Sunday- Harstad After a long and very tiring day I changed my plans to drive another big tour on Sunday. I slept in and that was what I needed. So today it will be a tour in Harstad and the surrounding areas, just taking it easy and do some geocaching. Harstad on a Sunday is…
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The day started early because I have a lot of driving to do. The plan is quite simple. I start in Harstad, drive down to Å at the southern tip og Lofoten and then work my way back to Harstad. The Trip is 296 km one way and it is calculated to tak 4.5 hours…
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Not just sitting around in your house, while there is still something to explore out there? Not me! Even not being able to get out of the country at the moment, that doesn’t mean I am not going places. My plan was to visit the Spiel Essen fair in Germany this weekend and at the…
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As you all have found out in a way or another, traveling is not really possible at the moment. I wrote earlier about the trip to Japan which was – you guessed right – canceled. The only smart thing to to. I think I lost about 200 Euro in fees, but all the other expenses…
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The last weeks I have followed the information about the new virus in the media, since Japan is considered a country with ongoing spreading. As the virus is not that dangerous for the vast majority of the population, I see no reasons to cancel my trip to Japan. I think a good measure of common…
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Time to start planning the details of my trip. As mentioned before, I had to reroute my flights because of the virus situation in China. And I had the right feeling… all SAS flights to mainland China are canceled. I think I got lucky acting early and finding good flights. I have five different legs…
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Why didn’t we chose to go to St. Petersburg? That would have been a much easier task to get in, since they offer a free electronic (online) visa for tourists. But nor for the rest of the country. It seems, that in Norway you have 3 options. Going to the visa center in either Oslo…
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Let’s start With the reference to a catchy but otherwise totally stupid German song. 🙂 The destination for the 2020 guys trip is confirmed. This year – after no trip last year – the destination is Moscow, Russia in May. Why go to Russia… go question. Started with Sheepy and me talking about it, watching…
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Ok… it is a Podcast for special interests – hunting for bonus points, especially Eurobonus points (SAS). But never the less. 😀 The guys tried to save as many points at it takes to travel around the world on first class. A nice challenge. I had not listened to the podcast for a while –…
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Many will have noticed, how the situation in China is changing after the Corona-Virus is spreading. Many airlines have stopped flying to China and governments are getting their citizens home. For me that added an uncertainty to my travel plans in March, which I was not willing to accept. So my option was to cancel…
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