Norwaylady

It’s time to hit the show on the road🤩 So pre departure is always busy…. This time no difference! suitcases packed 17.9kg & 12.6kg cats delivered at grandparents Last crazy days at work All paperwork printed in the travel map (ESTA approval, covid paperwork for US flight, marriage certificate, vaccination card, voucher for tour, hotel confirmation etc) Checked in on our flights Handbags prepared for departure We really hope spring break won’t be to crazy when we arrive in Miami. We had it in the Norwegian news that it’s been extremely busy and stressful for the police and the locals in Miami/South Beach….. Time to go to bed😴 Tomorrow is travel day🙌🏻👍🏻😎🥂 Mum’s Taxi Service is picking us up at 7.15 am and first flight leaves at 09.30am to ARN.

@Ken the cruiser you have a great cruise coming up! It has a great port of call listing👍🏻 This is definitely a great sailing. Since you will have all types of scenery. It’s very different from Western Norway to Northern Norway. I could have booked this route for myself❤️ @countess5 Welcome home! Has been a pleasure following your adventure🥂 Just finished my last team’s meeting before holiday🤩 So now it’s time to fix the rest on my must-do list before departure🤓

@Dar & Bob and anyone else! Since I’m “obviously” sponsored by X future cruises division and VisitNorway😂😂 We have time for some more Norwegian teasers during my breakfast🌟✨🇳🇴 For those sitting on the fence of a cruise or land based holiday to Norway🇳🇴 This is the time! The NOK is very low. 1 USD = 10.60 NOK (normally 7-8NOK) 1 EUR = 11.70 NOK (normally 8-9NOK) So our trip to the US is 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 for the financial director🙈 and to help you push the book button: Lofoten Islands Å Reinebringen View+stairs and Reine Keep your eyes open and bring binoculars…. There are bird’s and if you are a dear devil…. You can walk to Djevelporten Trondheim, Old Town and Nidarosdomen Bergen, View from Fløyen & Ulriken Bryggen in Bergen Åndalsnes, View from Rampestreken and The Gondol Alta Nordlys katedralen, Alta Museum Art Rock and the View from their Beach Stavanger Sverd i sten and View from The local area of Jæren 71’N Loen, View from The Loen Skylift area ( we have climbed the Via Ferrata) Great day. But you can’t be afraid of heights! here you have plenty of good reasons to book a holiday in Norway🇳🇴 Bon Boyage!

Tonight’s view from our living room….. This winter has been excellent for Aurora Borealis… aka NorthernLights in Oslo🇳🇴 Thats not very normal. Usually you need to be further north and in a darker place than the city. Normally I’m early to bed, but packing kept me up. Pictures are just raw, no photoshop. So lucky me🥰🌟

Looking forward to see you onboard!

I know you will have a great time on Jewel. I really like the ship and you are visiting on a great sailing🙌🏻 I will tease your travel fewer a bit🔥✨🌟 Welcome to Geiranger, this is in june IMG_9207.MOV Ålesund in june As you can see, the weather is changing daily. One day to another… When you are crossing the artic circle by Vikingen. Then you are straight by our cabin😌 When you arrive Honningsvåg, you can’t go further on mainland Norway 71’. Nordkapp You will walk in the streets of Mr Norwaylady. He grew up her his first years of his life…. (Still struggling to understand why he love’s colder climates? 😂) This is from July, expect everything from 2-20celsius. Kirkeporten, fine little walk. Beautiful view to Nordkapp. And of course…. You are never alone🥰 They are walking around all over the place😌 If this don’t tease you, you might want to rebook your cruise😂😂😂

MoveUp As expected, we have not received a MoveUp mail and we can’t log in. But we are happy for our stateroom, so no worries😌

We booked air tickets by points on SAS in December. We had some points we needed to use. So we are flying Sas from Oslo-Stockholm-Miami in SAS Plus. And will fly the same cabin home via Copenhagen. Our OBC has rewarded us by 4 shore excursions and upgrade from basic WiFi to stream WiFi. (And there are some OBC left to pay for my breakfast delivery if I want something hot) We will do following excursions onboard by X: Off road Dominican adventure via Polaris RZR day 3 Buck Island beach and snorkel day 5 Catamaran Sail and snorkel with beach break day 6 Catamaran Fan-ta-sea to Nevis whit snorkel day 7 In St Maarten we have booked a transfer to the beach Grand Case. We booked this from home before departure. We wanted to try a new beach in St Maarten First visit to St Maarten in 2014 we took a ATW tour to Orient Beach. Fun sightseeing tour on the island and beach break. Next visit we just had a walk into town and the beach. Unfortunately it was a knife hit and we were in the middle of the action😳🙄😬 So a bit shaken we returned to the ship after a talk to the police😰 Next visit we went to Maho beach for some plane watching😎 So this time we will try out Grand case😎 As you can see, we are happy for snorkel/sailing adventures on this sailing🐠🐡🐙 hopefully we will find Nemo🤿 Key West and San Juan PR has been visited several times. Key West by cruise and multiple overnight stay by car. So we have visited Hemmingway’s 6-toed cats, eaten Key Lime Pie, breakfast on Sunset Key island, sunset cruise etc. You get the picture😆 So it will be a lovely day for a walk. ( First time we went to Key West 2013 we were bidding on a new home in our neighbourhood😅 The open house was just before we left from home and the bidding in Norway is always 24h after Last advertised open viewing. So we had to fax offers from our hotel to the real estate agent…. Unfortunately we didn’t get the house, but we had some lovely days in Key West:) It only took us 9 more years to find a new house in the neighbourhood we wanted😂😂 (we had a very limited radius, so we only moved 600m from our old place) In San Juan we have been on a zip-line tour, bicycle tour and a walking food tour. So plans are still open. (But probably involves La Taberna Lupulo….) Hotels in Miami/Ft Lauderdale is wild💸💸 I have no words for those prices. So we have waited on the fence and hoped for the better….. We ended up booking Newport Beachside Hotel & Resort in Sunny Isles Beach for pre-cruise stay. Got a okay deal from my booking tool at work. 2-nights for 470$+ daily 25$ resort fee. Hotels in Brickell area was from 1500$ for our stay…. So that’s a now-go for the financial planner🧐

