PLAIN VIEW FARM
STEREOSCOPIC TOUR OF OLD NORWAY, WINDING UP WITH ONE STUNNING SIGHT TO GO AFTER THIS SHOW-STOPPER!
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Strandefjord, Fagernas, Norway
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Note: Stereoscopic Pictures, Stereoscope, and Norwegian Flag Pillow Cover, compliments of Pearl A. Ginther, and Stadem Genealogy Book, compliments of Barbara Benson.
ONE MORE TIDBIT ABOUT THE LAPLANDERS. THEY DON'T SPEAKA NORWEGIAN OR FINNISH OR SWEDISH ORDINARILY--THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED, BUT THAT SHOULD PROVE THEY AREN'T ARCTIC-CHALLENGED, LIKE THE NORWEGIANS SOUTH OF THEM, WHO ACTUALLY SPEAK DANISH, NOT NORWEGIAN, IF THEY WILL BE TRUTHFUL AND ADMIT IT. NOW DENMARK IS AS FAR SOUTH AS THE SCANDINAVIANS CAN GET AND STILL REMAIN SCANDINAVIAN. ANY FURTHER SOUTH AND THEY ARE FRENCH, FOR A LOT OF THEM SETTLED IN NORMANDY, FRANCE, AND HAD TO GIVE UP LEFSE AND LUTEFISK AND THEIR SCANDINAVIAN LANGUAGE IN EXCHANGE FOR FRENCH CITIZENSHIP--WHICH WAS A SEVERE SACRIFICE, INDEED. LET US EXPLAIN WHAT WE MEAN BY "ARCTIC-CHALLENGED." THE NORWEGIANS, SWEDES, AND FINNS ALL FLOCK SOUTH LIKE A HORDE OF LEMMINGS AS SOON AS THE ICE AND SNOW THAW AND THEIR AIRPORTS OPEN UP, TO BASK ON THE BEACHES OF THE RIVIERA, GREECE, AND EGYPT, NOT TO MENTION MIAMI AND CANCUN--ANY PLACE IN FACT WHERE IT'S REALLY HOT. NOW JUST ASK AROUND. BUT YOU'LL NEVER CATCH A RESPECTABLE LAPLANDER IN SUCH PLACES. LAPLANDERS ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEIR ICE AND SNOW, AND WOULDN'T TRADE FINNMARK FOR ANY PLACE ELSE. VIVA LAPPLAND, ER, FINNMARK!