When you read about “Norway in a Nutshell” it seems that the train ride and going through the fjords will be the highlights. Perhaps they are, but the bus ride from the fjord (Gudvangen) to Voss is amazing too. In Voss, while waiting for the train, I walked around town and took this photo of Voss’s 13th Century stone church. It boggles my mind to see buildings that have been standing for hundreds of years before Columbus “discovered” America. Luckily this building wasn’t destroyed (like much of Voss) during German bombing in WW2.

Posted on February 6th, 2012 under Other. Tags: buildings, norway, norway in a nutshell. Comments Off on Voss Stone Church (Voss kyrkje or Vangskyrkja)

From central Oslo you can catch a ferry over to Bygdøy to check out the Viking Ship Museum (Vikingskipshuset på Bygdøy). There isn’t much in the museum except for three, original, viking ships. All three are very cool, but I like this one the best. Perhaps the finest find of the Viking Age, you can read more about the Oseberg ship here.

Posted on February 4th, 2012 under Other. Tags: museums, Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000, norway, oslo, vikings. Comments Off on Viking ship (Oseberg ship) in the Viking Ship Museum

I have seen these three bands a combined nine times in the past few years so it’s only fitting that they are touring together. I’ve been in the photo pit for all three too. Now the question is, since they aren’t coming anywhere near me, do I make a road trip to bump the nine times to twelve times? Hmmmmm…. Sounds like a fun evening but a long drive.

Tickets are now on sale so check the tour dates to see if they are coming to a town near you.

Posted on February 2nd, 2012 under Other. Tags: ghost band sweden, mastodon, opeth. Comments Off on Opeth, Mastodon, and Ghost on tour together

I really love my Caselogic SLRC-205 SLR Camera Sling Bag. It is the perfect size for a DSLR with lens attached if you only need to bring along one extra lens (or no extra lenses and a lunch or water bottle). However, if the lens attached to my Nikon D7000 is my 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II then it doesn’t fit. The 70-200 lens fits fine as the spare but not when it is on the camera body.

So I decided to get a second sling bag (pictured above), just a little bigger than the first. Well, it arrived today and even though it is roomier, my D7000 still doesn’t fit if my 70-200mm f/2.8g lens is attached. Rats! I’m keeping it, though, as this bag can fit multiple lenses, lunch, and a netbook computer or iPad in addition to a DSLR with lens attached. The DCB-308 will be handy on my trip back east this summer. I just wish it was an inch or two deeper so that I could have my 70-200mm lens attached while carrying.

2018 update

Posted on January 31st, 2012 under Other. Tags: photography, reviews, travel related goods. Comments Off on Case Logic DCB-308 SLR Camera Sling Backpack

Today’s random desktop image is this one. I took this photo out the window of the Flåm Railway train, a train ride I will never forget.

Posted on January 29th, 2012 under Other. Tags: Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000, norway, norway in a nutshell. Comments: 3