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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Long time not post. The new year is already here and I did not do a post in a long time. After my trip to Argentina, I had a long weekend in Hamburg visiting av friend of mine and his family. Had a great time – it had been some years. My union took me…
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Time to leave Argentina and go back to the cold north. After a last breakfast at the Savoy hotel – which I can really recommend, both because of the quality and the location – the taxi driver is getting me at the hotel. The drive to the international airport is about 25 Euro and seems…
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My last full day in this interesting city. One week is enough to get an idea of the city, but you cannot explore everything. But today, I start with breakfast at the hotel. That means, that I didn’t sleep as long as I hoped to do. But 8:30 is OK. I have a lot of…
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