Exploring 21St Century Norway
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Exploring 21st Century Norway Join the Gudbrandsdalslag of America as they travel through Norway in the steps of with Gudbrandsdalslag of America their ancestors and discover how ancient June 19–July 2, 2016 traditions have helped shape the lives of those living in Norway in the 21st Century! Dombås Bøverdal Vinstra Skjolden Lillehammer Voss Flåm Lofthus NORWAY Oslo Stavanger DAY 1 SUNDAY, JUNE 19 DAY 5 THURSDAY, JUNE 23 [B,D] ITINERARY INCLUDES: Mpls/St Paul—Stavanger: Depart the USA on your Lofthus—Voss—Flåm: Breakfast at hotel. Drive transatlantic flight. To request alternative dates or to Voss. Continue by train to Myrdal and change • Roundtrip airfare from Mpls / St. Paul, for estimated airfare supplements from other US to the Flåm Railway. Descend the Flåm Valley, including taxes, fees & fuel surcharge cities, please note on application. dropping 2800 feet within 13 miles to the idyllic fjord • 12 nights accommodations, 1st class/superior community of Flåm. Cruise the dramatic Aurlandfjord tourist class, double occupancy DAY 2 MONDAY, JUNE 20 [D] and Nærøyfjord from Flåm to Gudvangen. Drive to Stavanger: Arrive at Sola Airport Stavanger. Stalheim and descend the 13 thrilling hairpin bends • Daily breakfast [B], 5 lunches [L] and 11 Transfer to a hotel in city center. Balance of the day of the Stalheim Road. Dinner and overnight at dinners [D] free to relax and adjust to the time change. Welcome Fretheim Hotel. • 1st-class touring coach dinner and overnight at Clarion Hotel Stavanger. DAY 6 FRIDAY, JUNE 24 [B,D] • City sightseeing tour in Stavanger DAY 3 TUESDAY, JUNE 21 [B,D] Flåm—Skjolden: Breakfast at hotel. Depart • Train Voss to Flåm, 2nd Class Stavanger: Breakfast at hotel. Sightseeing tour for Aurland. Ascend the narrow, winding road to of Stavanger includes the Stavanger Cathedral Stegastein for a fabulous view of the fjord country. • Fjord cruise Flåm to Gudvangen and the Norwegian Canning Museum. Tour the Drive through the world’s second longest tunnel • Visits to Norwegian Petroleum Museum, Norwegian Petroleum Museum with a presentation (15.22 miles) from Aurland to Lærdal. Ferry across Stavanger Domkirke, Norwegian Canning on the role of oil in the Norwegian economy. In the the mighty Sognefjord from Fodnes to Mannheller. Museum, Norwegian Museum of Hyrdropower evening, cruise to Flor og Fjære and enjoy a “taste Drive to Sogndal and continue to Fjærland. Tour and Industry, Norwegian Glacier Center, of paradise” with dinner surrounded by tropical the Norwegian Glacier Center in Mundal, known as Aukrust Gard, Kvikne Church, Milsteinhaugen, gardens. the Norwegian Book Town and the ancestral home Rudi Gård, Ringebu Stave Church, Prestegard, of former Vice-President Walter Mondale. Return to Aulestad, Fåberg Church, Maihaugen and the Sogndal and drive along Lustrafjorden past Gaupne Norwegian Parliament in Oslo and Luster to Skjolden. Dinner and overnight at Skjolden Resort Hotel. • All ferries and entrance fees to all sites & museums outlined in itinerary DAY 7 SATURDAY, JUNE 25 [B,L,D] • Luggage handling at hotels for 1 suitcase Skjolden—Lom—Bøverdal: Breakfast at hotel. Drive to Lom. Time on own with opportunity to shop, • Tour Director for Days 2—14 visit the Stave Church or explore the Stone Museum • Tour information kit and shop in the jewelry gallery at the Fossheim Steinsenter. Lunch and tour of Aukrust Gard, which PRICING: specializes in herb gardening. Continue to Bøverdal Price with air/taxes/fuel from .............$5145 for dinner and overnight at Elveseter Hotel. DAY 4 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 [B,D] Price based on a minimum of 35 paying persons. Price includes airfare from Mpls/St. Paul plus taxes/fees and Stavanger—Lofthus: Breakfast at hotel. Drive fuel surcharge. Unless paid in full, fuel and all taxes to Tyssedal. Tour the Norwegian Museum of are subject to change and will be re-assessed in your Hydropower and Industry. Continue to Lofthus. statement prior to final payment. Inquire about airfare Dinner and overnight at the exquisite Ullensvang from your home city. Hotel with a spectacular view of the Sørfjord. Land Only from ...................................