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Re: Joyous Miseries - Mount Gausta & Verne´s own drawings

From: Per Johan Moe <per.johan~at~moe-vi.no>
Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 15:58:37 +0200
To: jvf~at~gilead.org.il, haroldmania~at~yahoo.se

Peter,
you are right, in reminding us about the actual feeling of spending time while 'getting there' -
-the journey itself.
As to how much quicker it is possible to travel (from anywhere) to the Gausta Mountain nowadays
- have a look at my webpage where Verne´s own drawings from his 1861-journey are displayed:
 Included on this page is a google interactive streetview + map, which 'zooms' any viewer directly to Dale, Rjukan and Gausta:
http://wp.me/Pad3Q-R0 (quick-link to JV.no)
.
best regards, Per Johan
www.jules-verne.no
celebrating the 150 yrs
1861-2011
.
[PS if interested;
when 'inside' the embedded Google viewer, it is also possible (if the Jawa-script runs smoothly on the computer)
- to turn around 180 degrees, and then on the left hand side can be seen the actual site where The Inn at Dal stood in the 1860ies, now it is replaced by the 'Maar' powerplant.
more 'guiding' on request ;-)  ] 


----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Harold <haroldmania~at~yahoo.se>
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Sent: Thu, 5 May 2011 09:39:11 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: Joyous Miseries

Many thanks, Bill!   This is great, as it is now 150 years ago he went to this journey in Scandinavia.   Now I do know why there aren't any great novels like Jules Verne's anymore: he had weeks to travel from Stockholm to Gausta Mountain - myself only need less than 15 hours by car. Weeks of wonderful impressions beats the way we travel today. Eventhough he had a lot of armchair traveling when writing his novels, the journey itself was important in the novel.    Best regards, Peter Harold     --- Den ons 2011-05-04 skrev wbutcher <wbutcher~at~netvigator.com>: Från: wbutcher <wbutcher~at~netvigator.com> Ämne: Joyous Miseries Till: "'Jules Verne Forum'" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il> Datum: onsdag 4 maj 2011 16:06 Dear All,   I am pleased to announce that I?ve published my translation, with critical apparatus, of Joyous Miseries of Three Travellers in Scandinavia on http://www.ibiblio.org/julesverne/JoyousMiseriescompact.pdf. A revised edition, incorporating constructive comments and suggestions, will be available shortly.       Best wishes,   Bill http://www.ibiblio.org/julesverne/   1A, Kai Kuk Shue Ha, Luk Keng, North District, NT, HONG KONG

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