Vänersborg and home

Leaving IKEA after a 3 hour shopping spree I finally booked a hotel in the small city of Vänersborg north-east of Gothenburg. Been there before, so nothing really new here. Found the Best Western Arena hotel near the city center at a price for 590 SEK. Acceptable. And again, Waze showed me the way in the…

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4 guys 1 ferry

This years travel calender is filling up nicely. We just made plans for the Pentecost weekend, which includes monday as a legal holiday. Leaving on Saturday and coming back on Tuesday, just one extra day is “lost”. No holidays left to use this year. The tour goes to Copenhagen, Denmark. An international group from Norway,…

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Day trip to Vilnius, Lithuania

I am going to Stockholm around Easter and I thought about what to do in Stockholm. I have been there so many times and I like to do new stuff combined with known. One day of activity followed by a day of rest and doing little. First I thought about a day trip either to Åland…

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Traveling 2017

The plans for 2017 are made and confirmed. It will be an exciting year. April: Dortmund/Germany (9 days) – SAS April: Stockholm/Sweden (7 days) – SAS Mai: Torshavn/Færørerne (4 days) – SAS June: Copenhagen/Denmark (2 days) – Norwegian and DFDS Seaways August: Dortmund/Germany (3 days) – SAS September: Stockholm/Sweden (3 days) – Car October: Hongkong/China (8…

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Future travels

After coming home from the US, I have to think about new places to go. Some of them are already booked, others are in planning. Until now these are my plans: A short weekend trip to Düsseldorf, Germany to attend the wedding of friends (August 2016) A weekend in Oslo, Norway to watch the qualification match…

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Geocaching extreme

Just home from work on Friday, a friend called and told me to cancel all my plans for the weekend. We are working on a geocaching challenge (www.geocaching.com) where we have to find one cache in every municipality of the county of More and Romsdal. We started in the evening with our first stop in…

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Grand Canyon)

Pick up at the hostel at 7 am. Small bus with 10 people. Starting to Sedona. Our driver Bruce tells us a lot about Arizona, the nature, the landscape. To much to repeat everything. But it is impressive. We will climb up to 2700 meters at the Grand Canyon. Can not wait to see it….

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Volunteer failure with good outcome

Early flights ar not a good thing. But but… Bus transfer to the terminal. Some discussions t the checkin counter becuse my confirmation states clearly, that I do not have to pay for my first checked in bag. The woman wanted me to pay $25. I the end I won and the supervisor said she…

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Travel day LAX – SFO

Travel day. fternoon flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Starting the day with packing, and my “hand-luggage-only” trip is over. The clothes fit into my bag and new backpack – ish. I have o get a cheap travel bag in Phoenix. Otherwise I have a problem, because ore clothes are comming soon. After a…

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Baywatch

What to do on a sunny day? Skipping breakfast and going down to Santa Monic Pier – just had to take the geocache there. Before opening hours it is quiet. Only few people there. Nice waves at the beach. Nice and warm. With help of the app YELP! I found a good bicycle rental close…

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