Buckle up, it’s time for a new adventure on the ocean. The vikings are tired of winter and snow☃️🥶 Our woollen socks has stayed on since we returned from Hawaii🥶 We have survived winter storms in the northern Norway on family visits. and we have shuffled snow so our arms can scratch our sole of the 🦶 foot Mr & Mrs Norwaylady are waiting for our flight to Miami and are ready for some sun and Caribbean heat😎 Just a small information for those who hasn’t followed us before. We are Jarle & Alexandra from 🇳🇴 Norway. (JA=yes in Norwegian) We live in Oslo, the capital of Norway. We have 2 British shorthair cats, they are our babies🐈‍⬛🐈 They are safe and cosy at their grandparents house🥰 (If you want more info, search up my live from Alaska+Hawaii🤓) Be prepared for some local beer, as someone might remember……..Mr Norwaylady is happy for local beers 🍻 Planning is always under sharp control of Norwaylady. Mr Norwaylady just shows up and hope for a beer and a good plan😝 We are kinda easy going. No need to stress, we can always solve the issue if it appears. And a great smile and happy tone always save the day🙌🏻 If you want to follow this trip and other adventures from time to time on IG you are welcome to search up: al_be_ra_bo https://instagram.com/al_be_ra_bo?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= It’s a closed account so just message me Hello from CC on IG🙂 (just tired of ladies selling pictures😵‍💫) We love to cruise and our favourite is X. It’s a good fit for our personality and our wishes for holiday. Our favourite class of ship on X is Millennium class. They are older, but they have a great floor plan and just have something we like❤️⚓️ So back to cruising⚓️ We haven’t sailed on Silhouette before. But we have sailed on Solstice class ships multiple times. So we know what we will get and it will be our last ship in Solstice class to sail. Then we have tried them all on multiple times. So it will be fun to see if our list of love-the-ship will change🙃 ( Millennium class is our perfect match still🥇 Connie is still the leader) We have sailed in the Caribbean several times. Last cruise in the Caribbean was b2b on Edge April 2019. Drumroll please! We have one new port of call: Nassau, Bahamas 🇧🇸🤩 (it’s a major reason for why we booked this b2b AND then we have sailed all ships in Solstice class🥳) I think that needs a cheer’s 🥂 🥳 So our cruise leaves from Miami and we will have a turnaround day in Miami. It’s a 10+4days b2b. So it will be fun to test a really short cruise and see how this effect the vibe of the cruise…. We are really testing new things on this cruise😜 The first part of our b2b will officially be our 15th cruise on X🥳🥳🥳 Cheers 🥂 As you know from earlier, the financial director is Norwaylady. Value for money is important. We always cruise in balcony or concierge stateroom. (Price decide if it’s balcony or concierge) This cruise is booked in Concierge. Price for balcony and concierge was similar, so that made it very easy. We booked all inclusive. So we have classic beverage+WiFi. It was an onboard booking, so we have some extra OBC. For the first time we are heavy rewarded by campaign and onboard booking. So we were given 800usd in OBC🤩🤩🤩 that’s wild for us. Normally we are extremely happy if we get 200 OBC. (Don’t ask, it’s a big difference if you are us client or from the Nordic…) What I can say, is that a guest from the Nordic is not a priority guest😝🤣 we are always the underdog in guest count’s🇳🇴😂 So not angry or offended🙃 just very clear of the hierarchy🤣🤣🤣 So Norwaylady is very happy for our value-for-money feeling on this b2b. We have the same stateroom for both sailings. Cabin 124x on deck 10. Really happy for our OBC, as some might remember, we love to have breakfast on our balcony. YES, Norwaylady is very upset and angry on X for the new fee on in-room orders🤨🤨🤨 It’s just so low-cost carrier’s🤥😳 And for concierge class this should be at least free of charge for all types of breakfast. It’s my big pleasure on a cruise! Finished on my angry tirade🥵🤯😤 Back to cruising⚓️

I asked Visit Oslo if they had information in English for those that needs to be able to bring a wheelchair on museums, service dog etc. This is what they answered: https://www.visitoslo.com/en/oslo/practical-information/accessibility/ AND This is the lasted updated list they have for museums. So you will have an idea of what you can plan.....

