We're getting geared up to hit the road soon. This time we're headed for Scandinavia, long on my "wish list" but never on Jerry's. Almost 2 years ago, friends mentioned a cruise they were considering and it checked a lot of my boxes--Norwegian coast, Arctic Circle, and the Shetland and Orkney Islands. It even got Jerry interested.
So, off we go on Monday. We'll spend the first 12 days visiting Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, and Bergen on our own, using a Scandinavia Rail Pass to get from place to place. Then we'll be hopping onto the just-christened Viking Sea for 2 weeks of cruising--over half of the time sailing along and visiting towns, fjords, and islands on the coast of Norway. We'll go as far as the North Cape, several hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle. We'll work our way back down the coast, visiting different towns. We then cross over to the Shetland Islands, followed by a visit to Orkney as well. The cruise wraps up with time in Edinburgh (the only place we have visited before--a grand 29 years ago) and drops us off in London, where we'll explore on our own for 5 days.
Once again, you can see that Rick Steves will be our trusty travel companion--in spirit and book form at least.
Here's what happened to our pristine Scandinavia guide. Following Rick's own guidance, I took my Xacto knife in hand and removed the sections we'll actually need to have with us. That means we get to leave over half of the guidebook at home. It hurts at first, but actually works quite well
The London guidebook has so far escaped this unpleasant fate and is getting highlighted and flagged instead. It probably won't look this nice by the time we return, but it will have earned its stripes.
I look forward to sharing discoveries and stories over the next few weeks. Come on along!
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