- Day Nine
Today we got to sleep in a little. For Virginia and Linda this probably meant 6:30 and for Laura and Sara this meant 8:30. Then we were off to the ferry. (We bought the Oslo pass, which Posted by GabeGirls in Norway | Jun 24, 2009
- Day Eight
We went to the Vigeland sculpture museum when we first got into Oslo today. It took about an hour to walk through the sculpture gardens. Vigeland wanted to portray the circle of life. So all the sculptures Posted by GabeGirls in Norway | Jun 23, 2009
- Day Seven
Today we traveled to the the Resistance Museum at Vemork. This is where the Norwegians fought off the Nazi during WWII. We won't go into detail but I hear it is a good book and movie about it.
[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/216884/DSCN2494.jpg Posted by GabeGirls in Norway | Jun 22, 2009
- Day Six
We left the city early at 730AM and drove across the Kvamskogen mountain region to Norheimsund.
We made a short stop at the Steinsdalsfossen waterfall where only Sara was daring enough to walk behind the cascading water. She Posted by GabeGirls in Norway | Jun 21, 2009
- Day Five
We left early in the morning for Gudvangen at 745AM and (after lots of coffee) continued to the town of Flam.
We took the Flam Railway and saw the Flam valley and stopped at the Kjosfossen waterfall. There is Posted by GabeGirls in Norway | Jun 20, 2009
- Day Four
We traveled along the shores of Nordfjord, across the Utvik Mountains to Skei. From here we drove along Lake Jolster to Forde and across the Gaular Mountain and arrived at the ferry point at Dragsvik a little late because Posted by GabeGirls in Norway | Jun 19, 2009
- Day Three
This morning we drove along Nordfjord to Kjenndalsbreen glacier. It was a beautiful 20 min hike up to the glacier where we took this shot .
[img=http://photos.travell Posted by GabeGirls in Norway | Jun 18, 2009
- Day Two
We left Lillehammer and drove up the Gudbrandsdal valley to Otta. The view was awesome. Saw a river with some decent rapids.
From there we continued along the Vaagaa Lake to Lom. Al Posted by GabeGirls in Norway | Jun 17, 2009
- Day One
God dag! The flight on Iceland Air was fantastic; the food not so good. We watched the sunset and rise all within the same hour, which was really cool. This time of year up here the sun Posted by GabeGirls in Norway | Jun 16, 2009
- Oslo
I wanted to do a kind of wrap up on arriving in Norway, about coming back and starting up. Since I'm writing this retrospectively, Ill probably jump back and forth a bit...
Anyways, we got back, after 2 months worth of Posted by jhetland in Travelling Wakanoobies | Jun 12, 2009
- One Week Until We Leave
One week until my mom, Linda, my grandmother, Virginia, my sister, Laura, and I leave. Laura and I will try to keep this blog up to date while we are traveling. We leave Minneapolis on June Posted by GabeGirls in Norway | Jun 8, 2009
- Oslo - Norway
My friend Dale and I went on a weekend away mission to Oslo in Norway. The flights were a bargain with Ryanair offering them at £1 one way and £10 the other! Awesomeness! We stayed at the Thon Hotel Astoria Posted by LizaBrooks in Liza's Missions around the world | Jun 1, 2009
- Vi har bestilt tur
I dag har vi bestilt tur til Australia. Vi reiser ett år tidligere enn forventet, men vi fikk utrolig god pris på fly og 1 uke på hotell gjennom Australiareiser. Vi slo til og bestemte oss på ett døgn. Jørgen Posted by rangnes in Rangnes på tur | May 7, 2009
- Day 76
Oslo impressed us today. It was lively and bustling with lots of street music and activity. After breakfast at our hotel and a walk around we had lunch near the cathedral. We passed an area where about 20 or so Posted by EdAndJames in Coastin' Around | Apr 20, 2009
- Day 75
We felt right at home as we got up for breakfast on our ship this morning and the weather was beautiful too so we sat in the sunshine on the rear deck for a while. Since the weather was so Posted by EdAndJames in Coastin' Around | Apr 17, 2009
- Day 74
The boat arrived in Trondheim at 06:30 this morning and parked there for three and a half hours to allow people to have a good look around. We noticed this as it was blissfully quiet for 3 hours or so, Posted by EdAndJames in Coastin' Around | Apr 17, 2009
- Day 73
Well, yesterday's entry was a comedy of errors, wasn't it!? We'll try our best to do this one without a single typo.
This morning we again had breakfast amongst stunning views slowly passing by through the window. We'd sailed out of Posted by EdAndJames in Coastin' Around | Apr 16, 2009
- Day 72
Firstly, thanks so much to everyone for donating to Cancer Research on our page at http://www.justgiving.com/edandjames
The amount we have raised so far is very encouraging.
We awoke to the bright sunshine and some of the most amazing views we have Posted by EdAndJames in Coastin' Around | Apr 15, 2009
- Days 70 and 71
Tromsø, being in Norway, is very expensive, so we tried to find some supermarkets for lunch and dinner, but it being Easter Sunday there wasn't much open! In fact, there wasn't much of anything open. What we did find was Posted by EdAndJames in Coastin' Around | Apr 14, 2009
- Day 69
This morning we bought a couple of tickets for the coach trip up North to Tromsø. As we had lunch and waited for th Posted by EdAndJames in Coastin' Around | Apr 11, 2009
- Day 68
Woke up and looked out to see a black and white view of snow, trees and fog. Words like Tundra and Permafrost sprung to mind.
As it brightened up a little the clouds had that snowy yellow/ Posted by EdAndJames in Coastin' Around | Apr 10, 2009
- Testing, testing ... hører dere oss?
Vi sliter som få, ikke har vi hverken sekk eller pass. To ganske essensielle ting i backpackerlivet, men alt skal på plass nå i løpet av de siste dagene. Lister har vi hvertfall så hvis dere synes dere så noe Posted by L og P in Transsibirske og Forbi! | Mar 9, 2009
- Oslo to Bergen Journey
I have outlined two options to travel from Oslo to Bergen.
Option 1 - Oslo to Bergen – Oslo-Myrdal-Flåm-Balestrand-Bergen
Depart Oslo at 8:11am on the famed Oslo/Bergen Bergensbanen (http://www.nsb.no/home/) Railway through the Posted by travelonad in Travel on a dollar (well... not really!) | Mar 1, 2009
- Papirkaos
Ja.
Så skal eg på tur igjen.
Første avsløring før turen er at eg enda ikkje kan mit eige telefonnummer.
Brukt ein heil dag på å oversette fem setninger til engelsk.
Dårlig i engelsk sa du? Langt ifrå, berre ueffektiv.
Heia Ztine Posted by Ztine in På tur me Ztine | Feb 24, 2009
- The Dance Of The Spirits
It has always been my dream to see the Aurora Borealis, or the Northern Lights, and I have been listed it as one of my life list goal. This magical phenomenon has attracted me for years. The multi color display Posted by ristinw in My Travel Diary | Jun 12, 2009