Minotel Oen Geilo

Stig Oen Geilo, Buskerud, Eastern Valleys, 3580, Norway

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A Little More Tallinn than Bargained For!

A travel blog entry by jrcinms

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Today went well with time to roam this cities' quaint old town. We climbed a tower on the ancient wall and mingled with people speaking scores of diffent languages. We followed Rick Steves' walking tour and enjoyed the most reasonable prices for everything from the hotel room and meals to beer and wine.

We had a 6:30 flight to Oslo but soon we reached our second major trip snag...our plane has a "technical" problem so we had an unexpected four-hour delay. We ...

From Pillaging the World to World Peace

A travel blog entry by obrian0620

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... And Norway is planning for it. The Norwegian government, funded by generous grants from other governments and organizations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has taken upon itself the epic undertaking of establishing a Seed Vault. The vault is protected, both by its nuclear bunker-like physical structure, and by its geographic location - inside the Norwegian-owned artic island of Svalbard, located north of Norway just some 800 miles from the ...

Camping Norwegian Style...

A travel blog entry by clarf

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... there was no way I was going near it!

We drove southwards, towards the ‘Polarsirkel’ marker and towards civilisation. We turned off at the information centre marking the Arctic Circle and took our pictures in front of the old and new markers and also a statue showing all the different ‘Kommunes’ (roughly translates as a ‘county’) of Norway . We climbed to the top of the hill nearby and laughed at the hundreds of cairns built over ...

Concerning Our Time In Oslo

A travel blog entry by lukas.elissa.eu

... a lot of ancient viking boats. When we were out side eating lunch we fed some birds bread and potato chips. We had to give them very small pieces because if they were too large, then another bird would try to steal the food. I remember the Peace Museum had a huge exhibit on the Nobel Peace prize winner from South Africa. I learned about apartheid and the trouble with the phrase "By All Means Necessary". That phrase justified killing and harming people to maintain a "way of ...

The adventure becomes more adventurous

A travel blog entry by bfarley64

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... and third you may pay $7 for the cup.

Back to the main story... After Flåm, we followed the Flåmbana (train) up into the country side. Finally it was time to head for home; which was still 4hrs away. We stopped at one more amazing vantage point after several tunnels and switch backs. I took several photos before it got too dark and then we thought we better head out... that's when the trouble began.

We had been driving for about 1hr when we ...

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