Sunday, 1 October 2017

Mouse's Photo on Sunday 2017-32

Our first stop on Friday was a special stop. You may remember how Mara wrote about Harald Hårfagre a few years ago. And the monument that was raised in 1872 on the supposed millennium anniversary of his decisive battle to unite all provinces of the area to one Norway. 

This decisive battle took place in/around Hafrsfjord (yes, that is spelled correctly) near current day Stavanger and in 1983 a monument was put up there to commemorate. Unfortunately not a lot of information was found on site, but Wikipedia knows a lot, so info on the battle and some info on the monument. Which is called Sverd i Fjellet (Sword in the Mountain).

I just know we both loved the site and were very happy with the photos we took. Especially since on our way back it had started to rain!

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  1. Yamini MacLean1 October 2017 at 09:56

    Hari OM
    Oh that is very impressive, Mouse! I really like that monument. Thank you for showing it to us and pointing to the history. Have a good Sunday with Mara now... hugs and squeaks, YAM-aunty xxx

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    1. Mara1 October 2017 at 12:54

      It was quite impressive how the blades actually looked like used blades. They were really massive and will make a perfect photo for my wall again...

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  2. Anvilcloud1 October 2017 at 13:30

    I think Brom might be getting jealous.

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  3. My Mind's Eye1 October 2017 at 16:54

    Those are talllllllllllllllllllllllll and purrty

    Mara your 'cussin' inspired me. LOL
    I found a place on my dr's portal for compliments and complaints....let me just say I did not write a compliment. Now if someone will just read it...I'm expecting they have a business manager or dept that takes care of this portion of portal and hopefully they are more efficient than the medical (un) professionals!!
    Hugs Cecilia

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  4. C.L.W.STEP1 October 2017 at 16:56

    Wow! We love to learn about things like this!

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    1. Mara2 October 2017 at 16:04

      Well good! I too like to find out new things about Norway, but I must admit I had some serious problems pronouncing Hafrfjord!

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  5. Murphy1 October 2017 at 21:12

    Thank you for a wonderful history lesson! We did notice that some Norwegian words look like the Scrabble letters before they are sorted out BOL!

    Your Pals,

    Murphy & Stanley

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    1. Mara2 October 2017 at 16:04

      Well, now you know: if you have those letters: they are a place name and cannot be used!!

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  6. The Adventures of the LLB Gang1 October 2017 at 22:34

    Oh wow!! What a beautiful shot of you at this very historical site, Mouse!
    xoxo,
    Jakey, Arty and Rosy

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  7. peppylady (Dora)1 October 2017 at 22:45

    They look powerful...Coffee is on

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    1. Mara2 October 2017 at 16:05

      Well, they were standing at around 10 meters each! Plenty big.

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  8. Janice4 October 2017 at 01:18

    Surely do look like swords on a mountain.

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