by Radu Polizu | Jul 21, 2010 | Blog, Scandinavia
With the easiness of English language spoken by absolutely everybody, I think that they study it since kindergarten, and the pleasant atmosphere offered by the locals, Scandinavia makes a great destination. Any person that loves nature would find Norway magic. The...
by Radu Polizu | Jul 15, 2010 | Blog, Denmark, Germany, Scandinavia
The flight was departing to Frankfurt at 10 am, so we walked up at 6:30, packed and left to the train station, 10 minutes walk away from the hotel. We did not board the train before we stopped for a to-go breakfast at Andersen Bakery in Tivoli that had great cakes but...
by Radu Polizu | Jul 14, 2010 | Blog, Denmark, Scandinavia
In the morning the rain was not over and we started our last 100 km drive to Copenhagen on wet roads. Before we left we booked hotel on the Internet and when we drove into the city it happened that we drove right past the hotel near the train station. At $114/night...
by Radu Polizu | Jul 13, 2010 | Blog, Denmark, Scandinavia
After a good sleep and a delicious breakfast we pursued the drive that we stopped last night on good highways for less than 3 hours through Helsingborg and Helsinger and we crossed the causeway/bridge/tunnel to Denmark ($40-45). From there we started to drive another...
by Radu Polizu | Jul 12, 2010 | Blog, Scandinavia, Sweden
Great day to walk in Stockholm. Sunny and a little too warm but it is in the North and is bearable. Walked from the hotel Alexandra to Gamla Stan in 15 minutes and right away bought some hop-on hop-off boat tickets to be used all day ($15) that shorten the distances....
by Radu Polizu | Jul 11, 2010 | Blog, Norway, Scandinavia, Sweden
Lillehammer was more or less developed around the 1994 Olympics. Its main street was empty at the early hours of the morning but anyway we could not spend too much time because we had such a long way to go so we left around 9:30 am for a 600 km/8 hours ride to...
by Radu Polizu | Jul 10, 2010 | Blog, Norway, Scandinavia
Glorious morning. We had a great breakfast served at the table and we left back towards Geiranger and further toward Sweden. We stopped several times on the way for pictures and we took this time the new road from Stryn to Geiranger through the tunnels, not so nice...
by Radu Polizu | Jul 9, 2010 | Blog, Norway, Scandinavia
Norway is expensive. This statement is a norm and you hear it from many. But to understand the real situation you have to come and visit, the most expensive country in Europe, where what strikes you the most is not what exactly you have to pay but the lack of choices....
by Radu Polizu | Jul 9, 2010 | Blog, Norway, Scandinavia
Norway is an enchanting country. Everything that surrounds you is breathtaking keeping you awake till late into the night; high mountains with steep cliffs that look like falling over you, glaciers hanged in the sky, waterfalls pouring down from everywhere surrounding...
by Radu Polizu | Jul 8, 2010 | Blog, Norway, Scandinavia
The plan was to wake up early and drive to Flam, one hour, and get the train ride from Flam to Myrtle, 45 minutes one way, NK850/family ticket. The train comes every 80 minutes but when we reached Flam in a constant drizzle we found a huge cruise boat and all the...
by Radu Polizu | Jul 7, 2010 | Blog, Norway, Scandinavia
“How much does the room cost in your hotel?” “NK800 without bathroom in the room and NK900 with bathroom. Do you need sheets and towels?” “Well, obviously…” “ In this case is an extra NK70/person” This was in Bergen, the second largest city in Norway and we...
by Radu Polizu | Jul 6, 2010 | Blog, Norway, Scandinavia
The rain showers in the forecast proved correct and in the morning the sky was full of clouds and rain on the ground. We packed and left to Gaupke, 12 km away where we had breakfast in a mall, all the real coffee places being closed before 10 am. The rain was going on...
