May Tour News
Hi from Rick: Magical Scandinavia
My first real travel experience was in Scandinavia, back when I was just 14 and my parents dragged me off to see relatives in Norway. At the time, I was a reluctant, annoyed teenager who was irked at the idea of spending the summer away from home. It was teen culture shock: No Fanta? No hamburgers? No baseball on the radio?
But within a couple of days, I was wild about Solo (Norway's soda), addicted to pølser (Norwegian hot dogs), and curious about that other type of football. I even became a devotee of the Norwegian political philosopher Erik Dammann (look him up) and visited him in Oslo in the 1980s — which was like climbing a mountain to sit with a great guru — when he tasked me to bring his "Future in Our Hands" movement to the USA. My love for Scandinavia only grew, and soon I became equally fascinated by the region's… Read more
