INITIAL ITINERARY,* Norway Trip
Year 2000
Keith &
Margaret Wheeler
(*O/N = Overnight + breakfast)
DAY 1 - Sat., June 24 SAN FRANCISCO-OSLO
7:15am
depart SFO - UA flight San Francisco-Newark; arrive 3:48pm - short layover
in Newark, NJ, to visit with friends at airport.
7:10pm
depart Newark - SAS flight Newark-Oslo;
DAY 2 - Sun., June 25 OSLO
8:30am
arrive Oslo, Norway.
Transfer
to city center - tour Oslo on own.
*O/N
Rica Oslo Hotel, OSLO
DAY 3 - Mon., June 26 OSLO
10am Oslo sightseeing tour. (Tour starts from
Tourist Information Center)
5pm
Meet for dinner with Norway-List folks at Restaurant Hådverkeren, Oslo
O/N
Rica Oslo Hotel, OSLO
DAY 4 - Tue., June 27 OSLO-FLÅM-BALESTRAND
8:11am depart Oslo 2nd class train Oslo-Myrdal; arrive Myrdal 12:48pm
12:55pm -
train Myrdal-Flåm on Flåm Line**; arrive Flåm, 1:55pm
**Ranked on of the top 20 train rides in
the world. Within 15 miles, descend 2800 ft. to the idyllic fjord community of
Flåm.
3:30pm depart Flåm - Flåm Express boat
Flåm-Balestrand through fjords; arrive Balestrand 4:50pm
O/N
Kvikne's Hotel, BALESTRAND.
DAY 5 - Wed., June 28 BALESTRAND
Visit
sites around Balestrand
O/N
Kvikne's Hotel, BALESTRAND
DAY 6 - Thu., June 29 BALESTRAND-BERGEN
7:55am
-
Sognefjord Express boat Balestrand-Bergen down Sognetfjorden and coast;
arrive Bergen 11:40am - tour Bergen on our own
O/N
Radisson SAS Royal Hotel, BERGEN
DAY 7 - Fri., June 30
BERGEN
Tour
Bergen on our own
O/N
Radisson SAS Royal Hotel, BERGEN
DAY 8 - Sat., July 1 BERGEN-HAUGESUND
2:00pm
depart Bergen - local bus (Gaia Trafikk) Bergen-Haugesund;
arrive Haugesund 5:35pm
Evening
in Haugesund on our own.
O/N
Rica Maritim Haugesund
DAY 9 - Sun., July 2 HAUGESUND
Day
free for visit to Aksdal on own. To
Aksdal for pm "Emigration Festival Concert" (Singers Hanne Krogh from
Norway & Tom Russell from US) - meet, & attend concert with, Rotraud
& Einar Slogvik - meet Ingvar Frøyland, Cultural Officer, Tysvær Kommune
O/N
Rica Maritim Haugesund
DAY 10 - Mon., July 3 HAUGESUND-STAVANGER
AM
- try to find heather nursery south of Haugesund.
Midday
ferry from Haugesund to Stavanger to check into hotel and tour downtown
Stavanger on own.
O/N
Radisson SAS Atlantic Hotel Stavanger
DAY 11 - Tue., July 4 STAVANGER
EMIGRATION FESTIVAL IN STAVANGER -
Celebration commemorating the 175th anniversary of the sailing of
the Sloop Restoration (on which were our ancestors Jacob Anderson Slogvik and
the Madland family). Concert in evening
(Hanne Krogh & Tom Russell again, plus Mick O'Brian from Ireland).
O/N
Radisson SAS Atlantic Hotel Stavanger
DAY 12 - Wed., July 5 - Bus or Ferry to Slogvik Farm, Tysvær
Kommune, north of Stavanger.
DAY 12-17 (Wed., Jul 5 - 10) - Staying with Slogvik family on Slogvik
Farm.
Visiting
sites and ancestral farms in this part of Rogaland County.
DAY 18 - Tues., July 11 - Bus or
Ferry to Velle home, Jørpeland east of Stavanger.
DAY 18-24(Tue. Jul 11 - Mon. Jul 17) - Staying with Kristian Velle family in Jørpeland.
Visiting
sites and ancestral farms in this part of Rogaland County.
DAY 25 - Tue., July 18 Jørpeland -STAVANGER-OSLO
7:36am
- Leave Stavanger; 2nd class train Stavanger-Oslo (paralleling southern coast
of Norway); arrive Oslo 2:42pm
Afternoon
and evening in Oslo on our own
O/N
Rica Oslo Hotel, OSLO
DAY 26 - Wed., July 19 OSLO
Tour
Oslo on our own
O/N
Rica Oslo Hotel
DAY 27 - Thu., July 20 OSLO-SAN FRANCISCO
11:00am
depart Oslo; SAS flight Oslo-Newark;
arrive 1:05pm (short layover in Newark, NJ - possible visit with friends)
3:00pm depart Newark; UA flight Newark-San Francisco; arrive SFO
5:53pm
* Itinerary planning with help and guidance of Brekke Tours and Travel.