A night on The Strip

My plans for my easter holidays get more and more real. Just booked a night in Las Vegas… 5 stars it has to be… ARIA Resort & Casino. Used Expedia to book. Like to have the possibility to cancel the booking until the dy before!    

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TOS and ALF

This is not Star Trek the Original series or the furry guy from the planet Melmac… SAS came out with som good point offers for bonus customers. Bergen, Longyearbyen, Tromsø and Alta are on offer for 5000 Eurobonus points for a retur ticket (that is 50 % saved) and you only pay taxes and fees….

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Last day in Paris

One last day in Paris. Getting up early to get a french breakfeast. Hopping onto a train, getting of a place, changing to another train and getting out where many get out (a nice way to explore a city). Found a nice bakery and bought a Croissant and a Cafe au lait, sitting on the…

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Raindrops keep falling on my head…

After leaving the Eiffel Tower, the weather got very anoying. My plan was to get to La Defense which is a newer businiess area and should have been a good opportunity to take some photos. Unfortunately, it was raining, and raining, and raining. When I got there, I took a look around, but escaped into…

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#FIRSTINLINE

Today I wanted to be a real tourist again and visit the Eiffel Tower. As I was told yesterday, standing in line is on thing you have to be prepared to do. But coming early might get you a chance to get in faster. The information I got was, that the tower opens at 9…

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Keep walking…

Not that the fitst day was over. Far from it. To get most out of the long weekend I booked another tour with Sandemanns – the Montmartre Tour. Meetin at 18:00 opposit to the Moulin Rouge – there were some “few” tourists around. The group was large and Onno from the Netherlands was difficult to understand…

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I’m melting away…

First day in Paris. Great weather. Meeting for the collective walk to the starting point of the Sandemanns Free Paris walk. A little bit of tube-hopping and at Saint Michele there were quiet a lot of people. Our guide was Nancy from the UK that did a great job walking us around the main sights…

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Arrival

Interesting airport – terminal one is round with a lot of funny escalators. Priority luggage means it comes out last… That is why you pay extra. But bothing to complain… Got sparkling vine and Barcardi Cola on the plane – plus some food. Then you are confromted with a language that is fairly unknown to me….

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Up up and away

And now it has begun. On my way to Paris. Enjoying the waiting in the SAS Lounge at Oslo airport Gardermoen wirh sole food, drinks and quietness… In Paris 19:30 and hope to get to the hostel not too late. The day tomorrow will start with a walking tour theough Paris and an evenig walking…

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