Today we toured Norway by train, bus, and boat … and all in one day, to boot! I believe some tours call this “Norway in a nutshell.” It’s a tour which I’ve taken two times before, and it’s still memorable and beautiful. We woke up early, only to walk across the street to the train… Read More Majestic Norwegian fjords
It was just about 5 years ago that I visited Norway on a trip with Brekke Tours, and about 25 years before that I came to Norway with my husband Carl. So this trip with GoAhead Tours is my third visit to this beautiful country, and certainly, my third trip to Bergen. We started the… Read More Bergen, revisited
I had set my alarm for 4:45 am in order to put my bag outside my room for pickup at 5:30, and found myself wide awake at 12:04 am! Luckily I fell back to sleep again, and woke up at 4:00, with plenty of time to spare. We left the hotel at 6:00 am for… Read More Reindeer hot dogs in Bergen
For the first time ever in my professional career (that’s almost six decades!), I am working in a parish which will formally recognize the efforts of its choir. In this week’s parish newsletter at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, The Rev. Paul Lillie wrote: … at the High Mass Aloha Hour there will be a reception… Read More Choir Recognition
Twenty-five years ago, I remember being at Troldhaugen, Edvard Grieg’s summer home, with my husband, Carl Crosier, and trying our hardest to stay awake. You see, it had taken us 30 hours, including flights and layovers from Honolulu, to reach this peaceful place. We checked into the hotel upon our arrival, and then set out… Read More Twenty-five years ago …
Sometime last fall, I read an article in Vox Humana, a newsletter of the American Guild of Organists, about organs in Bergen, Norway, more specifically, about a Rieger organ in the Bergen Cathedral, and my interest was piqued. Would I be able to see or even possibly play the organ on my trip to Norway?… Read More Looking for organs in Bergen