Post 8

Today I do not have any news about me personally, but I would like to let you in on some gossip I heard.  It is news from the East, a place I have never been but am fascinated by.  I have heard that some of our Scandinavian brothers have traveled down rivers through the East towards a city called Constantinople.  The city was described as having amazing buildings with gold and colors of all kinds.  There is much art and riches there as well.  Apparently, he great Princess Olga went to meet their leader and outsmarted him when he tried to marry her.  Rumor has it that the city is very well defended, so mostly we trade will be conducted, not war.