Norway, Sweden, Denmark!

The trip began like a movie, I arrived first and waited for Shaun to land from Paris. That hug was the hug of a lifetime, I'll never forget it, it was as if we were separated for years.

The first thing we did after arriving in Oslo and checking in at the Perminalen Hotel was to go see a famous painting by Munch, Skrik, The Scream, at National Gallery. It was like seeing Picasso for the first time. We made our way to Vigeland Park, which was a favorite of mine. The smooth texture of the more than life size sculptures was breath-taking. The human body was brought to life in ways I had never seen before at this beautiful park. We attempted to go to the "trendy" Grunerlokka but could not get served. What amazed me about this night, was the never ending daylight, but this would just be the start!

After a game of Phase 10! (I won) and train rides to Flam we were on a ferry ride to Balestrand for adventures on the Sognefjord, the world's largest. We went swimming in the Fjord and MET RICK STEVES! Visited the Old Hotel.

The next day we visited the Norsk BreMuseam in Fjaerland, Supphelle and Boya Breens.

We were off on a ferry ride to Bergen, train to Oslo and boarded an overnight train to Stockholm.

We stayed at the Nordic Light Hotel, smoked our Stockholm Card and made our way to Rosendal's Organic Garden. Do I see greens? Do I see KALE? I was joyous! However, it was only in the gardens and not on my plate!

It was awesome to see how excited Shaun was at the Vasa Museum which I also enjoyed. I think we lost out on Skansen, but it's something we can look back on and laugh about.

We ate twice at Herman's Vegetarian Cafe in Sodermalm and made the touristy visit to the Absolute Ice Bar.












On our second day we saw some rain and after City Hall Tower/Tour, Skargardsturen we enjoyed a local IPA in Gamla Stan.

Copenhagen was my favorite, it's sometimes a vibe that one can't explain. When we arrived we went to see the Little Mermaid and Nyvan. We made our way to Norrebro to Norrebro Bryghus. Beers included collaborations ironically enough with Garrett Oliver and so I drank a Kings County Brown Ale modeled after Brooklyn Brown, Globe Ale and Pacific Summer Ale, a second guest brew, with north American hops. We bought Helene Heather for my departure night.

On day 2 we rented bikes and started at Christiana where we had lunch at Morgenstedet. We visited the Carlsberg Glyptotek and frolicked in the delight of Tivoli where there was a Michael Jackson Tribute, and I finally saw Thriller in its entirety.

Shaun so kindly took me to the airport via train and he was off to Brussels. All pictures here.