Welcome to our honeymoon report. Feel free to browse through the pictures (if you click on them, they get quite large), or take a closer look and read the stories behind the pictures. We began our journey in Copenhagen, Denmark. We were greeted with a beeping and a message on our TV. It took us half an hour to figure out how to turn on the lights. (You had to put your key in a socket for the lights to work. A good way to conserve energy.) We kept our time in Denmark, low key so we could have time to recover from the wedding. We'll need to go back to really experience the city, but we did go on a nice sight seeing boat ride, had some great food and walked a bit. Then we headed out on our first cruise ever. It was a short cruise, just an overnight from Copenhagen to Oslo. Some pictures are out of order, and the fish pictures duplicated themselves. We did in fact only catch 2 fish. Though I put this together while jetlagging, I think it captures our trip and allows us to share this amazing experience with you our family and friends. Enjoy.

Welcome Mr. and Mrs. Jansky

What a nice message. They do need an editor though.

Unusually warm

Our first cruise, Copenhagen to Oslo

Self portrait

On our way to Flam

Our first, hopefully not our last taste of the fjords

This was the view from the boat!

The folk dancing nymphs

Everyone was let out to take pictures

A rainbow greeted us in Balestrand

Dinner with Rose and Erik

What a backdrop!

My favorite car

The BMWs

Working on the scrapbook

On top of the glacier museum

First look at the glacier

We were warned

We survived!

Taking a walk on the glacier

I forgot to mention, Pete did get one chance to go swimming

One of the wood carvings at the aquarium

The view from our hotel. This is as dark as it got

My emails out didn't start this early, but I do know what we did, so I'll give you a rundown. We took a train to Myrdal from Oslo, a fast one. Then we took a slow, scenic train to Flam. At one point, they let you off the train for about 10 minutes to take pictures of the waterfall. Two women come out of the rocks, dressed in medieval attire and dance to what sounds like Irish folk music, but is probably Norweigen folk music. Then when the song is over, they disappear back into the rocks. Once we got to Flam, we took a boat ride through the fjords to Balestrand where we spent two nights. There we met some great couples. We had the 2nd floor with an ocean view. Our balconies were all connected, so we chatted and shared our favorite spots etc. We went out to dinner with Rose and Erik, through Steve and Louise's recommendation and stopped by the older hotel which had a BMW club stop by. The next day, we headed out on a glacier excursion. We started at the museum and headed out to the glacier where we could actually get close enough to touch it. Though the funny signs did warn us of the danger, we took the risk and walked on it a bit before heading back to the bus. We then spent the afternoon in a book town which was full of used book stores. Heaven for an English teacher. Pete took a nap. I found two very thin and very packable books. One had poetry in English and in Sweedish and one was another book of poems that I decided to get because it had the Bridal Blessing in it and it seemed appropriate. We took the ferry back to Balestrand and checked out the aquarium. There was an exhibition of some great woodcarvings, so I took a few pictures. That about covers it for that town. Overall, it was probably the most relaxing part of our trip. We took a boat out the next morning and headed to Oslo. The owner of the hotel, graduated from CU. Small world.

Fresh fruit and whale sandwiches

Yep, they really do eat Whale

Lounging before the fishing trip

The view from our room

The best hotel room ever

Part of the American contingent

Setting out on Andrea's first real fishing experience

We did it. We caught our first fish together.

We did it. We caught a fish.

We did it. We caught a fish.

We did it. We caught a fish.

We did it. We caught a fish.

Keep going. You can do it!

Nice work, Pete

Catch number 2. 9 kilos (26lbs)

I've decided to take advantage of the free emailaccess at this hotel. I don't think it'll be free inSweden, but I may be able to write a note or two fromthere. So the latest update is that Pete and I caughtthe biggest fish yesterday. The fish bit on my line,but I was having trouble reeling it in, so Pete cameto my rescue. It took quite some time to get thefish. It actually swam under the boat and we got itfrom the other side. The fish weighed between 9 and10 kilos, which Pete the math person is telling me isabout 26lbs. It was by far the biggest one caught andwe do have pictures to prove it. Together we caughtone more of the same kind. Unfortunately, I can'ttell you the type because it was one from Norway thatI had never heard of. Someone else caught a flounderand that was by far the most interesting looking fish,it was also the first fish that was caught. We endedup fishing and talking with 3 Americans from the US. They are from Minnesota and they were there becauseBrent has family still in Norway. They were takingthe night train back to Oslo. Between the five of us,we caught 6 fish. Not bad. We gave our fish to somepeople from Holland since there was no way that wecould take that huge fish to the hotel to cook it up. Apparently the one we caught only tastes good fried. My arms are aching, so I'm sure Pete will becomplaining when he wakes up :). That turned out longer than I meant it to. My fingersjust keep typing. More to follow. Signing off from Bergen, Norway.

Noticed this on the way up

Going up

Hooray for Norway!

Just one of the many lakes at the top

The top of the world? Nope just Bergen

Chasing after Pete

The goal of our hike. We made it!

Noticed this on the way down

Today has been a relaxed, sight seeing day. We took a 90 min guided tour, went back to the room for a nice meal of salmon and strawberries, went back out for icecream and a jaunt up the cable car. Pete decided we needed to hike a bit, so what I thought was going to be less than half an hour, turned into an hour and a half hike, which was fine. I didn't realize how much the altitude affects you when you hike in Colorado. Even though we were climbing quite a bit, I never got out of breath. We started on a trail, but ended up making our own since eventually my bladder weakened and though I am not apposed to peeing in the woods, there were no woods. Just marshy land with goats in the distance. Pete lead me right into a nice wet spot. Luckily I had my Keens. (Just a quick add for Keens, they have been the best shoe ever. Perfect for water, and they do well for moderate hiking. I always feel like I'm walking on clouds, which is essential because I've been walking a lot.) After our hike, we went shopping for a Norweigen sweater and found a perfect one that was lined for a steal. We've been seeing them for $200, but we found one for about half that. And that's where the paper comes in. As I was buying my sweater, there was someone taking pictures and asked if it was ok to use me in a photo for the paper. I said sure, not knowing what the story was about. It just so happens, that earlier that day, the store was robbed by a junky. I'm not sure of the details, but I think that the junky stuck a dirty needle into the clerks arm and got away with quite a bit of money. The owner seemed pretty calm considering and kept saying, that's life. (I'd put that in quotes like a good English teacher, but I can't find them on this keyboard) Just found them. They are above the number 2. Anyway, my face turned from happy tourist, to sad tourist and I'm sure that's what will be in the paper. We will probably be on the train to Oslo before the paper comes out. Otherwise I'd buy one and put that in the good old scrapbook, which is turning out to be quite a project, but very fun and colorful. I have an 8 hour train ride to work on capturing the past 2 days. More later from Oslo.

Happy skiing

Pete and his new friend at the ski museum

The not so symbolic Bride and Groom