There are no trips to Norway planned for this summer, but this past week we visited Door County in Wisconsin, an area settled by immigrants from Scandinavia. The nature there with its beautiful forests, large bodies of water, and islands reminded us of Norway, and we were able to do many of the same things that we might have done on a trip to Norway.
For example, we spent as much time as possible by the water, enjoying beautiful views of Green Bay and Lake Michigan.
We read our books by the water in Ephraim,
camped and hiked in Peninsula State Park,
and biked in the park and through Fish Creek and Ephraim.
We ate Swedish pancakes at Al Johnson's Swedish restaurant in Sister Bay and were surprised to find a goat keeping the grass short on the roof.
In the evenings, we enjoyed fabulous seafood dinners outside by the water,
including going to this fish boil (a tradition from Iceland)
where Earl prepared the fish for us at the Post Office restaurant in Epraim.
We took the ferry to Washington Island
where we were surprised to find a good replica of a "stavkirke,"
used as part of a meditative prayer ministry by the local Lutheran congregation.
Each evening, we enjoyed watching the gorgeous sunsets over the water. After dark, we spent one evening at a restaurant/bar with wonderful live music, took part in a dying American tradtion by going to a drive-in movie theater north of Fish Creek another evening, and best of all watched the Norwegian film "Buddy" on a mini-DVD-player in the camper the last evening. If you haven't seen "Buddy," I recommend it highly. The story is interesting, the speech is clear, and the language is useful, containing a variety of functions such as introductions, invitations, apologies, thanks, etc. This movie is available at Amazon.com and plays on American DVD-players.
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