One of the thrills of traveling is experiencing new unexpected treats. We have travel led extensively over the last few weeks, and happened one day to be in a very charming museum. [Sunnmore open air museum in Alesund, Norway].
This museum has furnished houses from previous times, moved from their original location to Sunnmore. It also has boats from many different eras, and reconstructions of Viking ships, along with artifacts from ancient times.
Many of the houses are raised on rocks, so that they do not touch the ground, and the roofs are covered with peat, with grass and shrubs growing on them.
We visited on our own, and the place had few visitors at the time! A great discovery for us, is that in one house... Cindy and I found
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a birching spray, whose only purpose was to birch someone. Cindy eagerly picked it up, and turned to me, nodded, with a look that shouted: BARE YOUR BOTTOM IMMEDIATELY.
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I readily complied, and Cindy gave me about five strokes with the birch, each a bit harder than the previous as she found her rhythm, but then stopped, as we did not want to damage the implement, nor be discovered.
In retrospect, no one was around, and we should have used it extensively, and then left the somewhat broken spray with a $20 dollar bill, that would have delighted whoever that would have to make another.
They could even build a little cottage industry, by providing a birch spray, and privacy for thirty minutes, at a reasonable price to visitors.
http://spankingart.org/wiki/Birching (this artwork shows our enthusiasm)
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and one photo of the birch
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enjoy your travels
bottoms up
Red
This museum has furnished houses from previous times, moved from their original location to Sunnmore. It also has boats from many different eras, and reconstructions of Viking ships, along with artifacts from ancient times.
Many of the houses are raised on rocks, so that they do not touch the ground, and the roofs are covered with peat, with grass and shrubs growing on them.
We visited on our own, and the place had few visitors at the time! A great discovery for us, is that in one house... Cindy and I found
In retrospect, no one was around, and we should have used it extensively, and then left the somewhat broken spray with a $20 dollar bill, that would have delighted whoever that would have to make another.
They could even build a little cottage industry, by providing a birch spray, and privacy for thirty minutes, at a reasonable price to visitors.
http://spankingart.org/wiki/Birching (this artwork shows our enthusiasm)
bottoms up
Red