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The map showing the route from
Martin's house in the South to Arild's house in the North. Some 650 kms
apart. The crossing from Trondheim to Arild's
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Road to the Pir Pool (Pir = jetty
or pier). Fantastic place.
Clarion Hotel Trondheim is fancy hotel next door. |
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It is enormous and expensive.
Here is PirBadet or the
PierPool. |
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The entrance of PirBadet.
Have a look of the video of
the facilities. The main swimming areas that
have 10 lanes, 8 25 meters and 2 50 meters ones. Fantastic. |
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Seals in the foreground are very
decorative. Chutes for children. |
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There are many of them.
One of the pools overlooking the Trondheim's Fiord. |
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Here is the two 50
meters lanes you can use. The pool is divided
into to 25 meters pool, but now they have a plastic mountain the children
can climb on. Very innovative. |
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Another pool overlooking the fiord.
Big, dirty bastard that didn't take his shoes
off before entering the male dressing room.
The stairs up to the restaurant. |
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Leaving to PirBadet and walking
towards the
Clarion Hotel Trondheim.
The fiord with an old steamer in the background. |
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The steamer.
The Island of Monks in the middle of the fiord. |
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The speed boat terminal.
The boat that took martin to Vanvikan where Arild was waiting. |
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Martin's boat.
The entrance. |
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Arild can be seen on the quay
waiting for Martin. Martin's boat
Trondheimsfjord I. |
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Inside the boat.
The video of the boat trip that
lasted 25 minutes. Leaving Trondheim. |
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Selling tickets.
Arild's new building project. |
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Arild's green house.
Arild carrying Martin's stuff to the main house. |
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Martin in Arlid's house at long
last. Here is his garden with the greenhouse. |
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Oct 27th, farewell
breakfast. Lovely Norwegian breakfast with Martin's favorites like pickled
herrings, mackerel in tomato sauce and liver paste. Martin doesn't get that
in Asia. Martin getting ready to take off. |
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Martin is travel ready
Lovely autumn colors alongside the road. |
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The fiord where Arild lives.
Lovely colored trees. |
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Vanvikan seen from the road some 4
kms away. Roadside yellow tree. The leaves are
soon gone. In a week or two. |
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Seaside farm.
Roadside trees. |
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The harbor with the local busses.
Leaving Vanvikan. |
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Leaving Vanvikan some 1 km out on to the fiord.
Martin on the windy boat.
Listen to the windy
video.
Vanvikan way behind on the other side of the
fiord. |
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Arriving in Trondheim
in the background. Martin's swimming pool didn't
open till noon or 1200 hours. Martin had to spend the time doing his web
pages. |
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To the left, the train route from Trondheim to
Martin's home, Nøtterøy.
Munkholmen, or "Island of the Monks" in the middle of the fiord.
Leiv Ericsson, the first European to reach the
American continent. |
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Lovely train staff. She looks good.
The history of Leiv Ericsson. |
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The interiour of the train coaches.
Not bad. Snow station. Watch the video
over the mountains. |
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Big, fat, Serbian pig munching
away. On Dombås on the other side of the
mountains. |
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Dombås, 660 meters above the sea
level. Restaurant in Osla that didn't sell beer
unless you ate as well. Typical Norwegian. |
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