After leaving the Eiffel Tower, the weather got very anoying. My plan was to get to La Defense which is a newer businiess area and should have been a good opportunity to take some photos. Unfortunately, it was raining, and raining, and raining. When I got there, I took a look around, but escaped into…
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Today I wanted to be a real tourist again and visit the Eiffel Tower. As I was told yesterday, standing in line is on thing you have to be prepared to do. But coming early might get you a chance to get in faster. The information I got was, that the tower opens at 9…
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Not that the fitst day was over. Far from it. To get most out of the long weekend I booked another tour with Sandemanns – the Montmartre Tour. Meetin at 18:00 opposit to the Moulin Rouge – there were some “few” tourists around. The group was large and Onno from the Netherlands was difficult to understand…
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First day in Paris. Great weather. Meeting for the collective walk to the starting point of the Sandemanns Free Paris walk. A little bit of tube-hopping and at Saint Michele there were quiet a lot of people. Our guide was Nancy from the UK that did a great job walking us around the main sights…
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Interesting airport – terminal one is round with a lot of funny escalators. Priority luggage means it comes out last… That is why you pay extra. But bothing to complain… Got sparkling vine and Barcardi Cola on the plane – plus some food. Then you are confromted with a language that is fairly unknown to me….
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And now it has begun. On my way to Paris. Enjoying the waiting in the SAS Lounge at Oslo airport Gardermoen wirh sole food, drinks and quietness… In Paris 19:30 and hope to get to the hostel not too late. The day tomorrow will start with a walking tour theough Paris and an evenig walking…
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Somtimes I like to try to get a little bit more comfortable on my tours. For the trip to Paris, I tried to get upgrades to business class with Optiontown. They offer the possibility to upgrade your flight (for some airlines – SAS is one of them) for a fee that mostly will be…
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I’f you doen’t want to search for pictures I might or might not have uploaded – go to my own page on 500px. They have an application for wordpress, but I don’t like it that much. So try the real thing… The link is www.500px.com/bgregull Enjoy!
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Doing a short (20 km) bicycle tour from home to Julneset which is a recreational area west of the city. A nice ride on good bicycle lanes. Warm weather – the sun is actually shining. Will do some sauna and hot tub on my way back at Moldebadet. Hipe you enjoy your Sunday!
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And only 4 weeks left until my next tour 10.-14.9.2015. Paris – O la la… Just hoping for my upgrade on SAS and should statr planning what to see in the four days I have (which is not enough – I know). More to come a week before I leave – then I should know more about…
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