Tag: vacation
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Belfast and Game of Thrones
After five straight days of stops in Scotland, today we found ourselves in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast sits on the Antrim Coast and serves as Northern Ireland’s capital. It was the birthplace of the Titanic and its surroundings were used as shooting locations for Game of Thrones which had us really excited to go see.…
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Edinburgh Castle and more
After a couple days touring the Scottish Highlands and Shetlands Islands, day three brought us to Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital since the 15th century. Our plan for today was to take the hop-on, hop-off bus around town before making our way to Edinburgh Castle for a tour and then wrap up the day with a stop…
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Oslo in a day
After traveling 24 hours we arrived in Oslo Monday evening, leaving us one full day to cover the city. True to form Denise and I were up and out the door by 6:30 a.m. First stop the Badstuforening Sauna for a treatment (the Oslo Fjord water was COLD!). Oslo has a good public transit system…
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ALMOST TIME
The excitement is starting to kick in. It’s 3:26 a.m. the morning before we depart as I’m typing this. Our bags are 99% packed. The neighbors have been notified. The fridge has been emptied and the mail has been put on hold. Now all we have to do is make sure we are up and…