$3945 Services begin in Stavanger and end in Oslo Single Room Supplement. ...................$625 www.BrekkeTours.com EXPLORING 21ST CENTURY NORWAY June 19 ‒ July 2, 2016 Dombås Bøverdal Vinstra Skjolden Lillehammer Voss Flåm Lofthus NORWAY Oslo Stavanger DAY 8 SUNDAY, JUNE 26 [B,L,D] DAY 11 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29 [B,D] TOUR HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: Bøverdal—Lesja—Dombås: Breakfast at hotel. Gausdal and Fåberg Excursion: Breakfast at Drive to Lesja and attend worship with Lesja hotel. Tour Aulestad and Fåberg Church before • Norwegian Petroleum Museum exhibits congregation. Lunch at Café Blomsterstugu returning to Lillehammer. Dinner and overnight at explain how oil and gas are created, discovered (pending). Possibility of touring the two churches hotel. and produced, and what they are used for. in Lesja parish, Lesjaskog and Lesjaverk, prior to The museum also provides information about a visit to the parsonage for coffee where Pastor DAY 12 THURSDAY, JUNE 30 [B,L] technological advances and the way petroleum Jorunn Radum will discuss changes in the state Lillehammer—Oslo: Breakfast at hotel. Visit influences Norwegian society. Original objects, church of Norway and the ministry response which Maihaugen, one of Norway’s largest open models, films and interactive exhibits illustrate churches are making to involve local families. air museums. Lunch at museum featuring a everything from everyday life offshore to Dinner and overnight at the Dombås Hotel. presentation on the historical relationship of Fåberg technology and dramatic incidents. and Lillehammer. Time free for shopping or a DAY 9 MONDAY, JUNE 27 [B,L,D] possible visit to the Kunst (Art) Museum featuring • Norwegian Glacier Center’s goal is to collect, Dombås—Kvam—Fron—Vinstra: Breakfast at the Weidemann Art Collection. In the late afternoon, create and disseminate knowledge about hotel. Morning free in Dombås. Drive to Kvam. drive to Oslo. Dinner on own. Overnight at the glaciers and climate. The exhibitions cover Lunch at Sinclairhuset, along with a presentation by Thon Bristol. topics within both natural and cultural history. Morten Wangen (administrator of the Kvam tunnel The interplay within the natural environment project) on the E6 tunnel construction and road and between mankind and nature, is highlighted improvements. Visit Kvikne Church and the small through film, interactive models and individual community museum in Nord Fron. Continue to experiments with real glacier ice. Vinstra for dinner and overnight at Fefor Mountain • Rudi Gård, owned and operated by Nina and Hotel. Øystein Rudi, in cooperation with family and staff employees, is located in sunny Sør-Fron. DAY 10 TUESDAY, JUNE 28 [B,L,D] The four generations living on the farm all Vinstra—Ringebu—Tretten—Lillehammer: After contribute in their own way. breakfast at hotel, drive to Rudi Gård. Presentation about work involved in converting an old Norwegian • Aulestad home of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, farm into a tourist attraction and also about modern Norway’s national poet and author of the day sheep farming. Lunch followed by fiddle Norwegian national anthem. In 1903 he was music. Drive to Ringebu. Tour the Ringebu Stave DAY 13 FRIDAY, JULY 1 [B,D] the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Church and visit the Prestegård. Presentation by Oslo: Breakfast at hotel. Tour Storting, the members of Ringebu Historielag regarding the Norwegian Parliament, with discussion on • Maihaugen with close to 200 buildings, is Ringebu bygdebok project. Proceed to Tretten. Norwegian politics. Remainder of the day free for one of Northern Europe’s largest open-air Dinner at Glomstad Gjestehus. Members of independent explorations. Farewell dinner at hotel. museums and is one of the largest cultural Gudbrandsdalslaget will be invited to meet our facilities in Norway. group in the evening for informal conversation. DAY 14 SATURDAY, JULY 2 [B] Continue to Lillehammer for overnight at Scandic Oslo—USA: Tour ends following breakfast. For more information, contact: Victoria Hotel. Transfer to Gardermoen Airport Oslo for return flight. 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