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🇳🇴 Norway: Ed's Epic Journey

Discover the Land of Fjords, Colors, and Adventures

🎬 Ed's Norwegian Adventure Begins

Watch the journey that started it all - Norway's breathtaking landscapes through Ed's eyes

What You'll Discover:

• 🏠 The fascinating story behind Norway's colorful houses
• ⛰️ Ed's cliff-jumping philosophy in Stavanger
• 🚴‍♂️ Viking land adventures in Narvik
• 💧 Nature's living mirrors - the majestic fjords

🏠 The Colors of Norway

Discover the fascinating history behind Norway's iconic red, white, and yellow houses

RED HOUSES

The People's Choice

Made with ochre and cod liver oil, red was the most affordable color. That's why you'll see so many red barns in farming and fishing communities!

YELLOW HOUSES

The Middle Ground

Also made with ochre and cod liver oil, but slightly more expensive than red. A sign of modest prosperity!

WHITE HOUSES

The Luxury Option

Required expensive zinc mineral. White houses were symbols of wealth and status!

⛰️ Stavanger: Jumping the Shark

"Why climb a mountain? Because it's there. What I'd really like to do is bungee jump off this cliff — because I'm not all there."

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The Philosophy of Adventure

Ed's take on Stavanger: "This would be my version of Happy Days, when Fonzie jumped the shark." Sometimes the best adventures happen when we let go of our everyday minds.

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Cruising with Holland America

"Norway is a lot like pizza — when it's good, it's really good. When it's bad, it's still pretty good." The Viking landscapes always deliver!

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Nature's Living Mirror

"Nature's living mirror is water — whether still or in motion." The fjords taught Ed that beautiful landscapes pair perfectly with H2Ooooooooh!

"Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean."

- John Muir (Featured in Ed's Stavanger Journey)

🚴‍♂️ Narvik: Coming to in Viking Land

"I didn't wake up this morning. I came to---here in Viking land, home of the Nobel Peace Prize"

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Nobel Peace Prize Country

Ed found himself in "a perfect world, where chickens get to cross the road without having their motives questioned." Though he jokes, "I'd kill for one!" (which might disqualify him).

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Rewriting the Dictionary

"Magnificent, stunning, breathtaking, spectacular, awesome just won't do." Regular words can't capture Narvik's beauty. Plus, "The water is too cold to go swimming!"

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The Bike Adventure

Ed found a bike with no brakes! "After a little tweak, got them to work. It's a bit small, but cut the travel time into downtown considerably."

🗺️ Ed's Norway Journey Map

Explore the locations that made Ed's Norwegian adventure unforgettable

Click on any location below to learn more about Ed's adventures!

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Stavanger

Cliff contemplation and pizza philosophy

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Narvik

Viking land and bike adventures

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The Fjords

Nature's living mirrors

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Colorful Villages

Houses with stories

📸 Ed's Norway Photo & Video Gallery

Experience the breathtaking beauty through Ed's lens

"The fjords are nature's own work of art, carved by ice, decorated by waterfalls, and preserved in silence."

— Norwegian Proverb

"Intoxicating - but I swear to drunk I'm not God. On our way this morning to Norway's most famous waterfalls - Vøringsfossen - Måbødalen"

"If Hollywood is loneliness beside the swimming pool, then Norway is solitude by the fjords."

🎬 "A Breathtaking Journey Through Fjords and Cascading Waterfalls!"

🎬 "Summer's Finest – A Journey Through Norway's Arctic Landscapes."

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Gratulerer! (Congratulations!)

You've completed Ed's Amazing Norway Learning Journey!

What You've Learned:

• The fascinating economics behind Norwegian house colors
• Ed's philosophical approach to adventure travel
• How to find meaning in unexpected moments
• The beauty of Norway's fjords and landscapes
• Why going "out of your mind" can bring you to your senses