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Hello from Lorenzo, an Italian living in Norway!

I discovered fountain pens about 2 years ago and fell in love with them. Well, I did know they existed before that, but I had no clue about the astounding range of options available today... so of coooourse I had to delve deep down the rabbit hole. Watching video reviews on Youtube I then discovered channels of people who repair fountain pens, which captivated me... because isn't it cool to bring back to its former splendor an object marked by many for destruction? I read and read (Google has sent me often to the FPN for answers) and watched and watched, then decided to buy some equipment (Pendragons, local hardware stores) and a bunch of old pens (eBay) to learn the craft. I'll certainly have tons of questions as I dissect pens and scrutinise their interiors! I'll also share with you my knowledge, though limited right now, because that's the fun of sharing a passion.

Besides loving fountain pens, I'm a data scientist, editor (English), and swimming instructor with a PhD in Engineering Cybernetics.

See you around!

 

Lorenzo

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Welcome to FPN.  We hope to get to Norway this late-winter/early-spring.  Looking forward to that trip.

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9 hours ago, Surlyprof said:

Welcome to FPN.  We hope to get to Norway this late-winter/early-spring.  Looking forward to that trip.

 

So cool! Do you know what cities/locations you'll hit?

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8 hours ago, loref said:

 

So cool! Do you know what cities/locations you'll hit?


Still in the planning stages but, tentatively, we’re considering spending a few days in Stockholm, taking a train up to the north coast to view the Northern Lights and then working back down the coast maybe flying out of Bergen or Oslo.  We are finding that travel in Norway is taking a little more planning than other countries we’ve been.  The fjords as well as so many cities and towns sound interesting that we have to carefully think through what we can and can’t see in one visit.  Sounds like a boat may be the best way to see the fjords.  We usually like to pick only a small number of destinations and just stay there to really experience them.  Only spending one or two days in any destination is not our usual way of traveling unless we are hitting a specific destination for just one or two historic sites (my wife’s an Art Historian).

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