We have had a fantastic couple of days in Bergen. On Monday we had a leisurely walk around the town, which is a mixture of modern concrete buildings and beautifully painted timber clad houses situated along narrow cobbled streets, tucked away from the main roads, high density but highly colourful living! It’s a tiny place though so it didn’t take too long to get our bearings, so we took the funicular railway up to Fløyen one of the seven mountains which surround Bergen (and more importantly the only one with a railway to get you up it!) Wonderful panoramic views from [View Full Entry]

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Hi All! We have arrived safely in (incredibly sunny) Bergen although today would appear to be a bank holiday so its all closed! The train journey to Newcastle was fine (thanks for the packed Lunch Mum!) and we managed to traverse newcastle to make the ferry in plenty of time. As we left the mysterious 'fog on the Tyne' appeared but fortunately no Gazza or Lindisfarne for which we are eternally thankful. The North Sea was smooth as you like all the way across but the fog continued so our first sight of land came quite abruptly. Followed by a few [View Full Entry]

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Yo! Tenkte vi skulle lage vårs en slik en reisblog til å notere litt sprell vi gjør i løpet av de 4 ukene vi skal være borte i Vietnam, Kambååddja og Thailand (Bangkok). Tenkte å finne ut hvordan detta funker før vi reiser. So far so good! Tida flyr og det er ikke mange dagene igjen til vi reiser. (Er vel noen som har bedre kontroll enn meg på akkurat hvor mange dager det er til en hver tid..hehe) Nå er det også kun én vaksine igjen og ta, før vi er good to go, og kan menge oss med hunder [View Full Entry]

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Ja, så er tiden kommet for etterord. Jeg satt på do i sted, og tenkte: "Hmm.... jeg savner den asiatiske bidét-dusjen ved siden av toalettet. Minn meg på at jeg vil ha en sånn bidét-dusj når jeg selv bygger bad, Lindis." Så tenkte jeg at jeg skulle skrive noen etterord i bloggen. 1. mai er en tom dag uansett. Hva annet kan jeg vel fylle den med? Jeg heter Lindis Solvang, født i 77, og gammel nok til å innrømme at jeg faktisk foretrekker dorullen med drakanten ut fra veggen. Før, når jeg har vært på reise, og der ikke har [View Full Entry]

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I am so moved by the generous donations to the fundraiser page www.justgiving.com/cazandsteve, we are up to nearly £600 already!! Again, particularly touching are those donations made my old friends and colleagues of our Mum who remember Dot from back in the 70s, she was a special person xx [View Full Entry]

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We are up to just over £400 raised so far, this is wonderful in such a short time. We are so encouraged that our friends and family are so generous and supportive. Our Dad has even been in touch with old friends and colleagues of our Mum, and many of them have kindly donated. It is very touching to have so much support. It also made me realise just what a big thing we are doing. Thanks all so far..... Caroline [View Full Entry]

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Hi again, I was really excited to discover Norway for the first time in Stavanger. I had a transit in Amsterdam and was amazed by this beautiful airport, the nicest I have ever seen since I travel. Huge and quite a nice dynamic and atmosphere. I saw a great quote on one jetway and discover it on the photo slide....you will understand how women are so important on this earth !! LOL I was there for a business meeting which went really well and finalised a great interesting project. As it finished not too late, I had the opportunity to visit [View Full Entry]

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12th April 2008 would have been our Mum's 60th birthday so we decided this was the day we would book the trip. We met up for some dinner and drinks then went back to book online. We booked with http://www.acrossthedivide.com on an Open Event, and after wrangling with the online booking form (which apparently is quite new), we registered and then went out for yet more alcohol. Steve is far too excited and is losing sleep even though it's 10 months away. He's even changed his desktop wallpaper to 16 different pictures of the Northern lights. I am just simply teriffied! [View Full Entry]

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Hello all! I know, I know it has been FOREVER since I have written. I kinda forgot about this travel blog. Well I have survived spring break! My first destination was Copenhagen. There were five of us who met up in Copenhagen. I was being cheap so my flight was an hour before everyone else's. So I left at I think 3:20 am by the taxi and then got on the train to Oslo. It was kinda nice to travel alone and take a breather before I began the week. After I got to the airport I cut it super close [View Full Entry]

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Back “home” in Oslo for a little over a week. Tommy was waiting in the arrival lounge, buying himself a coffee when I came through. It was really good to see him. He had his car just outside and it didn’t take long to get to it and get on our way to his place. It was especially nice that he left the office early in order to get me. Once at his place I just hung out as I filled him and Napat in on the adventures of late. I joined in a shopping trip for food in Groenland and [View Full Entry]

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