypack with me, but I can't really remember. My main memory is holding the bags in my hands and hoping that they would last long enough for me to get back to the comforts of the cabin