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We arrive by ship at 6:30 in the morning in the port of Trondheim; Norway’s 3rd largest city. It is home to a University of 40,000. We had breakfast and disembarked from the ship by 8, and made our way … Continue reading
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While the ship really left little to be desired (it’s their oldest working ship, and while some may claim it has the “old world charm”, I like my ships a bit more “new world”!), the weather and views were pretty. … Continue reading
I’m not sure if there’s a more beautiful place. So I warn you, there are a ton of pics. And they may look similar:) We awoke to blue skies and picture perfect scenery. I mean it was hard to not … Continue reading
After a late night, it was hard to get up, but we were both pretty excited as dogsledding was on the agenda! We met our group at a nearby hotel and they drove us about 40 minutes out of the … Continue reading
When we were married in Sweden 10 years ago, we loved the country, but everyone there told us we had to visit Norway! Northern Lights were definitely on both our bucket lists, and in January we decided that on our … Continue reading
We try to head to the Outerbanks every year. Sometimes it’s been with all the kids in the summer, and sometimes it’s been just Rob and me on our own in shoulder season. Always it’s been amazing. Last year we … Continue reading
With Zach being gone, and Zandra heading off to YW camp, we decided to take the little boys (ok, I know that they aren’t little anymore at 12 and 14, but they are always my littles….) away for a bit. … Continue reading
A while ago we planned for a getaway over Easter weekend. We didn’t have kids over Easter and I really don’t like spending holidays on our own; plus my birthday is coming up, so it seemed like a good plan. … Continue reading
We slept in a bit and got all our stuff organized so we could check the kids out of their rooms. We had our last breakfast: Our guide picked us up and we spent the day exploring Hanoi: First, we … Continue reading
The next morning we were up bright and early at 6:15 and up on deck to do some tai chi. We then had a light breakfast before heading off to explore “Surprise Cave”. There were about 500 stairs to … Continue reading