The only distinctively Norwegian food we've had that I liked was a flatbread maybe 1/16 of an inch thick that was slightly sweet and totally toothsome. If I ever get the misbegotten notion to try a Scandinavian restaurant, remind me of the past week's experience and sit with me until the urge passes.
Today we are basically south of classic fjord country, so naturally we get our first sunny day today when there are fewer beautiful landscapes to photograph. That rascal Murphy works overtime, screwing up good things.
We got a lecture today on a war about which I've never studied or read, the Northern War of the early 1700s. It pitted a smaller Swedish army against larger but less professional forces from Russia and from Denmark. Sweden was a tough foe but eventually lost to the big battalions, winning many battles but losing the war and with it an empire that included Finland, the Baltic republics, and part of Russia plus maybe Poland.
