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Mar 16
Are you traveling on a cruise and only have one day in Flam, Norway? Check out this diary of what I did while on my cruise on the Celebrity Summit ship, an 11-night cruise of Norway departing from Amsterdam. We had booked an afternoon ride on the Flam railway today, so we had a full …
Mar 16
I had booked my parents on a hop on hop off bus plus a boat ride today and I decided to go solo to get a chance to hike up the hills of the arguably most beautiful fjord in all of Norway. We were so lucky with the weather today – one of the sunniest …
Mar 16
We had booked another full day bus ride with our friends from Cruise Critic. On this date, we had a bus ride on the loop through the Trollsteigen, or so called “Troll Road” of Norway. There are many stories of trolls in Norway – as little children were told they would be kidnapped by these …
Mar 12
A guy from Cruise Critic had organized a full day tour today, with a bus load of others. We took the bus north on the Great Atlantic Road, a recently built road connecting many islands with bridges that has become one of the top tourist attractions of Norway. There are great views along this road. …
Mar 12
The sail up the fjord to Olden town is great. The sunny morning highlighted the views, including a mountain that’s the Norwegian version of Half Dome. Today I had booked my parents on a tour and I was going to catch the public bus to the Briksdal glacier. Upon arriving, I walked with a few …
Mar 12
We had a full day at sea before our first stop in Norway in the oil town of Stavanger. I walked around the town with mom and dad for our own free walking tour. Everything is within walking distance from the cruise ship port. We stopped at a playground of recycled parts, a tower …
Mar 12
After days in the desert, we made our way by taxi from Wadi Rum to Aqaba for some pampering. I had redeemed 20,000 Hilton points to stay in the 5-star DoubleTree Hotel for two nights. The location was great – right in the center of the city. We experienced a first at this hotel – …
Mar 12
After 2 days in Petra, we caught the bus to Wadi Rum. This bus is great – cheap and it picked us up at our hotel. We had booked a full day and night jeep tour of Wadi Rum with Bedouin Directions. We had been told that a couple were arriving the same day and …
Mar 12
Petra, Jordan. Arguably one of the seven wonders of the modern world. For many, it brings back images of Indiana Jones & horses making their way through the narrow passageways to the stone faced Treasury. There is so much to see here so I recommend you purchase at least the Petra 2 day pass. We …
Mar 11
After our 5 day car trip, we made it to the Sea of Galilee. Before dropping our car, we made a stop at the Church of Beatitudes. In Tiberias, we walked around town and saw some of the sites. This town really started to shut down for Shabbat but the hostel had lots of fun …
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