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August 30, 2016 by TravelXena 2 Comments

Stavanger Norway – Wandering Highlights-TravelXena.com

Stavanger Norway – Wandering Highlights-TravelXena.com

The Happiest Man in Norway…that was my name for him anyway.

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The first stop on the Midnight Sun cruise on CDF was Stavanger Norway a quaint town with a lot of history we decided to walk around and do a little exploring.

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The old town area is fairly small and if you’re taking a day trip from the ship you can easily walk around yourself and not need a HoHo bus or ship sponsored excursion unless you going pretty far. Within a few mile radius there are museums shops, markets and residential areas to see.

Stavanger is very big on street art. You can find it at every turn be they murals or wooden sculptures. Check out my post on that here.

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Note:

How to get to Calais from Paris when you fly in the same day from the airport.

Yes my traveling friends, I did the ultimate “no-no” when it comes to cruising out of non home ports. I flew in same day as my cruise! Did it work out, yes it did thanks to the on-time and fast TGV train, and fast walking between stations approximately 2 blocks away from each other in Lille. You heard that right, we had to switch trains in Lille…but it wasn’t at the same station (which we were assuming) and I didn’t see anything stating that we’d have to switch. Switch we did. There are direct train from Paris to Lille however they didn’t run at the time we needed them.


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My recommendation would be to book a transfer with the agency if possible (it wasn’t for us) or go by bus even though it takes longer unless a direct train runs at the time you arrive. Of course your best bet is to fly in at least the day before. We did have a plan B, if we missed our ship we were going to simply spend the time in France which is a pretty awesome plan B.

Enjoy the photo tour of Stavanger below!

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Filed Under: Europe, Norway, Scandinavia, Stavanger Tagged With: cruise, highlights, Norway, Scandinavia, Stavanger, travel, travel with a friend, wandering, wanderings

June 10, 2013 by TravelXena 6 Comments

St. Georges Bermuda and Photos around the Norwegian Breakaway

St. Georges Bermuda and Photos around the Norwegian Breakaway

St. Georges Bermuda and Photos around the Norwegian Breakaway

Last but not least from our enjoyable cruise on the ship is our wanderings around St. Georges Bermuda and some random photos from areas of the ship. We spent the first day in Bermuda on the ship enjoying the water slides since most people were on shore, the second day we head to St. Georges and the third we just spent a few hours around dockyards. Frankly there’s not much to do there besides go to a small mall or eat at one of the restaurants there, so we sat around enjoyed the sun and breeze and picked up some water to take back on the ship. The photos below are from the second day.

In order to take the buses or ferries you can use tokens or passes. They have 1, 2 and 3 day passes available. Prices for them have gone up significantly since last year, so we opted for a two day pass and actually wound up wasting money since we didn’t use it on the last day. Honestly in future we’ll probably by tokens for when we need the ferry since we don’t spend all three days wandering the island anyway.

You can buy the passes at the tourist booth that’s right there as you get to the end of the pier. You can also get them in the little information shop that’s right in the center in the area where the ferries and buses stop.

We made our way to the unfinished cathedral, Tobacco bay and the surrounding area along with Fort Catherine, we stopped off for a bit to eat and then head back on the ferry. We walked about 2 miles total and it was nice to feel our legs stretch on land in the warm sun. I’ll be adding some more photos soon.

 

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We had no firm plans that day but knew that we wanted to see the unfinished cathedral. It’s about 1/4 of a mile from where the Saturday ferry arrives.

Along the cute streets that wind through town we passed by this beautiful weathered door with a cork wreath and flowers in front of it. I could have stared at it for an hour.

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Unfinished cathedral. I imagine that in the rain it’s hauntingly beautiful. You can no longer go inside due to architectural concerns,
but if you hop up onto one of the window sills you can get a good view of the inside.

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In and around Tobacco Bay. The contrasting blues between the water and the sky is simply stunning!

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Inside Wahoo restaurant. I had rice, and conch fritter as well as an alcoholic drink. The food was typical of Bermuda prices (read expensive) and was okay.
Not bad but not great.

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At Fort Catherine. We didn’t go in, but I think that the entrance fee was about $7.00 per person.

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I love the way Bermuda embraces color in their architecture.

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This chandelier is stunning, I prefer it over the one on the Epic and that one is quite a beauty too.

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A beer at Maltings. No Guinness on tap unfortunately. I think that DH chose a Heineken.

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Going GLOW and 80’s (note the fingerless gloves) no one told me that those were two DIFFERENT parties! Personally I think that they should be combined, when one thinks of one they think of the other.

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Yes somehow I convinced the Mr. that a glow necklace would be an “awesome” idea. He’s so patient and sweet.

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Deepa! One of my two favorites Hostesses on the Breakaway I met her on the Jade twice. She’s such a sweetheart.
My other favorite is Leonara, we met on the Epic last year and were dancing buddies in Bliss.

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