@euro cruiser There are some companies that can help you. Oslo Taxi has 2 routes. It can be altered for your needs. https://www.visitoslo.com/en/activities-and-attractions/sightseeing/?tlp=2983673&name=Oslo-Taxi-Sightseeing HMK Sightseeing They have private and shared tours. https://www.visitoslo.com/en/activities-and-attractions/sightseeing/?tlp=2983283&name=HMK-Sightseeing This is link to general site from Visit Oslo https://www.visitoslo.com/en/activities-and-attractions/sightseeing/ If you looking for a special thing or stop, you can also email Visit Oslo. They have an excellent crew that will help you plan and give you advice if you need more information about wheelchair friendly things to do.

@Kit1972 More tips for you: https://www.visitoslo.com/en/articles/urban-art-in-oslo/

Very sorry to tell you that there are a distance to western part of Norway from Oslo. So there are no catamaran tours that can take you to the Fjords of Norway. You will have a lovely sailing into Oslo. You will pass Drøbak and Oscarsborg, it's a very narrow area during your sail in. Just to show how far in distance it is by car and why there are no day trips to areas where you will find the fjords. Make the best of your visit to Oslo! It's lots to see and do. We have 2 brand new museums, Munch and the national gallery. In the summer, the Royal palace has daily tours inside. The opera house has guidet tours also. Have a walk in Vigelands Parken, the sculpture park. You will have no problem of filling your time in Oslo. You can take the ferry to the islands, go for a swim on a hot day. Rent a sauna boat for a good view of the opera house and a lovely swim. Visit the folklore museum and Kon-Tiki. If you dear, go jumping in Holmenkollen ski jump. They have a fun zipline, so you can jump as the professional. The list is long and you WILL have a great time!

@purpleally They follow Norway time midnight. So that means -6h Or for a very short week -5h... You turn the clock before Europe. We turn our clock to summertime 26.march

@purpleally 90 days from today is 18 of June. So you will not be able to find a train ticket before 5.april 2023. Since 90 days from 5.april is 4.July. You might not be able to get a ticket on that day. Since it's in the middel of the easter holiday in Norway. And in Norway, we do take easter much more closed then compared to the US. So if they are not available, check again on the first working day after the public holidays. * you can see all public holidays in Norway in post 243. That means 11 of April.

@purpleally When are you trying to book tickets? Sometimes its not 90 days before departure. https://www.vy.no/en/

Bon Voyage! Looking forward to the rest🙃

Safe travel! The snow is falling down in Oslo.....❄️ So I started the day by shuffling snow from our door to the car and around the car. So a decent work out before work.... It has arrived a good 40cm ish since midnight. Hopefully this will be the last round.... Had a good workout earlier in the week also❄️ King Winter is holding on to Norway❄️

Hello @Kit1972 Oslo is a good mix of older and new parts in the city. I like to take pictures to😎 I will give you a link if you haven't seen it yet> https://www.lifeinnorway.net/oslo-photo-locations/ It gives you some ideas. There are lots of really good places among Akerselva. It's one of my favourite places for pictures. I live close to Ekeberg Park, so I walk a lot in that area. Many good spots for pictures. Area around and in the Opera house has lots of good sight lines for pictures. Attached is some trips that will walk you in some of the ares that are recommended for walking. They have a good map and list places recommended to visit. https://www.visitnorway.com/places-to-go/city-break/10000-steps/oslo/ Hope this helps you in the planing. This is Morten Krogvold recommendations for Oslo. He is a very respected photographer. You can see in the pictures in the article. That Oslo has lots of nice lines to capture! https://www.visitnorway.com/places-to-go/eastern-norway/oslo/cultural-triangle/

Bon Voyage! Looking forward to a great report and sailing⚓️ You do an excellent review live. You and mini-me will rock the ship🥰

It deepens on your country/market you belong to. The Nordic market has 21-days if they are invited. So it’s not guaranteed that you will receive an offer to bid.

@countess5 Happy anniversary! Have a great sail away🍹🥰

Don't worry, you will be fine😎 They are friendly in Cabo Verde. They use a lot of Toyota Hiace as transport for tourists and small buses. They are older, but you will be fine. We had 14 days on the islands and had no trouble, our local guides had decent level of English skils and dive tours was safe. Remember they are old Portuguese area. We walked alone around in the city and by the beaches. No problems at all.

As NCL said….. sharing IS caring🤩👍🏻🙌🏻

@Ken the cruiser If they dock at Overseas passenger terminal, you can walk easy. And if you have your stateroom on the "good" side of the ship. You will have a beautiful view to the Opera House! We did a tour of the house. Really recommend if you have time. The house is quite special.