Copenhagen, Denmark
Love a bit of coincidence – sitting in departures at Stockholm airport and Pink Martini were playing at the café near where we were sitting, then when we checked into Continue Reading →
Stockholm, Sweden
Travelling in countries renowned to be expensive requires a little bit of research and heeding the advice of those who have gone before. We did not use any taxis for Continue Reading →
Oslo, Norway
I didn’t know much about the capital of Norway, apart from the fact that it was the location of the first full West End production of Les Misérables in Europe Continue Reading →
Chasing Lights Tours, Norway
There are many companies in Norway that offer tours in search of the Northern Lights, particularly from Tromso. I found Chasing Lights Tours on TripAdvisor, and liked their ethos of Continue Reading →
MS Nordnorge, Norway
Embarkation Our three night January stay in Tromso, the ‘Capital of the Arctic’, prepared us well for our cruise above the Arctic Circle aboard Hurtigruten’s MS Nordnorge in winter. It Continue Reading →
Tromso, Norway
The friendliness of the people of Norway was apparent from the moment we landed. Our bus driver who drove us from the airport to our hotel, didn’t even check tickets Continue Reading →
Reykjavik, Iceland
Arriving in Iceland Leaving the heat of a sweltering Sydney summer, it was bliss to arrive in our first Nordic country of Iceland at a cool and wet 5°C with Continue Reading →
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Lost Luggage Not a good start to the holiday when you arrive in a country at 10:20pm and your luggage is not on the carousel. So much for the ‘priority’ Continue Reading →
Madaba, Jordan
Leaving the cosmopolitan Israel, we headed back to Jordan via the King Hussein (or Allenby Bridge) border crossing. It’s a curvy road from the shores of the Dead Sea to Continue Reading →
Hotel Bay Club, Haifa
Hotel Bay Club is a much older hotel than the other Atlas Hotels we have experienced on this trip: a restored landmark dating back to 1912. It’s an impressive building Continue Reading →