About four hours south of Tromsø is a town of about twenty thousand called Narvik. It is a sea port and railroad terminis for coal and iron from Sweden. Because of the Gulf Stream, it is ice free in the winter so it is used by Sweden to send their abundant coal and iron ore to other countries. There is a small university there and many Chinese go to school there. This is the senior couple, Elder Byron and Sister Dian Merrell from Vernal, who are assigned to this town. They have baptized three of the Chinese people and are working with others. They are a very great missionary couple. They asked us to stop on our way through and have lunch with them. They then gave us a sack of food to eat on our way.
A view along one of the many fjords showing a storm approaching.
The road followed this river for several miles. This area reminded us of the Bitterroot valley in Montana, with its wide river and pine covered hills on either side and many small communities here and there. Each community had signs advertising the good fishing available on the river. I am sure that there is plenty of activity here in warmer weather. However we thought it was great to be out of snow for awhile.
Every small town or group of houses had its own little white church. We passed so many of them that we wanted to stop and get a picture of at least one. We thought it was interesting that the church yard is also the local cemetary. People can live how they want but when they are dead they are close to the church for protection from evil.
Just north of Trondheim, the third largest city in Norway, is a small town, with a train station, which is named Hell. We had to drive to the station to show you that we have been to Hell. It literally freezes in the winter time. By the way, Hell means luck in the Norwegian language. There is a town just outside of Bergen, the second largest city in Norway, that is named Paradis. We drove through it but were so frazzeled after driving ten hours we did not stop to take a photo. So we can say that we have been to Hell and then to Paradise.
About four hours south of Tromsø is a town of about twenty thousand called Narvik. It is a sea port and railroad terminis for coal and iron from Sweden. Because of the Gulf Stream, it is ice free in the winter so it is used by Sweden to send their abundant coal and iron ore to other countries. There is a small university there and many Chinese go to school there. This is the senior couple, Elder Byron and Sister Dian Merrell from Vernal, who are assigned to this town. They have baptized three of the Chinese people and are working with others. They are a very great missionary couple. They asked us to stop on our way through and have lunch with them. They then gave us a sack of food to eat on our way.
A view along one of the many fjords showing a storm approaching.
The road followed this river for several miles. This area reminded us of the Bitterroot valley in Montana, with its wide river and pine covered hills on either side and many small communities here and there. Each community had signs advertising the good fishing available on the river. I am sure that there is plenty of activity here in warmer weather. However we thought it was great to be out of snow for awhile.
Every small town or group of houses had its own little white church. We passed so many of them that we wanted to stop and get a picture of at least one. We thought it was interesting that the church yard is also the local cemetary. People can live how they want but when they are dead they are close to the church for protection from evil.
Just north of Trondheim, the third largest city in Norway, is a small town, with a train station, which is named Hell. We had to drive to the station to show you that we have been to Hell. It literally freezes in the winter time. By the way, Hell means luck in the Norwegian language. There is a town just outside of Bergen, the second largest city in Norway, that is named Paradis. We drove through it but were so frazzeled after driving ten hours we did not stop to take a photo. So we can say that we have been to Hell and then to Paradise.
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