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Since we rarely visited Northern California, we explored the hikes and waterfalls around Mt. Shasta. I have often been drawn to Mt. Shasta and Lake Shasta on my way from Sacramento to Portland, Oregon, but I have never stopped.. . We drove from San Jose to Mt. Shasta in the late afternoon. The drive to McCloud (near Mt. Shasta) was uneventful and took about 4.5…
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I always like rafting down white water and decided to try it out with the Adventure Connection company near Placerville, CA. A good deal was published on Travelzoo - $79 per ticket, so I decided to give it a shot.. . The trip is scheduled to start at 10:00 and end at 16:00 with lunch in between, covering 13 miles of class 1-3 rapids in…
Read More: Rafting the South Fork of American River
Steve, a good friend, suggested that Alex, Inna, and I would enjoy participating in a Marine Science Ecotour in Redwood City. It would allow me to explore some of the native marine life in the San Francisco Bay and to see firsthand the work that marine biologists do.. . With Steve's help, we purchased tickets and headed for the voyage.. Thanks for signing up for…
Read More: Trolling for bottom dwellers (Marine Science Ecotour)
My wife purchased me a LivingSocial Voucher for Father's Day for a 3-hour Kiteboarding lesson with SG Kiteboarding.. . The beginner lessons cover flying the kite for the first few hours and self-rescue techniques.. . . . . The lesson took place with two other participants at Caesar Chavez Park in Berkeley, CA. We learned to properly launch and control a kite by shifting the…
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On the Tallink Baltic Queen ferry, we sailed from Tallinn, Estonia, to Stockholm, Sweden, around 10:00 a.m. We had a tiny cabin on the ferry, sufficient for the one-day sail. Alex and I had separate top bunks, and Inna slept on the bottom bunk. There was not much room for anything else. Our luggage blocked the way out (but what can you do?). . .…
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We arrived in Tallinn, Estonia, aboard the Tallink Silja Line ferry from Helsinki at 3:30 p.m. We planned to visit our Radisson Blu Sky hotel and explore the beautiful medieval old town.. . When we arrived, we waited for bus #2 to get to our Radisson Blu Sky hotel, but it did not stop at our bus stop. We decided to take a bicycle taxi…
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After getting up and having breakfast, we took the metro to Copenhagen Airport. It started lightly raining in Copenhagen, but not enough to get us wet. We boarded the M2 subway at Kongens Nytorv metro station and took it to Copenhagen Airport (Lufthavn station). On the way there, in the metro, we had our 24-hour Copenhagen tickets checked. During our five days in Copenhagen, this…
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. Our flight from Bergen, Norway, to Copenhagen, Denmark, was scheduled for 8:10 p.m. from Bergen airport. It's a relatively short flight, and we planned to land in Copenhagen at 9:30 p.m. However, our plane was delayed 15 minutes (not a big deal). We also called our Phoenix Copenhagen hotel to confirm they had our room reserved for our late arrival. To my great surprise,…
Read More: Copenhagen, Denmark
We unpacked and relaxed after checking into 193 Strandgaten, an 8th-floor apartment building. . . . . . We brought in our suitcases and relaxed for a brief moment.. . . . . Opening the windows, we were thrilled by the spectacular view of the beautiful, ship-filled harbor. . . . . Since we were hungry (from our long and tedious journey from Balestrand), we…
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Since we had early morning train tickets to Flam, we got up at 5:30 a.m., packed, and boarded our train from Oslo to Myrdal at 6:45 a.m. The plan was to change trains in Myrdal and ride on the scenic train to Flam, followed by a ferry cruise to Balestrand through the magnificent Norwegian Fjords.. . . . . I had an unexpected problem with…
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