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9 days in Scandinavia

debs/ June 30, 2018

My parents wanted to piggy back on my whole post-conference kerfuffle and met us in Olso after the WWOOFing leg of our trip.

If it were up to my parents, they would have signed up for a Chinese Bus Tour to sight-see some bus-accessible, ultra-touristy “Natural Wonders”.  If it were up to me, well, you know what I’d be up to. The thing is, my parents travel exclusively by Chinese Bus Tourism. Meanwhile, I would throw myself into a fjord if I had to go on one more Chinese Bus Tour in my life (even if they were taking me to the parts of Scandinavia with “Natural Wonders”).

The only way we can reconcile this conundrum is for me to plan the trip and for them to follow along as if I were their amateur Chinese Bus Tour Guide.

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