It was up with the alarm today as Daniel and I bid farewell to Norway and headed off to the UK. We finally ate the free breakfast at the hotel and it was surprisingly good! I had the usual overcooked eggs and bacon with some bread, and Daniel stuck to a hard boiled egg and some bacon with a bit of pineapple and bread for…
October 27, 2007We boarded the train at Oslo Central, and stood in the hallway outside the room trying to figure out how to get inside. Finally, some Norwegian We boarded the train at Oslo Central, and stood in the hallway outside the room trying to figure out how to get inside. Finally, some Norwegian dad and son had the same problem which caused one of the other…
October 26, 2007It was a late start today – mainly because we needed to sleep in and because we were in no rush to get going. We made it out around 11am, too late for the free breakfast, but not late that we missed the sunshine. We headed over to the Oslo Tourist info area near the Radhaus and asked Christian our info-expert what is good to…
October 25, 2007Arriving at Heathrow Airport, we had a 15 minute circling delay due to traffic around the airport. I counted four planes circling out my window. We finally landed and we made the connection to Terminal 4 for our connecting flight to Oslo. Terminal 4 is a it dumpy compared to some of the other terminals – probably because it has a large number of international…
October 24, 2007The day started early as I needed to finish packing and doing laundry. As with most travel days, I tend to get behind and leave everything to the last minute. I did manage to squeeze in a final trip to In-N-Out before we left for the airport. With the smoke in the air and every news station on Disaster Watch for the fires, there was…
October 23, 2007This weekend I celebrated my 35th birthday – a celebration so big it actually took three days. It has been 5 years since my last “themed” birthday party and I really wanted to do another one this year. Unfortunately or maybe fortunately, I have been focusing on my impending vacation to really have the time and effort to plan a major party so I decided…
October 21, 2007This trip is driving me crazy! The other day I practically had a nervous breakdown with trying to find a place to stay in Paris. Every place that I looked at was missing a day in the block of time that I am going to be staying there. I finally decided to stay at a hotel Mom, Gary, and I stayed at 10 years ago!…
October 10, 2007I have managed to finally get all my preparations done for my first week of vacation. Only two more to go! I think it is taking so long because I cringe every time I push the authorize or pay now buttons! Jonathan is now going to be meeting us in Paris for a weekend. It should be a great time since he knows some French…
October 3, 2007Ducks vs. Sharks pre-season game. Thanks to Neil who gave me the tickets. I had never been to a professional Hockey Game (at least that I can remember) and actually enjoyed it quite a bit. Tiffany and I really got into the action and booed the bad plays and laughed at the guys who kept face planting onto the ice when no one was around…
September 19, 2007Daniel and I spent the day Saturday out and about hitting the Golden West College swap meet and then traipsing up to LA to hit our favorite store Flight 001. We were on a mission to get some info for our trip next month as well as shop for smaller luggage. Since we want to incorporate some discount airlines in our plans, we want to…
September 16, 2007