When the Germans invaded Norway in the spring of 1940 (to protect its neutrality...) they "parked" their Atlantic fleet in the fjords near Alta and Narvik. The uber destroyer Tirpitz was hiding here to and untouchable. It took a couple of years and special bombs to destroy it. The Warmuseum in Narvik has a nice exhibition about the German invation in Narvik, the counter attack by the English and French in june 1940 and about the Tirpltz. Strangely enough it is called the Red Cross War museum... ?!
When we crossed the Artic Circle something very strange happened to both our Zumo navigation systems: the brightness of the screen was reduced to 0% (and so the screen unreadable). What ever we did it just popped back to 0% every time. Because we both had the problem, we knew it was something with the software and it is: it seems that above the Artic Circle the Garmin Zumo has a bug. I could download an fix for Eddie's Zumo, but because I have a Honda OEM version - I still have this issue... :-(
Sarah has quit her job as Governor, something that she was doing a lousy job at anyway. This is a mistake if she wants to run for office, It’s a brilliant move if she wants to go make money, write books and give speeches... But I think that she has something to hide and that before something bad happened she tossed in the towel. If you are serious about a political career you want to build up some experience and credentials, which she clearly is lacking... Well nobody's loss.
The new Transformers is very entertaining. Much more fun then Terminator. We saw it in Alta in a (almost empty) full digital theater and it is a great special FX extravaganza! Although the keep on mixing up a lot of locations. .. I especially liked the transformation of Tyrese Gibson as USAF Tech Sergeant Epps ;-))
In Alta you can see pre historic rock carvings. Strangely enough Eddie and I discovered that the ancient civilizations already had the latest Apple computer keyboards. Just view closely the first picture right above corner...
