Summer 16 Wrap Up, Part 1
 
  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...