2011's summer tour was a great success!  11 people, 1 van, 16 days, 1,300 miles = lots of fun!  Here is what we have planned this summer:

  

 

Total land package in Norway - $3,500.00

Single room supplement - $650.00

Lofoten Add on - $600.00

Airfare is not included.  

 

Itinerary Home - Oslo Oslo Oslo –  Kragerø Kragerø - Morgedal Morgedal - Stavanger Stavanger Stavanger - Bergen Bergen Bergen – Volda Volda –Ålesund Ålesund Ålesund – Grotli Grotli – Trondheim Trondheim Flights home / Add on: Bodø - Lofoten Lofoten Lofoten-Bodø Bodø - Oslo - Home

Payments The total land package price is $3,500.00 per person, double occupancy. The price does not include trans-Atlantic airfare. The single supplement is $650.00   Add-on to Lofoten $600.00 A deposit of $550.00 per person reserves your place on the tour.  Full payments received by January 31, 2012 are eligible for $100 discount per person. Otherwise: Your full payment is due by the first group meeting in mid May 2012.   Make checks payable to: S.L.I.  Mail payments to: Ed Egerdahl 616 Fir Street Edmonds, WA  98020

Price Includes: Tour director and expert guiding throughout the tour. Hotels of high standard throughout. Transportation via a first class bus/van between cities, ferry fares, train. Buffet breakfasts daily. Many dinners along the way. Entry fees and exhibit guides as per itinerary.  Transfers, touring and sightseeing as per itinerary.    Picnic lunches: Tour members contribute to the “kitty”. The tour director purchases the food, arranges for and sets up picnics when we are between stops.

 

Cancellation:  A per person charge will be levied for any cancellation received as follows: 125 to 45 days prior departure:  $100 fee.  44 to 30 days prior departure: 25% of tour price.  29 to 7 days prior departure:  50% of tour price.  6 days or less prior departure:  100% of tour price.  Cancellation insurance is strongly recommended.

Refund, Unused or Changed Tour Arrangements:  All unused services or tour arrangements during the tour, including hotel, ground transportation sightseeing tours and special features, are neither refundable nor exchangeable.  Any claims for reimbursement or refund must be received in writing by the Scandinavian Language Institute (S.L.I.) within 14 days of the conclusion of the scheduled tour.

Responsibility:  The Scandinavian Language Institute and its agents, act only as agents for the transportation companies, hotels, resorts, cruise/ferries and other public services.  We shall not become liable for delays, losses, accidents incurred by said persons or operators to passengers and baggage from whatever cause.  The insurance and acceptance of receipts, tickets or vouchers shall be deemed to be consent to the above conditions.  The airlines and any other transportation companies concerned are not to be held responsible for any act, omission or event during the time the passengers are not aboard their conveyances.  The passenger contract in use with the carrier concerned will constitute the sole contract between the airlines and the tour participant.  S.L.I. reserves the right to withdraw any tour prior to departure – or in emergencies, make changes for equal or better value.  Not included is the costs of passports, travel insurance, international airfare outside Norway, tips to tour director or driver, laundry, beverages and food not listed in itinerary, and other personal expenses. 

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You are invited to participate in a once-in-a-life-time adventure!  Discover the Land of the Midnight Sun with a small group of Norway enthusiasts led by Ed Egerdahl, a seasoned, knowledgeable Norway guide.  This custom tour is purposely scheduled at the height of the summer sunlight.  Norway never fails to surprise even those who have traveled here before.  The natural landscape of Norway, more stunning and diverse than in most other European nations, will awe and inspire you. 

The power of Norway’s amazing environment pulses through Norwegian art: paintings portray the people in their natural element, music celebrates the rugged landscape and poetry is formed from the very rocks!  Norwegians are firmly connected to their ancient past.  Families tend to remain in one place for many generations and nearly every community includes buildings that are 5, 6 or even 10 centuries old!  This living yet ancient “Old Country” heritage exerts a strong pull on travelers from the “New World”

Explore the treasures of this beautiful land where history and myth wait around every bend of the road.  This will be your adventure, not a standardized cookie-cutter tour.  In our upcoming group meetings, we will thoroughly explain alternatives and options and listen carefully to your opinions. The relationship between you and your guide is unique and personal.  Built-in flexibility will enable tour members to pursue special interests or find family roots.  An individual interest may develop into a spontaneous and exciting excursion that captures the imagination of the whole group.

“The Best of Norway” is well balanced between South and North.  Through valleys, over mountains, along fjords, through city streets with culture and history we will wend our way north to the ancient Viking capital, Trondheim.  

Your tour leader, Ed Egerdahl, has made Norway’s language and culture his specialty.  He has taught and led tours for nearly 30 years.  He will make your tour fun and educational; every tour member will share in his knowledge of culture and history.

