In early 2000 my husband and I were invited to a presentation and, if we attended, that is all we had to do they said, we would get a free trip to Mauritius. Being a lot younger and even less wise, we agreed to attend.
It has been a while since I wrote on the preparations for our trip to the Northern Lights and that is mainly because we are in the quiet period of preparation.
As we get older our medicine kits start to take up more and more space in our luggage. We know we are not as fit as we used to be and are more susceptible to injury and illness. There is nothing worse than getting sick or running out of your…
I cannot believe that it is more than half way through the month of May 2015! That means it is 7 months to the day before we leave on this wonderful trip. It is getting really exciting but there is so much to do.
At the end of my last article I said that we would now spend time looking at the places we plan to visit and decide on what we want to see out of all the wonderful things which can be seen. I have downloaded information on Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Tromsø…
I cannot believe that it is more than half way through the month of May! That means it is 7 months to the day before we leave on this wonderful trip.
As always, time just flies when one is busy and has a very exciting trip to plan.
As I said in the article, ‘The last few days’, in this, the final article about our first trip overseas, I detail some of what we learned, both helpful and what we could, and should, have done better.
The type and form of transport and accommodation of any holiday depends very much on where and for how long one will be on holiday.
Having mentioned to Teresa Smith that I had already contacted a travel company in Norway she suggested that I hold off going ahead and booking that tour without looking at other possiblities.