BUT A POOR REFLECTION: Jan Mayen - One more friendly reply

Sunday, February 25, 2007

Jan Mayen - One more friendly reply

Johan Hustadnes replied to my email about his expedition to Jan Mayen:

Hi Paul and thanks for your mail. Nice to see that you take interest in this beautiful island. Your blog is very nice. I think Dutch people have some kind of addiction to wild nature, I keep meeting them on strange places. You might have found my personal website before, but anyway, there is more about Jan Mayen. Keep up the good work! Johan :)

Yes, Johan, the Dutchies are everywhere ;-) Even in the wild wild world of the blogosphere! And - I hate to admit - i have been to Finland, Sweden and Denmark, but not to Norway yet. I know, I know, I must visit your beautiful country soon, but maybe I am just saving the best for last. But I will surely visit your website again. Thanks for your kind reply, my friend.

Check out Johan's website here!

2 comments:

Vicki said...: The photos in his website are incredibly beautiful. Unfortunately, I'm unable to read the text. Thank you for the link!; 2/27/2007 2:32 am
Vicki said...: Oops...I found the "English" button on his blog. Thank you, again, Paul, for this link.; 2/27/2007 2:36 am

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