A wet weekend in Bergen

Friday it was back to Bergen at the Norwegian west coast. Some month ago, I found some cheap airline tickets and the trip was booked. Leaving directly from work – hand luggage only – to catch the flight at 17:10. 45 minutes to Oslo and a 45 minutes layover before the 45 minute flight to…

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Upcomming trips

The year is coming to an end but there are still some travel opportunities. As of today, there are 4 planned trips Bergen (10/2018) – private weekend Krakow (11/2018) – union conference Oslo (12/2018) – private weekend Düsseldorf (12/2018) – Christmas holidays And then there is 2019 🙂 Planning ongoing   I plan to post a little…

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Holidays 2019 – 21.800 km in the air

I know it is early… but I found some nice award flights an couldn’t hold back. As of today, my main holidays for 2019 are booked with one small “maybe”. It is an Easter holiday again. Best value for money/holidays. It will include stays in Paris, Calgary (Canada), Seattle, Portland and Chicago (all USA). But…

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Another long weekend in Stockholm

When a friend of mine send a message that he was “homesick” to go to Stockholm it didn’t take long time to make a decision. We hadn’t seen each other in some years and we found a weekend we both had time – only three weeks from when we got the idea. After we both…

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Some coming up trips this summer

Summer is here in Norway. Everybody is going on holiday, but I am sitting at work. That is what happens when you use most of your days off early in the year. No regrets there. 🙂 But I cannot just sit at home and wait for everybody to come back. I want to have a…

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Two days in Tromsø

Friday/Saturday, April 27/29 2018 It only has been 4 days since my last trip. Now I am on tour to the general assembly of Norway’s architects union in Tromsø. The assembly is hold every second year and this time I am invited as a guest since I didn’t get elected as a representative for my…

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A weekend in Bergen – Day 3

Sunday, April 22 2018 Last day in Bergen. After a good breakfast we pack our bags and check out of the hotel. The luggage is put into the store room (we don’t want to carry the bags around). And we leave for our morning activity. We have some time so Simon leads the way up…

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A weekend in Bergen – Day 2

Saturday, April 21 2018 After a bad night we take a late start and go down to breakfast at 10:00. The hotel has a great breakfast buffet in my opinion. Liked it very much and had a good start in the day. Our plan for the morning is a tour up to Fløyen with the…

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A weekend in Bergen – Day 1

Friday, April 20 2018 Only at home for 1 1/2 days and off I go again. But this time it is only partly my fault. Let’s summon up how this happened and rewind to December 2017 (shortened version): Simon: Wanna see Jimmy Carr live in Ålesund on Saturday, 21st April? Me: Sure! Simon: It is…

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New Zealand – Day 23 – Vienna to Oslo

Tuesday, April, 17 2018 After arriving from Istanbul you have to get back to the Schengen area, that means you have to get through passport control and a new security check. I have the short time of 45 minutes to catch my Austrian Airlines flight. That should be possible. Walking fast I get to the…

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