Re: far away from home
Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2011/5/9 16:21:41
Gusha, the yellow junior convertible is, I believe, Johann Berg's car. If so, it was later converted to LHD and I had a nice tour of Stockholm in it a few years ago. Photo if I can find it. My ride there in Stockholm was arranged by well-known Packard collector Mr. Ole Book who lives a couple of miles away. He's a Swedish citizen though he's lived here for 30 years but goes back every year. He's one of the founders of the Nordic Packard Owner's Club and perhaps still a director of it. He's certainly a authority on the Packards in Scandanavia. The folks on the cruise ship with me who were heading for the bus for their tour asked he how I got a private tour - I just let them fester.
Packard V8, the building on the bluff is the visitor center and starting/ending point if you want to trek to the base of the cliff.
Don't let me get started on travel pictures, I've got probably as many of them as I have of Packards.
PS - Gusha, you many recall that Johann Berg (of the yellow convertible) was the man restoring the ZIS I went to see in Stockholm - the trip and post that started the whole ZIS thing as I recall. I don't know how his restoration is progressing, but I'll inquire.
PS - PackardV8. Photo was from a helicopter. Here's a bit more about Nordkapp from my trip summary - Nordkapp, Norway. Nordkapp is arguably the northernmost point of land in Europe, at 71 10' 21" North. This can be given perspective by noting the Arctic Circle is considerably south at 6633' N, and realizing that the Nordkapp is closer to the North Pole than the edge of the permanent ice shelf is to the South Pole. The Arctic Circle is correctly defined as a circle of latitude marking the southernmost point where the sun does not rise on the winter solstice nor sets on the summer solstice. Daytime temperatures were just modestly above freezing. Until 1956 access was only from the sea by a 1000 foot climb up a nearby cliff, but in 1956 a road (not for the timid) was built to the Cape from Honningsvag, about a 30 minute bus trip, with several sightings of reindeer and Sami (Laplanders to us old timers). At the Nordkapp, the North Pole is only about 1200 miles to the North, and Murmansk about 180 miles to the East and South. The trip south to Trondheim passed the Lofoten Islands at about 6 miles.
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Packard V8, the building on the bluff is the visitor center and starting/ending point if you want to trek to the base of the cliff.
Don't let me get started on travel pictures, I've got probably as many of them as I have of Packards.
PS - Gusha, you many recall that Johann Berg (of the yellow convertible) was the man restoring the ZIS I went to see in Stockholm - the trip and post that started the whole ZIS thing as I recall. I don't know how his restoration is progressing, but I'll inquire.
PS - PackardV8. Photo was from a helicopter. Here's a bit more about Nordkapp from my trip summary - Nordkapp, Norway. Nordkapp is arguably the northernmost point of land in Europe, at 71 10' 21" North. This can be given perspective by noting the Arctic Circle is considerably south at 6633' N, and realizing that the Nordkapp is closer to the North Pole than the edge of the permanent ice shelf is to the South Pole. The Arctic Circle is correctly defined as a circle of latitude marking the southernmost point where the sun does not rise on the winter solstice nor sets on the summer solstice. Daytime temperatures were just modestly above freezing. Until 1956 access was only from the sea by a 1000 foot climb up a nearby cliff, but in 1956 a road (not for the timid) was built to the Cape from Honningsvag, about a 30 minute bus trip, with several sightings of reindeer and Sami (Laplanders to us old timers). At the Nordkapp, the North Pole is only about 1200 miles to the North, and Murmansk about 180 miles to the East and South. The trip south to Trondheim passed the Lofoten Islands at about 6 miles.
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