As always I wake up early when on holiday. Why???? But lets make the best of the day. Started with walking around a little bit. Starting with a walk along Kungsträdgården with the beautiful Japanese cherry blossoming (see featured picture) I make my way up to Sergels Torg and to Drottninggatan. Tourist are gathering around…
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After some normal days, celebrating my birthday, visiting friends and doing family stuff I am off again to the beautiful city of Stockholm. I try to go as often as I can. I just love everything about the city. This year I will be there two times. Once now and once in September, when my parents…
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A whole day out. Started early to get my glasses fixed in Dortmund. Got the best customer service possible. Cut down the time from one week – which would have meant going around in old glasses for a on time – to 1 hour because I have to travel so far. Perfect! A little bit…
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A nice and sunny day to wake up. Fresh rolls from the bakery and late breakfast. Plan for the day is to go to the Münsterland north of where my parents live. a 45 minute drive over side roads (highway is boring in nice weather). First stopp is Nordkirchen castle, a nice “Versailles style” castle…
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I did it once more. Again I used my lunch break to dream about travelling. Unfortunately I found a cheap flight from Stockholm to Helsinki in Finland. There is not much more to say. I booked it. April 20th 2017 starting at 8:45, returning at 20:40. That gives me a nice day in the Finish…
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As always I like to start thinking early about travel yo get the best information and the best deals. But this time I started of with a bit of a dilemma. Where to go for my big birthday tour next year (Easter 2018)? I had an idea of going to Brisbane, Australia for three weeks. Including…
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Leaving IKEA after a 3 hour shopping spree I finally booked a hotel in the small city of Vänersborg north-east of Gothenburg. Been there before, so nothing really new here. Found the Best Western Arena hotel near the city center at a price for 590 SEK. Acceptable. And again, Waze showed me the way in the…
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Finally I came home from my trip to Sweden on Sunday. I left the hotel at Oslo Airport Gardermoen around 8 am after a nice breakfast. On the road again, down towards Gothenburg. The highways around Oslo are not the best and you have to pay toll for them. Combined with a speed limit between…
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Ok. Some tours come my way without planning it. To complete the furniture in my livingroom I needed 2 armchairs from the same series as my sofa. Saved the money and wanted to order today… But IKEA decided to take it out of the system and a call to the hotline got me the information, that…
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I am going to Stockholm around Easter and I thought about what to do in Stockholm. I have been there so many times and I like to do new stuff combined with known. One day of activity followed by a day of rest and doing little. First I thought about a day trip either to Åland…
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