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[blairstravels]

I´m on the third day of my road trip in Lofoten, which is turning out to be even more breathtaking than I expected. We´ve been staying at a couple of other folkehøgskoler and have been able to see how they´re different from and similar to our own, like the one I´m in now, Lofoten Folkehøgskole (of course), which offers courses in black and white,

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[anonymous]

That is such a funny story about the paint color! I love the idea of unity and celebration of the millenium. And I also know how upset people can become over the issue of hue. Remember Davis' Food Coop color scandal? When it was last painted many members hated the color. They wanted to repaint (which would have been costly and wasteful in my opinion)and raised a ruckus (probably just like the architect). As happened in Sortland, eventually interest in the coop color dilemma diminished and we lived with the paint. I chuckle imagining the same sort of disagreement over color taking place in Sortland. The bus ride sounds marvelous! LUMOM

Black-and-blue Land

[anonymous]

Maybe the townspeople could have gotten together and decided they didn't need to worry about a bossy architect's opinion if all they were doing was painting. Anyway, don't you think the town might now be even more of a tourist attraction, being half-blue with a good story behind it, than if it were all blue?

The Lofoten Folkehogskole sounds great. But wait, don't get any ideas about another year over there... We need you on this side of the Atlantic!

LU! Dad

But Would The Vikings Have Painted It Turquoise?

[anonymous]

I was cruising along on the bus with you enjoying your presentation of the incredible scenery you were observing and then I came to a halt. A turquoise town. No, I must have misread the sentece so I started over and once again loved your description..until. Although the history is different when I moved to Oregon, in particular my neighborhood, I was told that the reason people painted their homes VIVID colors was because it was overcast and rainy a lot of the year and this brought some color, ambience I guess they meant, to the neighborhood. Having gown up in CA and then some in the midwest this was the oddest thing I had ever seen but I have grown to really like the colors people have chosen. My neighborhood is now peppered (not literally) with a variety of colors and it is rather pretty. But, back to turquoise. I have to agree with the architect.

Lynde