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25 August 2017
The weather turned today. It was drizzling. I popped out to get some milk for my cereal and also a pastry for Kim. We had hoped to do a walking tour of Old Town but decided against it in view of the wet weather. Instead, we thought we’d do something indoor like a museum. The […]
24 August 2017
Oslo Sightseeing We had time for a walking tour at 1000 before having to check out at 1200. It would be tight but we gave it a shot. We met at the “tiger” statue near the railway station. A large group gathered and an American guide turned up. He was OK, but not wonderful. What […]
23 August 2017
The alarm rang at 0530 and we were out the door at 0615 for the short walk to the station. The train to Oslo left at 0648 taking 7h30 approximately. We had paid extra NOK90 for Komfort Class which gave us freeflow coffee/tea. The price was equivalent to just three drinks so that was well […]
22 August 2017
Pulpit Rock Cruise We had made some sandwiches to take along on our excursion to Pulpit Rock (Preikestolen). It was a 1000 departure. The man on the pier didn’t check carefully that we were booked on the cruise-and-hike and I had to ask the next person regarding the ticket for the bus rides. These were […]
21 August 2017
While we needed only a day in Stavanger for what we wanted to do, I had a day of rest and in case of weather. Following the weather forecast, we allowed today as the rest day and tomorrow (in anticipation of good weather) would be for going to Pulpit Rock. The town is nice enough, […]
20 August 2017
Transport to the Schonefeld airport turned out as planned (despite the relative complexity compared to a normal day when a non-stop or one-stop service was available). The 0549 bus connected well to the suburban train which delivered us to the airport around 0715 for our 0910 Norwegian flight to Stavanger. It was cool in Berlin […]
19 August 2017
While I’m not much of a museum person, I really wanted to go the Pergamon Museum on Museum Island (which is home to several). I had tried pre-booking but there were only afternoon slots left and that didn’t suit me. So we turned up early to avoid the queues. Getting there at 0940, there was […]
18 August 2017
I woke at 0730 and wandered to the nearest supermarket which was inside the station. I got some soya milk (in case my tummy didn’t like dairy in its current state) to go on my muesli. We had a 1000 free walking tour booked from Brandenburg gate. Armed with an all-day Zone AB ticket (EUR7) […]
17 August 2017
Above: Palermo Cathedral. Laundry day After a really bad night sleep (4 hours) of going to the loo with some diarrhoea, I thought it would be good to take another loperamide capsule (in addition to the one through the night). I was less bloated after 6 days but confidence was down, not knowing when I […]
16 August 2017
We had the day to explore the sights of Palermo. First up was the Catacomb of the Capuchins. A couple of wrong turns made the short drive into a long one (distance-wise but not too bad time-wise as it was largely on highway). Arriving at the Catacomb, we had someone ask for protection money for […]