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    The view or two from my "office"

    Some early Cherry blossoms (and selfie sticks) are out in Ueno Park today
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    Indeed. I was surprised that the claim was the bartender told them to leave when he realised they were Korean. Suspect it was more complicated...
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    On to Japan.... After almost 3 weeks in Northern Europe and the UK, it was time to begin almost 3 weeks in Japan. Taking us there was AY77 to KIX/Osaka, a Finnair A350 flight. I seem to have one photo from the flight, which is of breakfast, specifically the Japanese breakfast: Passing...
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    With our final (successful) night in Tromso done, it was time for a quick hop to Helsinki. Our flight was a non-stop Finnair flight (AY946), which runs every Saturday (probably seasonally). The flight is operated by Widerøe, a regional carrier that typically does SAS' commuter and regional...
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    The view or two from my "office"

    In Tokyo today for the last part of our trip. Having sushi in Ginza.
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    I think it's pretty much futile. But a lot of accommodation includes meals, so that helps, as food's one of the more obvious expensive costs there. But also, cheaper restaurants are much worse value than more upmarket ones. If you don't drink alcohol, that will help too :)
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    On our third and final night in Tromso, we had booked a Northern Lights tour with another company, 'The Green Adventure'. Ultimately the tour was just us and another couple, also in their 30s, living in Singapore. It was their first night in Tromso. Tonight's drive was shorter than the first...
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    We had a wonderful time in Norway. I really liked the feel of the parts we visited. Everything's very efficient and reliable too, which I appreciate. The Norway in a Nutshell trip is well worth doing. We were aware that it's an expensive place, but were still constantly shocked at just how...
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    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...
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    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...
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    The view or two from my "office"

    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.
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    The view or two from my "office"

    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.
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    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...
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    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...
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    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...
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    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...
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    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...
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    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...
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    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...
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    London, some Nordics, and Japan

    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...
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