• This travel update is part six of our two-week stay in Tromsø, Norway. It covers August 12 – 13. “Any text in quotes and Italics has been copied and pasted from some informational website like Wikipedia.” August 12, 2023 – Saturday: Patti’s Niece Here’s an interesting situation. By a wild stroke of coincidence Patti’s niece, Callie,

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  • ( revised 01/14/2024 ) 2024 marks our seventh year of creating travel adventures and making memories throughout the world. Since May of 2018, we’ve travelled to 19 countries / territories (United States, Italy, Thailand, United Kingdom [England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland], Republic of Ireland, Mexico, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, Portugal, Spain, Gibraltar,

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  • This travel update is for part five of our two-week stay in Tromsø, Norway. It covers five days, August 7 through 11, 2023. “Any text in quotes and Italics has been copied and pasted from some informational website like Wikipedia.” August 7, 2023 – Monday: Planning our next Move We have to get serious now about

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  • This travel update is part four of our two-week stay in Tromsø, Norway. It covers August 6. “Any text in quotes and Italics has been copied and pasted from some informational website like Wikipedia.” August 6, 2023 – Sunday: A Hike in the Hills We read that there is a popular family-style hike here, called Sherpa

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  • This travel update is part three of our week in Tromsø, Norway. It covers August 4 – 5. “Any text in quotes and Italics has been copied and pasted from some informational website like Wikipedia.” August 4, 2023 – Frigg’s Day (Friday): A Day Off We’ve been very active since arriving in Norway on July 18,

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  • This travel update is part two of our week in Tromsø, Norway. It covers August 3. “Any text in quotes and Italics has been copied and pasted from some informational website like Wikipedia.” August 3, 2023 – Thors’s Day (Thursday): Walking Around Tromsø It’s our custom to spend the first day in a city walking around,

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  • This travel update is part one of our week in Tromsø, Norway. It covers August 2. “Any text in quotes and Italics has been copied and pasted from some informational website like Wikipedia.” August 2, 2023 – Odin’s Day: Flying to Tromsø We woke up in Longyearbyen around 7:00 this morning. The airport bus leaves at

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  • This travel update is part seven of our week in Longyearbyen, Norway. It covers August 1. “Any text in quotes and Italics has been copied and pasted from some informational website like Wikipedia.” August 1, 2023 – Tuesday: The Polar Exploration Museum We took it easy this morning, kind of resting up from the past two

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  • This travel update is part six of our week in Longyearbyen, Norway. It covers July 31. “Any text in quotes and Italics has been copied and pasted from some informational website like Wikipedia.” July 31, 2023 – Monday: Another Hike Today’s hike was approximately 7 hours, beginning at 11am and ending around 5:45pm. We hike 8 miles,

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  • This travel update is part five of our week in Longyearbyen, Norway. It covers July 30. “Any text in quotes and Italics has been copied and pasted from some informational website like Wikipedia.” July 30, 2023 – Sunday: Hiking on a Glacier!!! Today’s hike was approximately 7 hours, beginning at 8:30am and ending around 3:30pm. We

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