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Thought I would give an update on Norway now that I have completed six days of my 13 day trip. Six days in Norway and $6 spent on food so far. I have not been lying awake at night with hunger pangs either. The duvet overheating me is what wakes me at night. Nordic Choice…
Norway, Iceland and Japan still hunt whales each year, despite a worldwide moratorium on commercial whaling instituted in 1986. I have seen several restaurants in Oslo advertising whale meat on the menu. The good summer weather is attributed for a record whaling season in Norway with 729 minke whales killed in 2014. This is the…
Clarion Collection Hotel Bastion Oslo is a completely different boutique hotel experience from the large business style Clarion Royal Christiania Oslo where I stayed my first night in Oslo. The hotel was booked for 16,000 points and I was able to reserve a higher category Deluxe room with points. The room rate for a Deluxe…
Hotel review Clarion Royal Christiania Oslo, Norway is based on my one night stay in the modern conference center hotel across the street from Oslo Sentralstasjon train station. My stay was a points reward booked with 16,000 Choice Privileges points. The published rate for this Double Bed Suite at the time of booking was 3,200 NOK…
When I travel some place, I observe and learn. I like to write about what I discover for myself when I travel. When I am in a foreign country, like presently, where I am in Norway, I observe prices and people. Here are observations from my first day in Norway on Thursday, September 4. One…
Choice Hotels has announced its new promotion for 8,000 Choice Privileges points every two stays September 4 to November 12, 2014. You must maintain an address in the U.S. (including U.S. territories) or Canada to be eligible for this promotion. Choice Privileges offers over 1,500 hotels with reward nights at 6,000 or 8,000 points. One…
If Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano does not blow its top preventing air travel between the USA and Europe, then in a couple of weeks I will be hotel hopping in Norway with $6,000 in free Choice Hotels on points. This is a great deal for $850 in Choice Privileges points that were available for purchase in the Daily…
Best Western Hotels offer far more choices in rural Norway than Radisson and Choice Hotels when traveling away from the major cities in the fjord country and northern Norway. Assuming you want to spend points for your rooms rather than $200+ per night for many hotels, Best Western Rewards, Choice Privileges and Club Carlson provide…
Yesterday, I received suggestions on train travel as a better alternative to air travel between Oslo and Bergen, Norway. This led me to spend time on Norway’s train travel website. Norway environmentally-friendly train travel is promoted on the nsb.no Norway rail website. You can also find fine images of Norway landscapes on NSB Facebook, even…
Bergen, Norway averages around 80 inches of rain per year. September and October are the rainiest months with more than 9 inches on average. When I booked my Norway trip last March, I had no idea September meant touring Norway in the rainy season. As I have put in place tentative plans for two weeks in…
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