Arrival in Copenhagen
August 16 in Denmark ⋅ 🌬 19 °C
Flight AC 828 at 21:20 from Toronto
Arrive at 10:50 in Copenhagen, Denmark August 16
Day 1 : Copenhagen
August 16 in Denmark ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
Day 2 part 1: Copenhagen, Denmark
August 17 in Denmark ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
A busy day today. 3 excursions: 1 . Copenhagen's city centre. 2. Drive through North Zealand along the Baltic coast to arrive at Frederiksbourg Castle. 3. Copenhill and village of Dragør.
Day 2 Part 2: Frederiksborg Castle
August 17 in Denmark ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Drive along the Baltic coast to the Frederiksborg castle
Day 2 Part 3: Frederiksborg Castle
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Day 2 Part 4: Copenhill & Dragør
August 17 in Denmark ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
Day 3: Odense to Randers
August 18 in Denmark ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Left the hotel Bella Sky, Copenhagen, at 9:30 am after breakfast. The Coach took us to Randers.
Day 4: Randers to Stavanger, Norway
August 19 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Randers, Denmark to Stavanger, Norway: The bus drove 1.5 hrs from the hotel to the ferry. We sailed at 12:15 from Hirsthals, Denmark across the Skagerrak and arrived at the port of Kristiansand,Read more
Day 5 Part 1: Discover the Vikings
August 20 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
8:50 leave for an excursion to a long house museum of the Iron age. Afterwards, we stop off at "Sverd i Fjell" (Swords in Rock).
Day 5 Part 2: Stavanger, Norway
August 20 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
After our excursion to learn about the Vikings, we return to Stavanger at 11:00 for an hour of free time.
Day 5 Part 3: Ferries to Bergen
August 20 in Norway ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Day 5 Part 4: Bergen
August 20 in Norway ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Be My Guest dinner at the farm "Øvre-Eide Gård"
Day 6 Part 1: Bergen
August 21 in Norway ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
The North Sea Traffic Museum is an exhibit about The Telavåg tragedy, the coastal resistance movement and the North Sea refugee route to the UK during WW II. The village of
Telavåg was razed and itsRead more
Day 6 Part 2: The Old Wharf, Bergen
August 21 in Norway ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Day 7 Part 1: Flåm Railway
August 22 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
We had an early start today:
-6:40 suitcases in the hall for porterage
-7:00 breakfast
-7:40 bus departure to catch the train at Voss for 9:44
-We then took the scenic train ride from Myrdal toRead more
Day 7 Part 2: Fjord Cruise
August 22 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
-12:55 we left Flåm by bus to get on a boat at Gudvangen for a 2 hour fjord cruise.
-Through a long tunnel
-A ferry from Vangsnes – Hella
-17:55 arrival at hotel in Leikanger
-19:00 dinner in theRead more
Day 8 Part 1: Fjordland farm, Leikanger, Norway
August 23 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
I wanted to sleep. Monica went for breakfast. I got up at 7:35 for our 8:00 departure for our excursion to the farm. Suitcases also had to be out in the hallway for porterage.
Day 8 Part 2: Geirangerfjord
August 23 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
We went on a phenomenal bus tour of mountains and fjords.
Day 8 Part 3: Dalsnibba 1500 m above sea level
August 23 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
At 3:00, we left the town of Stryn by bus and David gave us a little treat. During the drive up the Dalsnibba mountain, our driver, Damien, navigated the "switchbacks" so effortlessly!! It was aRead more
Day 8 Part 4: Geiranger town
August 23 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
We arrived at the town of Geiranger.
Day 9 Part 1: Gudbrandsjuvet
August 24 in Norway ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
This morning, we went to Eidsdal on the bus, to take the diesel ferry which crosses the Norddalsfjorden to Linge. Once there, we stopped at Gudbrandsjuvet.
Day 9 Part 2: Trollstigen
August 24 in Norway ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
After stopping at Gudbrandsjuvet, we continued to Trollstigen, which is the Troll Road. Then we made a "shitstop," not a "pitstop" at Låtefossen, because the toilets at Trollstigen were out ofRead more
Day 10 Part 1: Lom, Norway
August 25 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
We left Geiranger at 8:00 and arrived in Lom at 9:50. We had free time to walk around town before going to visit the medieval church. Monsie ran to the WC which was locked. She found me on the bridgeRead more
Day 10 Part 2: Lom Stave Church
August 25 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Visit of the stave church in Lom. The wooden church was built ca. 1170, with extensions built in the 1600's.
Day 10 Part 3: Lillehammer, Norway
August 25 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Visit of the Olympic ski jump site of 1994.
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