Month: June 2006
Kragero
We disembarked from the ship at 9.00 am on Thursday 22nd, as it was to be turned around for another cruise starting in the afternoon. This meant waiting on the dock for an hour for our transfer to the airport and then another four hours for our flight to Oslo’s second airport at Sandefjord. Copenhagen […]
Read MoreFinal Days in the Baltic
So much has happened over the last few days and it is hard to keep this blog up to date. The basic problem is that the days are so long and as a result we are active for so many hors that it is hard to find time to record our doings. Our next port […]
Read MoreFinland & Sweden
Following our time in St Petersberg, we have made our way back to Finland & Sweden. On Saturday (14th), we spent a day in Helsinki, Sunday (15th) was in Stockholm and today (16th) we have been in Visby. Helsinki immediately struck us as a pleasant city. It was bright and sunny and the city is […]
Read MoreSt Petersburg
We arrived in St Petersburg yesterday at 6.30 am and what an interesting time the last two days have been. As we arrived into the port, we sailed down a very narrow channel and we could see a reef running only forty metres or so from the ship. We tied up at the wharf and […]
Read MoreBergen & Copenhagen
I have got a little behind with my updates as we have had long days and I just ran out of time to do any writing. Today we have a free morning while waiting to board our cruise ship at 1.00 pm this afternoon. Back to where I left off. On Thursday (June 2) we […]
Read MoreGeiranger Fjord
On Monday 5th, we drove from Lillehammer to Geiranger Fjord. It was a lovely sunny day. By lunch time we had reached the little village of Lom where we had a sandwich in the café and a look at the little stave church on the other side of the stream. Stave churches are traditional churches […]
Read MoreOslo
Friday was a very wasted day – spent entirely in travel. We left our hotel in Windsor at 9.30 am and finally arrived at our hotel in Oslo at 7.00 pm. That’s a long day for a two hour flight. Getting to Heathrow was relatively easy. We drove through Runnymeade, which I had no idea […]
Read MoreFinal Thoughts on UK
Now that i am the airport, I should summarise some of my observations about travelling around the UK as an Australian: 1. The countryside is very green – I understand that this May was the wettest May month since 1982 2. Driving a car here is easy but its bloody hard work to find a […]
Read MoreBack to Windsor
I’m now at the British Airways Club at Heathrowe Airport and waiting for our flight to Oslo. Yesterday, we drove from Stratford to Blenheim Palace (the home of the Duke of Marlbourough) and spent a few hours exploring this magnificant building and grounds. Oh, to be so wealthy and noble! I had forgotten all about […]
Read MoreCentral England
We left Edinburgh, which we really enjoyed, on Monday 29th and drove south to Jedburgh which was a very scenic town on the Scottish border. Apart from having a history of being raided by the English on many occassions, it had a great public toilet near the visitors centre. On paying 30p to a lady […]
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