Greetings from Gothenburg
28 Julai 2024, Sweden ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
We arrived in Gothenburg about 36 hours after leaving home and taking a fog-delayed flight to Sydney, a flight to Singapore and another to Copenhagen and then a train to Gothenburg. Being too early toBaca lagi
Day 2 Gothenburg
29 Julai 2024, Sweden ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Two tourist quests of the day were assessing the merits of the Hop-on Hop-off bus and finding the city fortress. Two features of the HoHo bus were waiting a lot and walking a lot. You see, GothenburgBaca lagi
Day 3 Gothenburg
30 Julai 2024, Sweden ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
The feature of today was that it was not Monday, which meant that art galleries and museums were open. So we took in the Art Museum and the City Museum. Tick. Tick.
The weather has been good. Just aBaca lagi
On to Oslo
31 Julai 2024, Norway ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Another day, another country.
But before moving on from Gothenburg, a story of interest.
Bruce Springsteen attracted a record crowd for his gig at the football stadium. He had the place jumping soBaca lagi
Cultural and maritime day
1 Ogos 2024, Norway ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Yeah, things are a bit dear here in Oslo. Like $7 for a coffee - which is good but not great. And don't get me started on alcohol, the sale of which must be regulated by the Temperance League. MakesBaca lagi
More around Oslo
2 Ogos 2024, Norway ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Gee there's a lot to do in Oslo.
Being local transport experts, we took 2 buses to Vigeland Park where sculptures by Gustav Vigeland featured in a quite large formal parkland. He was prolific andBaca lagi
How much Oslo can u pack in?
3 Ogos 2024, Norway ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
How much Oslo can you pack in - especially if, like me, you have the absorption rate of a saturated sponge?
We started out, of course, on a quest for coffee but the place is dead on a Saturday beforeBaca lagi
Iceland
4 Ogos 2024, Iceland ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Another day, another country.
An early start to catch the nearly 3 hr flight to Reykjavik. The airport is over 50k out of town as it was built by the Americans for their purposes in the war.
FirstBaca lagi
Golden circle
5 Ogos 2024, Iceland ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Today we had a good time on a small bus tour of the Golden Circle - the main attractions out of Reykjavik. The driver had an Italian, Polish, Icelandic accent - with perhaps a trace of Scottish -Baca lagi
South coast
6 Ogos 2024, Iceland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Today, another small bus tour-- this time to the South Coast from Reykjavik. Waterfalls, glaciers (no geezers), puffins, black sand beaches - to name a few of the highlights.
We had Melbourne weather.Baca lagi
Sue's photos
6 Ogos 2024, Iceland ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Here are some of Sue's photos from the past 2 days.
Onto the ship
8 Ogos 2024, Iceland ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Yesterday, Reykjavik had its summer - warm, sunny, no wind. Yesterday, summer finished. Today, it is doona-with-sleeves weather.
We went up the tower of the (Lutheran) church yesterday morning and gotBaca lagi
Isafjordur
9 Ogos 2024, Iceland ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Pulled up in Isafjordur, a town of about 4,000 on the western fiords. We went on an excursion, which was good enough without being highly enriching. The town itself was pretty sleepy.
One thing ofBaca lagi
Akureyri
10 Ogos 2024, Iceland ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
We moved on overnight to Akureyri, a major town of about 20,000 in the north, although we didn't see much of it as we went on a very good all-day tour.
First stop was Godafoss (God's Waterfall).Baca lagi
Seydisfjordur
11–19 Ogo 2024, Iceland ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Today, we are at the charming village of Seydisfjordur. It is at the end of a rather long fiord on the eastern side of Iceland. Because it is surrounded on 3 sides by steep mountains, there are 4Baca lagi
All at sea
12 Ogos 2024, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
A sea day on our way to the Faroe Islands.
Iceland was great - a good place to visit. It is very different, with a lot to offer in history, landscape and (often quirky) culture. We had the feeling weBaca lagi
Faroe Islands
14 Ogos 2024, Norwegian Sea ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
After a pretty rough night - the captain reported 20 ft waves - we tied up in Torshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands.
We did a couple of tours, basically taking in the vistas, although the secondBaca lagi
More Sue photos
14 Ogos 2024, Norwegian Sea ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
Here's a catch up on some of Sue's photos.
Geiranger, Norway
15 Ogos 2024, Norway ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Another Krone, another country.
Now back in Norway, down the end of a fiord at the village of Geiranger (population about 200 without cruise ships and 5,000+ with cruise ships).
A very picturesqueBaca lagi
Alesund
16 Ogos 2024, Norway ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
Today, it was Alesund, a city spread over 5 islands. It was burnt down in 1904, and reconstruction was in the architectural fashion of the time - Art Nouveau. That and fish are the city's claims toBaca lagi
A couple of extras
16 Ogos 2024, Norway ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
Flam
17 Ogos 2024, Norway ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Down another fiord to a small place called Flam (pronounced 'Flom').
Speccie vistas were the order of the day. In the morning, we took the Flom Railway up the mountains and back. It's UNESCO listedBaca lagi
Bergen
18 Ogos 2024, Norway ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Pulled up in Bergen, the second biggest city in Norway, with a population of around 300,000 (excluding cruise ships).
One of Bergen's features is rain. It rains on average 240 days a year. Today wasBaca lagi
Leaving Bergen
20 Ogos 2024, Norway ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Let's go back to Sunday night, when we were still on the ship. Remember that Monty Python sketch where the diner points out his fork is a bit dirty and it ends up the chef comes out and commitsBaca lagi

























































































































































































Oooh what was the design museum? Welcome to Europe! x [Ilona]
PengembaraJudy's penfriend from age 11 lives in Gothenburg .. we visited in '72 .. they still keep in contact