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Saturday, January 19, 2019

Mac the Rack, Moose Statue Height Contest



Norwegian Flag. From Wikipedia.

Canadian Flag. From Wikipedia.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose

Canada had the world's biggest elk or moose.
Now Norway has built a bigger one, to warn motorists to beware of animals on the road.

It is a real problem, not just on the road.

The rack means the antlers.They are for fighting other animals. But you would not want to confront a moose either. The moose, even without antlers, is huge. It is not good for humans, nor their cars.

At a chateau hotel in Canada on a hillside (not the lovely one at Lake Louise down by the waterside) I was confronted by a moose at the car park exit. I was supposed to be bringing my wheel along bag, which slowed my progress, following my husband who had dashed into reception ahead of a coach party to try to get a bedroom or a restaurant table. He wondered where I was.

Eventually a car drove up and the moose moved.

If you like seeing or photographing statues, or just reading about them, here they are.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46913318

Travel information, see: (maps, flags, photos and websites will be added later.)
Canada
Norway
Wikipedia
Wikitravel
Wikivoyage

If you want to learn Norwegian before your trip, or just for fun or out of curiosity go to Duolingo.
https://www.duolingo.com/course/no-BO/en/Learn-Norwegian-Bokm

Norwegian Airlines.


Author
Angela Lansbury
See my other posts on Norwegian budget airline and sites in Canada such as the mural which gets covered by the rising tide and then revealed again.

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