The Wandering Enginerds

Things we have learned about or noticed in Norway: Almost everything runs exactly on or slightly ahead of schedule, even to the minute Roadways are a little tight, especially on the country roads as several times we came head on to other vehicles on a one-lane wide road only to have to back up or watch them back up to a passing point Their cities are over-the-top clean Water runs through, around, and down everywhere - the waterfalls are particularly incredible with the way they come down the mountains, splitting into smaller streams and then rejoining Everywhere you look is picture worthy - mountains, waterfalls, fjords, and any other part of the natural scenery are abundant If you spent every day for a year hiking around Norway, I doubt you could cover all the trails and/or fjords Norwegian dogs live the life as we passed by 5 – 10 each hike we went on. Soon enough, Marnie, soon enough… Weather could use a little upgrade as their “summer” seems to be a little overcast with...

We survived the overnight flight to London, but still haven't been able to straighten out our sleep schedules after being in this time zone for a whole week. Nonetheless, stepping onto European soil was a breathe of fresh air! And it was also fantastic to be able to understand what people were saying to you (rather than fighting through our lacking Spanish skills). While in London we stayed with Courtney, who is one of my best friends from college and played on the soccer team with me. It just so happened that one of our other best friends from the team, Alex, and her boyfriend were in England visiting friends and family, so within a few hours of landing we had a glorious, but all too short, reunion for the three of us! In fact at one point, I laughed so hard that I was crying. You can always count on Alex to provide some entertaining commentary. Illinois Soccer Reunion! I-L-L... (photo cred to Doug) Tower Bridge Westminster Palace Big Ben (or Elizabeth Tower...