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mainer

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6. Norway. Expensive but eye-popping.

Reply to Cane Jason (Original post)

Fri Oct 3, 2014, 07:44 PM

Oct 2014

I've been to Iceland, and yes it's beautiful. But no place on earth is like the fjords and mountains of Norway. As a NYT travel writer put it, it's like coastal Maine crossed with Lord of the Rings. Unbearably gorgeous and dramatic and cinematic. The drive between Bergen and Trondheim is amazing.

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Norway. Expensive but eye-popping. mainer Oct 2014 #6

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