Snapshots of Home

Bergen

Fishing at Verdens Ende off the island of Tjøme.

View of Tjøme from Vregneg Bru, 

the bridge which connects Tjøme and Nøtterøy.

Tønsberg

From Havna on the island of Tjøme 

looking toward Hvasser and dreaming of fiske suppe.

The Oslo Fjørd, Bjørn's house is in those trees.

"Far-away Places with Strange Sounding Names"

On the River Nidelven in Trondheim.

Many of the old storehouses were destroyed by fire.

New ones have been sandwiched in rather nicely, I think.

My Novik's and Forberg's hail from a small island in the Trondheimsfjord.

A lovely and serene place called, Hjelle in More og Romsdal. 

My mother's mother's family came from this reign.

Henningsvaer, Lofoten.

"I want to see for myself..."

Bergen, where pappa was born.

Alvik in the Hardangerfjord.

"Those far away places, with the strange soundin' names..."

Rosholmstranda

"Are callin'. . . callin' . . . me."