Norway. We arrived on one of the 3 sunny days they have each year (slight exaggeration, but only just). The town of Bergen is about as picturesque as towns come. And the amazing thing is that unlike most picturesque towns it wasn’t a façade. The whole town and the outlying areas had the same serene beauty. We rented bicycles and started to explore. We found a place near some apartment buildings where the residents were laying about on rocks sunbathing and swimming. It is always polite to do as the locals do, so we took an ice cold dip into the North Sea. We started talking to some people and they told us that there are incredible fresh-water lakes in the mountains nearby so we decided to bike up and find them. The locals said it should only take about 20 minutes by bicycle. But no matter how far we went everyone told us it should only be 20 minutes from there. Even when it took less than 5, the person had told us it would be 20. It was so beautiful and we were feeling very energetic, so before we knew it we had biked 20 kilometers to this peaceful little lake. We stayed there for awhile eating, swimming, talking with people (we conveniently, and lazily, stationed ourselves right next to the hiking path around the lake). We only left when the sky threatened us with rain. The clouds were making empty threats though and we made it the 20 kilometers back to town and through all but the last 20 minutes of the day without rain. We ran around Bergen behaving like children and immensely enjoying it. We ate candy on swings in a park, had a troll contest (who is the scariest troll, I unfortunately didn’t win), ate Burgers in Bergen (say that 10 times fast), danced in a large square, explored, made new friends and met lots of old friends. I don’t think I could ever live in Norway because I don’t really like rain very much, but it was an amazing place and I can’t wait to go back and visit.