• Travels

    Interlude: “The Ferry”

    by  • September 29, 2011. 7:43 pm • Nikky, Scandinavia 2011, Travels • 0 Comments

    When trav­el­ling “Hardtke Class”–which often resem­bles “Rick Steves Class”–we’re always look­ing for the best deals to save time and money. Part of this strat­egy is to book overnight travel arrange­ments so you pay for travel and accom­mo­da­tion com­bined, which is often cheaper. Fol­low­ing this strat­egy, we booked us a 4-person cabin on the Silja Ser­e­nade, a cruiseferry […]

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    Helsinki: City of Ladders

    by  • September 28, 2011. 6:31 pm • Nikky, Scandinavia 2011, Travels • 3 Comments

    Over a series of blog posts I will be chron­i­cling my trip to Fin­land, Swe­den, and Den­mark. The Trip There It always amazes me the sheer incom­pe­tence and the­ater that TSA puts trav­el­ers through. No other coun­try forces you through such base­less pat-downs, the weird require­ment of tak­ing off your shoes (yuck), and other non­sense that they use in order to somehow […]

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