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We decided to take it easy for our 2nd day in Tromso, and didn't book a tour for the night. Did go for a bit of a walk though. Our hotel Looking across to the mainland from the island of Tromsøya, where the city is. Ishavskatedralen, or the Arctic Cathedral, which is a ~20 minute walk...

On to Tromsø... Our Hotel in Oslo, Hotel Thon Opera, is right across from Oslo station, making it extremely convenient both for Norway in a Nutshell, and getting to/from the airport, as that's also where trains to the airport go from. As it happens, I did have a couple of photos from near...

My Father in Law is regularly in a place with Malaria, but in many years, he's only caught it twice, both times when he stopped drinking. No G+Ts involved though.

Currently in Tomamu, Hokkaido, Japan, waiting for our train for the next part of our holiday. There's been a decent enough amount of snow while we've been here, and the skiing's been pretty good, considering it's late in the season. Next stop, Niigata.

Norway in a Nutshell, Part 2 We also booked a Viking dinner at the pub (a brewery, actually) attached to our hotel. I'd recommend the snowshoe hike, but could take or leave the dinner. That said, I don't think there are a huge number of choices for dinner in Flam in February. The tasting meal...

We had booked in for a snow shoe hike which lined up nicely with our time in Flam. This involves a drive past the nearby town of Aurland (which we passed on the ferry) and up the mountain. After putting on the snow shoes, off we set. They said that this year the snow's started...

Norway in a Nutshell, Part 1 We did the Norway in a Nutshell tour in the opposite direction to what seems to be the usual. We started in Bergen, took a train, bus and ferry to Flam, where we spent a night, then continued by train to Oslo the following day. To ease the burden of carrying our...

Bergen continued.... Dinner was a hot dog from an apparently well known hot dog stand franchise. Google tells me this is Ludvig Holberg. It's an exercise for the reader to look him up. More of Bergen at night: This is the view often seen of Bergen during the day. The buildings are...

We had a great time in Bergen. Apparently a city blessed with a lot of rain, it mostly kept away while we were there. I did attempt a run up a mountain behind Bergen on the night we got there. Probably a bit beyond my abilities after a week and a half of no exercise. The next day we took the...

From Stockholm it was on to Bergen, Norway. This was on a direct SAS flight, booked with AMEX using some travel credit I had. We went for a 'SAS Plus' ticket, which is a very slightly upgraded economy. It includes airport fast track, priority boarding, lounge access, a seat towards the front...

Don't have a whole lot to post from Stockholm. We had a good time catching up with a friend, which was the point of the visit. There wasn't much snow around, and the weather varied between -1 and sunny, and 8 and cloudy (consecutive days...beat that, Melbourne). We did visit the Vasa museum...

After 4 nights in London, it was time to head to Stockholm. This was done as a side trip from a 2 week stopover in Helsinki, with a separate ticket, but through checked from London. Curiously this was the first time I've been asked how long I've spent in the Schengen area in the last 6 months...

We stayed at QBIC Hotel London City. The price was too good to pass on, but we did pay extra for a larger room, as the standard rooms sound extremely small. Ours wasn’t exactly big. I think ours was called a “Fun Room”. The bathroom is this modular thing in a box, a bit like a small shipping...

Given Mrscwd and I both hold QF WP status, off we head to the airport hoping we can check in a touch early for QF37. Sure enough, not a word was said about us checking in at the F check in 3 hours and 15 minutes before the flight. Heading through security, the fancy new x-ray setup at MEL has...

We started this trip just over a month ago, but figured, better late than never? I’m currently writing this from a ski resort in Hokkaido, Japan, after a day of skiing. This trip has been a while in the making. We were talking to some friends at a pub last year, and they mentioned a great deal...

I do hope if the OP has any experience travelling with Qantas and Finnair to Rovaniemi, that they rest assured everything will be even more straightforward in LA.

They really should find a better way to write the entry conditions, but in this case, my understanding is it's a "Qantas flight" due to the QF code. You wouldn't get in if not booked on the QF code, whereas Emirates, China Eastern, Jetstar and Oneworld flights are given entry even without being...

Just heard a very loud 747-400ER VH-OEH go roaring overhead just south of the CBD in Melbourne, operating as QF49 to SFO, rather than the usual 789. Presumably due to the 787 VH-ZNG havng been on the ground in MEL for almost a week and still out of action.

I got F tags a week ago for QF98 connecting through to MEL, as a WP. In-town checkin also. Was booked in J, not that I'd expect that to make a difference.

Interesting! That confirms that VH-EBL will reappear shortly with the skybeds replaced by suites, as predicted.