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Summer 16 Wrap Up, Part 1

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2016 Summer Travel Map - Country Names in French This summer I visited 13 countries in total. They were: France Norway* Denmark* Sweden* Finland* Estonia* Latvia* Lithuania* Poland* Slovakia* Austria Germany England Nine (*) were new country visits, bringing my total number of foreign countries visited to 34. SUMMER 2016 HIGHLIGHTS - Part 1 Finishing a Marathon in the Arctic Circle By far the biggest highlight of this summer was completing a marathon in Tromsø, Norway, on June 18th/19th. Running a full marathon has been a life goal and when I decided to run this particular race, I also decided to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. In total, I raised over $3100 and I finished the race injury free! Crossing the line at 12:43am during the Midnight Sun Marathon in Tromsø.  Eating Everything in Scandinavia (aka - "I Like Hotdogs Now") Crab Roll at Magnus Nilsson's food stall at Teatern, Stockholm. After leaving Nor