 

 

Hotels	Meals	(B)reakfast (L)unch (P)icnic (D)inner (A)irmeals	The Best of Norway Summer 2012
Overnight flight to Oslo	A
Thon Hotel Opera Dronning Eufemiesgt 4 N-0154 Oslo 24 10 30 00		June 28 Thursday	Arrive Oslo, Norway: Arrive at the airport, pick up your bag and visit your last tax-free shopping before you go through customs, turn right and go to the airport express train and go to Oslo Central Station. Exit to the west and immediately enter your  hotel, located between the train station and the Opera House with the Harbor to the west
Hotel Opera	B	June 29             Friday	Discover Oslo: You are surrounded by national institutions of political life and collections of the nations works of art, like the National Gallery and the Vigeland  Sculpture park. Across the beautiful harbor lies Bygdoy – with Viking Ships and Kon Tiki, and Folk Museum Day is open for exploration.
Kragerø Sportell & Apartments Lovisenbergsvn 20 3770 Kragerø 35 98 57 00	B/P	June 30 Saturday	Oslo to Kragerø. Edvard Munch and Theodor Kittelsen will fill the start and end of todays tour. Sam Eyde and Birkelands development of what became Norsk Hydro.  The Antarctic whaling adventure from Sandefjord.  Ships construction that moved atlantic cargo ships up thee St Lawrence River and into the Great Lakes.
Morgedal Hotell Ph 35 06 89 00	B/P/D	July 1 Sunday	Kragerø to Telemark. Telemark Canal – inland water system that opened up for development.  Morgedal, home of skier Sondre Nordheim who, after much ski fame in Norway ended up his life in an unmarked grave out on the prairie in South Dakota. Sondre rented at Bjaaland, whose son followed Amundsen to South Pole.
Thon Hotel Maritim Kongsgata 32 4005 Stavanger 51 85 05 00	B/P	July 2 Monday	Morgedal to Stavanger
Hotel Marritim	B/P	July 3 Tuesday	Discover Stavanger
Thon Hotel Bergen Brygge Bradbenken 3, 5003 Bergen Ph  55 30 87 62	B/P	July 4 Wednesday	Arrival in Bergen for two days
Thon Hotel Bergen Brygge	B	July 5 Thursday	Medieval Bergen A medieval city made to walk in – Bergen lives in buildings from all ages. Prime buildings from this period are Håkon’s Hall, St. Mary’s Church and the Hansa League buildings. Funicular to the Fløyfjellet
Volda Turisthotell Ph 70 07 70 50	B/P/D	July 6 Friday	Bergen to Ørsta and Volda , the fjord-crossing route. across the Sognefjord, across two of the Nordfjord systems and finally the Voldafjord to a fishing trip with the Sylte family.and a homemade “Christmas in July” feast at the Sylte home!
Thon Hotel Ålesund Kongens gt 27, Ålesund Ph 70 12 29 38	B/P	July 7 Saturday	Volda to Ålesund Industrious people and education are prominent in this area you are traveling from and to this morning, and the civilization goes out to the last islands out west.  Tunnels under the sea instead of ferries because of winter storms
Thon Hotel Ålesund	B	July 8 Sunday	Explore Ålesund Walk in town designed by a single archigtect in the style of art Nouveau after a huge fire in 1904.  Visit the lookout mountain, day of leisure.
Grotli Høyfjellshotell Ph 61 21 74 74	B/P/D	July 9 Monday	Ålesund to Grotli Travel on the north side of Storfjord as far as Sjøholt, then south along the same fjord and ferry across from Linge to Eidsdal at the fork of two extensions to Storfjord. You are lifted up in the mountains by the Eagles Road and willl have a magnificent view of an appendix to the extension of Storfjord called Geirangerfjord and fly like the eagle to the end of the fjord and up hills to Grotli
Thon Hotel Gildevangen Søndregt 22, 7010 Trondheim Ph 73 87 01 30	B/P	July 10 Tuesday	Grotli to Trondheim  Via Lom, Otta to Dombås, Hjerkinn across Dovremountains to Trondheim for one night and two days.
Nighttrain to Oslo   11:05 pm Nighttrain to Bodø 11:40pm	B	July 11 Wednesday	Trondheim  Nidaros Cathedral, the Archbishops Residence and museum, Stiftsgården.  Day is open for your exploration.
Oslo airport arr 0606 am  …. Or Bodø arr. 09:13am Ms Richard With dep.3:00 pm Turistsenteret, Stokmarknes	B/A	July 12 Thursday	Train stops right at the ground floor of Oslo Airport.  Likewise, the train arrival in Bodø is in the harbor where you board the Hurtigruten.  Enjoy sights and shops in Bodø, crossing to Lofoten, stops in Stamsund and Svolvær, beautiful Raftsund and Trollfjord.Arr. Stokmarknes after midnight.  Transfer to Rorbu
Evenes Hotel, Bogen Ph 76 98 21 30 Norwegian air at 1240pm-1420pm Radisson Blu Airport Hotel Oslo	B  B  B	July 13 Friday July 14 Saturday July 15 Sunday	Stokmarknes to Evenes Sightseeing by van in Vesterålen and Ofoten. Check-in at hotel Evenes for final evening in the Midnight Sun area. Van transfer from hotel to Evenes Airport, flight to Oslo. Check-in at hotel. Walk over to check in for your flight home.