The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-09-13
Touring In Norway

Edgert0n Reporter:
Will TODAY write a little about our
Journey to the readers of The Reporter
We left New York Thursday, May 9th
at IL o'clock, on the S. S. Baltic of the
White Star line. The Baltic is not so
large a boat as the Olympic or the
Adriatic, but it is good and steady
boat. The distance from New York to
Queenstown, Ireland, is about 1910
miles which it took eight days to SAIL
At Queenstown many of the passengers
landed to travel in different directions
in Ireland. Queenstown is built on
hill, the grass there being so green that
the Irish call it the Green Island, and
when one looks at it from distance it
looks picturesque. A few miles from
Queenstown there is larger town
called New Cork, and few miles
from there they have noted Barney
stone which many foreigners have seen.
May 18th, the next morning, we
reached Liverpool, England. The har-
Dor on which we landed is seven miles
long There we had to part with many
friends with whom we became acquaint-
ed aboard and had never seen before
and probably will never meet again.
We stayed in England only few hours,
at 2:10 p. m. leaving for Hull. The
trains go a good deal faster there than
they do in America 1t was very beau
tiful as we passed by, the green fields
on the farms and flowers. It resem-
bles the southern part of Wisconsin.
Reached Hull at 6:39 p. m. We went
from the station to the harbor. The
boat which we were going on left at 6
p. m. so we did not see much Of the
city. The boat on which we went was
called Eskomo, one of the best going
across the North sea. We had very
nice weather every day. Sunday even
ing, May 10Th, at 9 p. m. we reached
Christiansand. A good deal of bag
gage was to be loaded off there so that
the boat was not to start again before
IL. We went up to the town, nice
city, not so very large, but the strang-
est thing to US was that it was so light
at midnight. We came back to the
harbor half an hour before the boat
went. 1t was beautiful through the
Cape of Christiania, it really was a
scene of nature and everything looks
much more beautiful at springtime than
at any other time of the year. We
reached Christiania Monday, May goth,
at 10 a. m. Our cousin was at the har
Dor to meet us. We did not know him
but he knew us, being he had seen us
on picture. He began to call our
names, then we knew who he was. We
stayed in Christiania few days at
hotel called "Sosten Knutsen" on Carl
Johan ST. May 23d we left for Gjovik.
1t took five hourt by rail; passed some
of those very green woods. Gjovlk is
town of about 5000 inhabitants, built
near the Lake of Mjosen. Around the
Lake of Mjosen is the most beautiful
part of Norway. There are the cities
of Hamar, Lillihaman, which is noted
for the Sandvig Collection on Maihau-
gen, historic associations from ancient
times, which all people from foreign
countries are sure to visit, and Gjovlk
and different places. With these we
must not forget the beautiful Helegoen
which Mjosen surrounds, that when one
stands at the top of the hill you can
from one side see Hamar and Ringsa-
kar and from the other Vardal and
Totan.
Santansaften, June oath, we were on
boat called Rein on the North sea be-
tween the Island of Froia and city of
Throndhjem. The islands of Gitran,
Dolan, etc., are only rocks, stones; one
would seldom see little green spot of
grass; it is noted for fishery. That
night as we were on our way to Thron-
dhiem the sun was set only 10 minutes.
Reached Throndhjem at 10 a. m. 1t is
very nice city. Went to see the Dom
kirken which people have been building
on for many years and will continue for
many years yet. Many of the schools
were very interesting to see. We also
Ia fo;r
We left Throndhjem July 1st for Lar
one day on railroad and the other on
boat. Larvik is noted for its "Berke"
woods, the only one in Norway, and
also for s'Larvik bod which people
from different European countries at
tend. Larvik is built near the Lake of
Christiania
We left Larvik July 18th for Dram
men where there are some large inter-
esting schools From there we went
back to Gjovik. August 9th we left
Gjovik for Bergen. 1t took "a hours
out there by rail. We went more un-
foreground than on top, the longest
tunnel, taking us seven minutes to go
through. Saw some of the highest
mountains in Norway. From Bergen
we went on boat called Midnight to
Maalde. At Maalde there were flags
from different nations raised, but to us
the u. S. flag was the prettiest. From
Maalde we went to Christiansund via
Throndhjem and back to Gjovik. This
round trip took us two weeks.
Now at present we are getting ready
for our homeward journey. We leave
Christiania August 31st on steam ship
called Adriatic.
MELvINA LUND.