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The Fretheim Hotel

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Adele D. Oliver

Community Manager, Lotusland, Canada

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The Fretheim Hotel

in "downtown" Flåm with its beautiful gardens .... it is a refurbished 1800s manor house to which has been added a modern wing ....

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MHC lamborn 07/10/2023 21:39
The Times They Are a-Changin’

In 1982, I had one of the most significant experiences of my life on the terrace of Fretheim Hotel.
Back then, Flåm was a pretty quiet place, still spared from the cruise ships.
We were 5 young men from Germany who were chatting lively about the next upcoming days of our vacation, when we heard from the street the loud shouting and screaming of a woman of about fifty. We didn't understand her Norwegian, but since we were the only guests outside, we first thought that we had simply become too loud.
But the woman didn't calm down at all and ended up sobbing in despair.
Other passers-by who had become aware of the situation tried to calm her down and gently pulled her away.
We were at a loss and turned to the waitress in English.
She explained to us, as a child the woman had come to Flam at the end of the war.She was the only survivor of a small settlement in Norwegian Finnmark.
Her whole family had been murdered by German troops when they retreated from Finnmark in 1944.
Almost fourty years later, the woman couldn't stand our loud German conversation.
I will never forget this woman

/Michael
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- Adele D. Oliver 08/10/2023 2:26
  thank you so much for relating this story, Michael .... so sad !!!! I had a similar experience when laying in the hospital with the birth of my 2nd child. German friends came to visit, we talked - but there was a Jewish woman in the other bed, and she said she had nightmares after the visit having heard the German spoken so clearly because she had lost relatives in the war (this happened in 1968 here in Canada).
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a. segura 2 30/08/2023 14:03
buena y colorida perspectiva ,saludos
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Anke Egelseer 28/08/2023 14:47
klasse mit den herrlichen rosen im vordergrund
lg anke
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Fran Gonzalez Carbonell 23/08/2023 0:13
Precioso jardín
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Matthias Getto 22/08/2023 22:14
This garden invites you to stay. Beautiful with the flowers and lawns.
Best regards
Matthias
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manfred.art 22/08/2023 17:26
eine sehr angenehme umgebung, wunderschön von dir fotografiert, herzlichst manfred
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ibiART 22/08/2023 16:58
A garden for the senses and for rose lovers.
Greetings, Ibi
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Pilaber 22/08/2023 7:41
A nice composition with the beautiful roses in the foreground, a refreshing picture.
Warm regards, Patrice
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CHOISNET Christiane 21/08/2023 21:08
Beautiful views of the hotel through its gardens and climbing roses. Chris.
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Alfred Photo 21/08/2023 20:25
Sieht ja sehr gepflegt aus
Klasse Durchblick

VG
Alfred
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Helga Noll 21/08/2023 13:48
Eine Augenweide...
und zum Bewohnen bestimmt auch nicht schlecht :-)
Schön aufgenommen, liebe Adele.
Gruß Helga
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Carlo.Pollaci 21/08/2023 7:15
Il giardino delle delizie. Tutto molto bello.
Ciao
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Odette LEFEBVRE 20/08/2023 23:45
Magnifique avec toutes ces roses très bon shoot bises
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JOKIST 20/08/2023 22:28
Eine feine Fotoarbeit -
KOMPLIMENT und Daumen hoch!

Ingrid und Hans
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Axel Sand 20/08/2023 21:08
Wonderfull, Adele.
Wish you a nice week.
Warm regards
Axel
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