DAY 155 - L-O-N-G Train Ride to Moss

Aug 21- Traveling through Norway on NSB
Norwegian State Railways worked out ok for us, but it was a very long trip - about 8 hours to Moss.

A very comfortable train ride through some gorgeous scenery.

 Our reasons for going to Moss?  We had met Alex in Idaho Falls.  In fact he lived with us for three months, so we wanted to meet his mother and brother.  They were so kind to have us for two days.  We thoroughly enjoyed our time with them.  (More about that on Day 156).

 Green meadows, mystic skies, clear waters, waterfalls, and gorgeous scenery.

This sweet girl and Rich enjoyed conversation most of the way.

We got a chance to hop out a couple of times.

Looks like one of the houses is actually in the water.

See how they wrap the hay bales in Norway?.

Good dinner of chicken and gravy with bacon and sausage and broccoli.

Line & Jonothan are going to be great hosts.  We even had our own room.

Archeological finds suggest that there were settlements in this area more than 7,000 years ago and continuously through the Iron Age, Viking Age, and through to modern times. During the Viking era, the place was known as Varna and was the site of a cooperative for battleships held by local warlords on behalf of the king.  By 1700, Moss had become a hub for both ship and land traffic between Copenhagen and Christiania (in Oslo).