Homecoming 2016 Edition of MSU Today
Norway: from the prairies and plains to the fantastic fjords The Mayville State University Alumni Association spon- next morning. They were able to see a multitude of waterfalls sored its first-ever Norway trip July 25 through Aug. 4, 2016. during that two-hour water adventure. MSU President Gary and Debbie Hagen hosted the 11-day Time spent in Bergen included a visit to the home of trip planned through Brekke Tours and Travel of Grand Forks, Edvard Grieg, Norway’s internationally known musician, and N.D. Forty-nine Mayville State alumni and friends experienced wandering around the historic Hanseatic Wharf, a UNESCO Norwegian heritage while immersed in an amazing backdrop world heritage site. of gorgeous hills and valleys and marvelous fjords. The last two evenings of the trip were spent at the lovely The Grand Hotel in Oslo was the starting point for a Solstrand Hotel, which, like many of the other hotels, treated weekend adventure of seeing the sights of Vigeland Park, the the group to special Norwegian-style buffets. As with the other Viking Ship Museum, the folk museum, and many other local buffets at which they’d had the pleasure of dining, the food was points of interest. (See cover photo.) plentiful. A person could take a full plate of cold food, go back The group then boarded a bus and headed for Bergen, for a plate filled with hot food, and end with a selection of des- staying at four lovely hotels located along the fjords, Oslof- serts on a plate. People were able to swim in the fjord before jord, Sorfjord, Bjornefjord, and Aurlandfjord.
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