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Re: Travel Stories and Advice
« Reply #90 on: April 27, 2017, 03:04:22 AM »
Uppsala had some amazing gardens and parks. The Linnaean Garden, near the University, is well worth a visit.
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Re: Travel Stories and Advice
« Reply #91 on: April 27, 2017, 05:37:53 AM »
Uppsala had some amazing gardens and parks. The Linnaean Garden, near the University, is well worth a visit.
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Re: Travel Stories and Advice
« Reply #92 on: April 27, 2017, 02:05:40 PM »
Found out I'm going to Peru and the Galapagos Islands instead of South Africa, if anyone has any suggestions or advice about those locations, I am interested!
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Re: Travel Stories and Advice
« Reply #93 on: April 27, 2017, 03:55:01 PM »
Found out I'm going to Peru and the Galapagos Islands instead of South Africa, if anyone has any suggestions or advice about those locations, I am interested!

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Re: Travel Stories and Advice
« Reply #94 on: May 09, 2017, 02:21:55 PM »
Hi everyone! I just found out I'm going to Norway in july, and I think this is the perfect place to ask, so, which places do you recomend visiting? For now we only have the plane tickets to Oslo (and ten days to explore!). Any advice about anything will be so welcome. Thank you!
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Re: Travel Stories and Advice
« Reply #95 on: May 09, 2017, 06:41:05 PM »
Hi everyone! I just found out I'm going to Norway in july, and I think this is the perfect place to ask, so, which places do you recommend visiting? For now we only have the plane tickets to Oslo (and ten days to explore!). Any advice about anything will be so welcome. Thank you!

I imagine a lot of us would love photos from the fjords around Dalsnes...

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« Reply #96 on: May 10, 2017, 12:15:44 PM »
I imagine a lot of us would love photos from the fjords around Dalsnes...
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Re: Travel Stories and Advice
« Reply #97 on: May 10, 2017, 03:24:08 PM »
Hi everyone! I just found out I'm going to Norway in july, and I think this is the perfect place to ask, so, which places do you recomend visiting? For now we only have the plane tickets to Oslo (and ten days to explore!). Any advice about anything will be so welcome. Thank you!

There's hundreds of places to be recommended, literally. It all depends on your interests, budget, mobility and physical shape. In my opinion you should get out of Oslo pretty early.

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« Reply #98 on: May 10, 2017, 09:20:07 PM »
There's hundreds of places to be recommended, literally. It all depends on your interests, budget, mobility and physical shape. In my opinion you should get out of Oslo pretty early.

Uhm, yeah, I know I should be more specific. We were thinking (maybe) about traveling to Bergen by train, and then rent a car there. Also we can hike, but not a lot (I think over 20km a day would be too much for us), and I can't imagine us camping. Personaly, I'm more into medieval stuff, but I think the general idea of the trip will be to visit natural attractions. :3
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Re: Travel Stories and Advice
« Reply #99 on: May 11, 2017, 09:24:29 AM »
Uhm, yeah, I know I should be more specific. We were thinking (maybe) about traveling to Bergen by train, and then rent a car there. Also we can hike, but not a lot (I think over 20km a day would be too much for us), and I can't imagine us camping. Personaly, I'm more into medieval stuff, but I think the general idea of the trip will be to visit natural attractions. :3
I'm sory I can't express myself correctly, I'm tired and kind of stressed out.  O_o

I'd stop over on the way to Bergen at Finse station (aka. planet Hoth from Star Wars) and maybe take a walk on the outskirt of the Hardanger highlands. I'd definitely consider renting bikes and going down Rallarvegen to Flåm. From there I'd take the Flåm rail back towards Finse or Bergen. There's usually a viking market/festival in Gudvangen, just 20 minutes from Flåm, in July. I believe there are regular buses from Flåm to that place. They're making a kind of viking village there nowadays. There's also a reconstructed stave church in Bergen.

It's a few hours away from Bergen, but Trolltunga is a popular hike and it's also fairly close to Jostedalsbreen glacier with skiing or hiking opportunities all year long. It's in the Hardanger fjords just east of Bergen, known for fruit and coastal villages - apparently it's where Aksel and Sigrun Eide live and where Sigrun comes from. Tourists (Germans and Brits) seem to like to fish there.

I'd also consider heading south for a bit to Rogaland county with Stavanger city, Hafrsfjord battlefield prekestolen and the Jæren cultural landscape.

North of Bergen you find the Sognefjord, which is the largest fjord of them all. It's very popular, but I haven't been there much so refer to the official guide for that one.
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« Reply #100 on: May 12, 2017, 09:17:50 PM »
I'd stop over on the way to Bergen at Finse station (aka. planet Hoth from Star Wars) and maybe take a walk on the outskirt of the Hardanger highlands. I'd definitely consider renting bikes and going down Rallarvegen to Flåm. From there I'd take the Flåm rail back towards Finse or Bergen. There's usually a viking market/festival in Gudvangen, just 20 minutes from Flåm, in July. I believe there are regular buses from Flåm to that place. They're making a kind of viking village there nowadays. There's also a reconstructed stave church in Bergen.

It's a few hours away from Bergen, but Trolltunga is a popular hike and it's also fairly close to Jostedalsbreen glacier with skiing or hiking opportunities all year long. It's in the Hardanger fjords just east of Bergen, known for fruit and coastal villages - apparently it's where Aksel and Sigrun Eide live and where Sigrun comes from. Tourists (Germans and Brits) seem to like to fish there.

I'd also consider heading south for a bit to Rogaland county with Stavanger city, Hafrsfjord battlefield prekestolen and the Jæren cultural landscape.

North of Bergen you find the Sognefjord, which is the largest fjord of them all. It's very popular, but I haven't been there much so refer to the official guide for that one.

Thank you Fimbulvarg! I'm sure it's going to be an amazing trip  8)
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Re: Travel Stories and Advice
« Reply #101 on: October 16, 2017, 07:57:28 AM »
Any advice on what to see, do and eat in Helsinki/Helsingfors in an early December weekend?

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« Reply #102 on: April 18, 2018, 02:19:01 AM »
So someone in the disqus comments (can't remember who exactly) asked me if I was going to share photos of my recent trip to Japan. So I registered an Instagram account for this purpose.
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Re: corncobman's trip to Okinawa, Japan
« Reply #103 on: April 21, 2018, 12:11:55 PM »
"Original taste" Coca-Cola? Made with cane sugar not corn syrup? That would be a real pleasure.

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« Reply #104 on: April 22, 2018, 08:49:45 AM »
"Original taste" Coca-Cola? Made with cane sugar not corn syrup?
I suspect that the "original" refers to the state of affairs preceding the pick-a-random-"great new taste"-between-1985-and-the-near-future. ;)
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