TRAVEL WITH NANCY ON THE QUEEN MARY 2 IN NORWAY

Continuing our travels on the Queen Mary 2, today we went to Bergen, Norway and found the first reference to writers. It was the home of Ibsen, and there are various statues of him and theatres named for him. Indeed, Bergen would have been a thriving arts scene a century or so ago, as Ibsen was great friends with Greig, whose home was also in Bergen. Just looking at the remote location and imagining it under many feet of snow for half the year explains a lot about Ibsen's dramatic viewpoint!Here's a photo of the Queen Mary 2 in Bergen harbor, taken from the 1000-foot high Mt. Florien observation point reached by funicular. All best, Nancy

NANCY SALES CASH grew up in Murphy and lives in Murphy and Asheville. Her short story, 'Talking To Mama,' will be published in Netwest's new anthology, 'Echoes Across The Blue Ridge,' which will be out soon. She also has a short story in Celia Miles' new anthology, "Clothes Lines,' due out in September, and was in Celia's 2008 anthology, 'Christmas Presence.' She has two published novels, 'Ritual River' and 'Patterns of the Heart,' both available from The Curiosity Shop in Murphy and Andrews and Phillips & Lloyd in Hayesville.