Finally two weeks of holidays. Spending 9 days in Germany and 6 days in Stockholm. Starting from the airport at 10 am has some advantages. You can “sleep in” – at least more than taking the 7 am flight and take the cheaper bus (1/10th of the taxi price). Hoping for some better weather home…
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Zoom-lenses I own two zoom lenses. One for everyday (24-70) and one that I use more and more for (telephoto and ultra-wide). I combine both Tamron and the original Canon lenses. Tamron offers very good quality for what I need (and can do with it) with a more affordable price tag. The Tamron is the only one…
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I did it once more. Again I used my lunch break to dream about travelling. Unfortunately I found a cheap flight from Stockholm to Helsinki in Finland. There is not much more to say. I booked it. April 20th 2017 starting at 8:45, returning at 20:40. That gives me a nice day in the Finish…
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As always I like to start thinking early about travel yo get the best information and the best deals. But this time I started of with a bit of a dilemma. Where to go for my big birthday tour next year (Easter 2018)? I had an idea of going to Brisbane, Australia for three weeks. Including…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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