Headed to Bergen
Back to Viking for another ocean cruise - this time to Bergen, Norway to Amsterdam and The Netherlands. Viking Shores & Fjords. Dave and Deb Scroggie are friends from elementary school (!) and we are all turning 70 this year (they already have...I've got MONTHS to go...) so we're celebrating with a trip through the Fjords that should be beautiful! Our Viking Tour agent, Max, tells us that there is a new Entrance/Exit System (EES) in Europe. We will likely be in line for awhile at the Frankfurt airport to copy our passport, our photo and provide fingerprints to the system. Once in the system, this should be good for 3 years, so at least we'll be covered for Scroggie's next cruise and our's next year. (We land in Frankfort at 5:45 a.m. and have a 5-hour layover, so we should have enough time to stand in line!) There is also a global oil crisis due to the war in Iran, so we are keeping fingers crossed that our flights are not canceled either way. Scandanavian coun...