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Excursions

The confirmation of the excursions came today. We leave Dover on the Wednesday and cruise up the North Sea until on the Friday we arrive in Stavanger early morning and we have a half day visit to the Flor & Fjaere Gardens. The gardens are on an island so it will mean a boat trip. http://florogfjare.no/english On Saturday we are in Jondal. Here the trip is up the Folgefonna Glacier. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folgefonna Both trips are in the morning leaving us to see the towns and surroundings in the afternoon before the boat sails again. The rest of the visits will be to Olden and Bergen where we can get into town for a look around and relax a bit. As it will be June, it looks as though the sun won't be setting that far north.  Let's hope the windows have decent curtains!

Tickets Arrived!!

Got home and the tickets were there. It all seems to be happening quickly now.   What next?  A packing check. At least we can take two big cases and not have to worry about the weight limits like we do everytime we even think about flying!   There are a few other things that need to be bought for the trip. Like a shirt or three.   Two weeks and a bit.....

Flights

Have been in touch with a few travel agencies about flights to Florida for this trip. It's a little under a year before we go and all the main agencies still don't have fares to Miami on their websites. Might pop into Thomas Cook and see what they have on their books whilst we are in town tomorrow.  Currently, on Virgin, they have April fares listed at about £690 each, and one agency has given us an approximate price of £790!  Will have to wait and see. Any advice appreciated.

Excursions

The list of optional excursions arrived and after blanching at the cost and complexity of them we opted for two that we can afford and that Claire can realistically complete without too much of a problem.   One up a glacier and another river trip to a garden on an island. More later.