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The Best Mushroom Growing Kit - Eat Your Words Review
Did you know that you can grow your own oyster mushrooms using some of your favourite books?
Usually found growing outside, oyster mushrooms typically feed on dead and dying trees. As book pages are essentially a type of wood, they make tasty food for growing oyster mushrooms, and provide a great way of reusing any unwanted books.
And yes, you can eat them too!
Welcome to the Viking Skaga - one of Viking Cruises’ noble river ships. She takes her name from an ancient Norse myth, where the Valkyrie Skaga rode into battle and escorted the dead to Valhalla, before preparing them to fight in the epic battle of Ragnarok.
A relatively new ship, the Viking Skaga only entered the fleet in 2020. At just 410 feet and carrying 168 guests and 48 crew, she was built specifically to sail down the Seine in France, although the specific itinerary will vary depending on the time of year. I was fortunate enough to join the ship for her week long Christmas on the Seine cruise, which starts and ends in Paris, calling at Vernon, Caudebec-en-Caux, Rouen, Honflour (via an excursion) and Les Andelys along the way.