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Fjords & Jazz: Explore Norway in 9 days
23rd of June 1998. I first set foot on Norway exactly 20 years ago. This was the day that Norway beat Brazil in the World Cup. It was also the day that the critically-acclaimed music video for Madonna’s ‘Ray of Light’, directed by the Swedish Jonas Åkerlund, was released on VHS only to become the best-selling video singles of the Nielsen SoundScan era. It was almost midnight when I first watched the iconic video on MTV, high-speed images of Madonna dancing, whilst Norwegians were celebrating all over Oslo. Outside, there was still daylight. Madonna’s iconic ‘Ray of Light’ directed by Jonas Åkerlund. 20 years on, I am still…
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The Traveling Psychiatrist
“I’ve won!” six-year-old Alex shouted, sliding his pawn into Oslo. Growing up in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city, I would spend hours absorbed in Traveling in Europe, the board game that sparked my love for both travel and geography. After memorizing the continent’s countries, capitals, and major cities, I graduated to Traveling in Greece, where I discovered every island of my homeland. Then came Traveling in the World—and soon after, my very first flight. At eight years old, two weeks in Far East Asia expanded my world in ways I couldn’t yet put into words. I encountered new civilizations, religions, and customs—realizing, for the first time, how vast and varied life…