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All in Europe
Balestrand is only three and half hours from Bergen and an easy detour from the popular Norway in a Nutshell tour. With a world class museum and plenty of plein air activities to enjoy, Balestrand is a worthy stop for history, art, and nature lovers.
In other words, 12 reasons to push you over the fence on why you need to visit this Scandanavian country. Flowers, berries, and sheep didn't make the list, but we love those things too.
My lesson in paying attention to what I order abroad.
Why I thought it would be sunny and warm in Ireland, I have no idea. But alas, I did think that it would be bright and toasty for me on my summer vacation and therefore thought that one cotton knit cardigan would be sufficient as a jacket when combined with my rain shell. The just-above-freezing temperatures proved me wrong.
To be honest I had mixed feelings about a vacation in Ireland. Yes, everyone and their mother, father, great-uncle, and second-cousin-once-removed who has visited loves it, but that was part of the reason I didn’t know what to expect.
