Sunday, 1st August, 2010
Since the last post all of our onward travel has been completed, where necessary. By air from Copenhagen to Stavanger then fast ferry from Stavanger to Bergen. By train from Bergen to Myrdal - down the Flamsbana to Flom. Ferry to Balestrand, then ferry the next morning to Fjaerland, bus to Hellesylt, ferry to Geiranger. Bus over the Trollstiggen Highway to Andalsnes. We take the Rauma Railroad to Dombas (check out the U-Tube clip of this part) and onto Oslo. Air to Stockholm; ferry to Talinn thence to Helsinki. Then by air to St Petersburg (sometimes flying just fits the schedule better). Finally we take the overnight sleeper to Moscow. The railway bookings were done through Rail Europe, and needed the tickets to be couriered to us once the train schedules were confirmed, whereas everything else was done by e-tickets!
The accommodations are a mixture of Hostels in the cities and Balestrand, and B&Bs elsewhere.
So D-day is almost at hand. All the weeks of planning are about to bear fruit, hopefully. Today I e-mailed reconfirmation of all our accommodation bookings. The packing is done. All the technology is set to go (e-readers (2), video camera, still camera, netbook computer and cell-phone (for emergencies only) plus all the several differing chargers and cables). But, remember the old adage "Prepare for the worst, hope for the best, but expect the unexpected!". See you in Scandinavia!
No comments:
Post a Comment