Norwegian Fjords & Lapland with a side trip to St. Petersburg
With a special trip by Mati, Joyce & Louise to Estonia

A 2006 travel Journal from our Walking Club friends currently visiting:
 The Norwegian Fjords, Lapland and Russia's Saint Petersburg.

The tour started on August the 26th and will end on September 14th.

   
Tour Travelers Kelli & Sue at a Russian Open Air Market!

 

 


All Travelers Aboard the Nordnorge!

The adventurous club travelers are:

Louise B.,  Bette & Bruce B.,  Pat F.,  Tami G.,  Joyce G.,  Sue & Mati K.,
Bob L.,  Bill R.,  Margot S.  Kelli & Ron Y.,
(Click here to see their cute little faces)

 

                     
                   Mati in Bergen                            Joyce in Old Sami House in Finland

 

           
Mati / Local Beauty / Bob               Nordic Beauty                The Cold Traveling Bunch
 

For further information regarding each day, use the appropriate Links in the following table .

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For Sue's write-up  of the Tour click here
For Mati's write-up of his Estonia side-Trip click here
To See Ron's short Videos click here
(Broadband needed)

Day # Date


Destination/Events (Link to pages)

 

e-mails pix's Ron's
Videos
1 8/26
Depart USA/St. Petersburg

 

1 3  
2 8/27
St. Petersburg, Russia / Optional Catherine's Palace tour

 

1 9 Click
3 8/28
St. Petersburg/Peter & Paul Fortress and St. Isaac's Hermitage Museum/ Optional Ballet Performance

 

1 9  
4 8/29
St. Petersburg/Yusupov Palace & Neva River Cruise/Petrodvorests/Home Hosted Dinner

 

1 9  
5 8/30


St. Petersburg/Helsinki, Finland St. Petersburg/Helsinki/ Contemporary Russia Discussion

 

1 4  
6 8/31


On to Estonia with Mati! (Mati, Joyce & Louise)

Helsinki/City Tour (All others)

 

1 7  
7 9/1
Helsinki/Ivalo/Saariselka/Sami Culture discovery event

 

0 6  
8 9/2


Saariselka/Inari

 
1 7  
9 9/3
Saariselka/Kirkenes, Norway/ Lunch
with an Eastern Sami family

 

1 6  
10 9/4
Kirkenes/Tour /Board Ship


 
2 5  
11 9/5


Honningsvag/Hammerfest/Tromso
 

2 5  
12 9/6
Harstad/Svolvaer
 
0 6  
13 9/7  
Bodo/Ornes/Rorvik

 
1 5  
14 9/8
Trondheim/Molde/Alesund
 
1 4  
15 9/9
Torvik/Floro/Bergen
 
1 6  
16 9/10
Bergen/Optional Old & New Norway tour
 
1 5  
17 9/11
Bergen/Norway in a Nutshell/Oslo
 
1 11  
18 9/12
Oslo/City Tour
 
1 2  
19 9/13
Oslo/Optional Norway’s Native Sons
 
1 5  
20 9/14
Fly Oslo/USA
 
1 5  

For further "Grand Circle Travel"  tour details click here.