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My Trip to America Part 1 of 2 – Podcast Show Notes
Introduction (0 - :55)
* A brief overview
* Trip dates
* First trip home after two years.
The Trip Home (0:56 – 9:37)
* Gardermoen Airport
* Watching the movie: “The Founder,” telling the story of Ray Kroc and McDonald’s origins.
* Heightened security at EWR (Newark Intl. Airport).
* An overview on Delaware including some obscure Swedish-American history.
In the mid-1600’s Parts of Delaware, New Jersey and New York were Swedish.
* My experience at the Christiana Mall, named after Wilmington’s former Swedish namesake.
* Delaware’s modern-day claim to fame is no sales tax, compared to New York’s almost 9%, making the two-hour trip worth it.
* The change in the shopping experience. America is losing the service culture due to political correctness and body positivity.
Virginia (09:38 – 24:15)
* Crossing the “Mason-Dixon” line
* The Dukes of Hazzard
The gas station and convenient store at the Maryland – Virginia border
* The Virginia Eastern Shore
* The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel – a wonder of post-war civil engineering.
* Virginia Beach – arriving at my destination
* The Internet in America.
* The Pew Research Center found that 47 million Americans still do not have internet access.
* The Virginia Beach Oceanfront – one of the longest boardwalks in the world
A site for sore eyes – I was just in time for the monster truck show.
* The Moss Norway - Virginia Beach Connection
At 25TH Street & Oceanfront – There is a Norwegian story.
* Democracy is alive and well in America – a discussion on the abortion issue.
* It appears that it is easier to be a liberal in “Bannon Country” than a conservative in Scandinavia.
* The “TRIGGERED” Scandinavian vs. a “combative” Southerner discussion.
* Democracy’s needs.
* Apathy and being oblivious are the greatest threats to American democracy.
Part 2: New York City, New Jersey, and realizations, from the outside looking in.
Please Tune in next week for Part 2 and subscribe to Letters from Norway on iTunes and follow us on Social Media (see the upper right on this page).
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Introduction (0 - :55)
* A brief overview
* Trip dates
* First trip home after two years.
The Trip Home (0:56 – 9:37)
* Gardermoen Airport
* Watching the movie: “The Founder,” telling the story of Ray Kroc and McDonald’s origins.
* Heightened security at EWR (Newark Intl. Airport).
* An overview on Delaware including some obscure Swedish-American history.
In the mid-1600’s Parts of Delaware, New Jersey and New York were Swedish.
* My experience at the Christiana Mall, named after Wilmington’s former Swedish namesake.
* Delaware’s modern-day claim to fame is no sales tax, compared to New York’s almost 9%, making the two-hour trip worth it.
* The change in the shopping experience. America is losing the service culture due to political correctness and body positivity.
Virginia (09:38 – 24:15)
* Crossing the “Mason-Dixon” line
* The Dukes of Hazzard
The gas station and convenient store at the Maryland – Virginia border
* The Virginia Eastern Shore
* The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel – a wonder of post-war civil engineering.
* Virginia Beach – arriving at my destination
* The Internet in America.
* The Pew Research Center found that 47 million Americans still do not have internet access.
* The Virginia Beach Oceanfront – one of the longest boardwalks in the world
A site for sore eyes – I was just in time for the monster truck show.
* The Moss Norway - Virginia Beach Connection
At 25TH Street & Oceanfront – There is a Norwegian story.
* Democracy is alive and well in America – a discussion on the abortion issue.
* It appears that it is easier to be a liberal in “Bannon Country” than a conservative in Scandinavia.
* The “TRIGGERED” Scandinavian vs. a “combative” Southerner discussion.
* Democracy’s needs.
* Apathy and being oblivious are the greatest threats to American democracy.
Part 2: New York City, New Jersey, and realizations, from the outside looking in.
Please Tune in next week for Part 2 and subscribe to Letters from Norway on iTunes and follow us on Social Media (see the upper right on this page).