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| Description: Peg
at the boy statue in downtown Haugesund |
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| Description: Street
scene in Hausesund on a beautiful day. |
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| Description: On
our walk to the edge of town we saw some campgrounds. |
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| Description: A
famous national marker of a stone cross near Haraldshagen. |
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| Description: This
stone cross called "Krosshaugen" dates back to the year 1000 and early
Christianity in Norway. |
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| Description: The
National Monument, Haraldshaugen, chronicles the burial place of King Harald
the Fairhaired and is designed to symbolize national unity. |
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| Description: The
view north of the monument. |
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| Description: Farmers
are making hay while the sun shines and the sheep look on. |
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| Description: The
Dokken Museum depicts conditions during the herring era of the 1800's.
This building is just one of several being preserved and is shown to us
by our knowledgeable guide and her brother. |
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| Description: A
significant collection of boats are preserved in this, the boat house. |
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| Description: This
is a special boat that is being well cared for. |
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| Description: This
room at the Dokken museum shows a loom, spinning wheel and sewing machine. |
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| Description: The
cooperage, an important aspect of local commerce in days past. |
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| Description: Another
nice old boat. |
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| Description: Now
on the express boat headed to Stavanger. |
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| Description: View
from the express boat heading south. |
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| Description: View
from hotel room in Stavanger to the south east. |
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| Description: Another
view from our hotel overlooking the lake called "Breiavatnet." |
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| Description: Yet
one more of the lake across from the hotel. |
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| Description: The
view toward the dock and harbor to the north. |
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| Description: New
York nightclub on the dock at Stavanger. We didn't go in. |
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| Description: Keith
tries out a high tech, automated, super sanitary toilet |
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| Description: A
stained glass depiction of the sailing of the Restauration in our hotel
lounge. |
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| Description: The
gazellen -- a tribute to the emigrants from Norway who played a role in
building America. |
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| Description: Another
view of gazellen monument. |
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