WJ Tested: South Africa Hot Air Balloon Ride in Pilanesberg National Park South Africa: Head and Shoulders Above a Giraffe By Vivienne Chapleo and Jill Hoelting “May the wind welcome you with softness May the sun bless you with its warm hands May you fly so high and so well that your God joins in […]
WAVEJourney Discovers Helsinki, Finland: Hooked on Helsinki! By Jill Hoelting, Photos by Vivienne Chapleo I’ll be honest… I’m not much of a city person. Not into the hustle and bustle of pedestrian-packed avenues and the frenetic energy that wires a large urban area. Growing up in a small town framed by fields, woods and green […]
WAVEJourney’s Sonora Resort Review Relais & Chateaux: Sonora Resort ~ It Doesn’t Get Better Than This! by Vivienne Chapleo and Jill Hoelting WAVEJourney’s Sonora Resort Review – Eco Adventure Travel Luxury Wilderness Resort Do you revel in being treated as a VIP while sojourning in the lap of luxury? Do you fancy the idea of […]
WAVEJourney Travel Tips: Discover Finland Did you know that Finland has had its independence for less than 100 years? Did you you know that Finland has so many islands that there are enough for every 30 Finns to share one? Did you know that Finland’s capital, Helsinki, is the northernmost national capital on the European […]
Exploring Norway’s Fjord Region – Geiranger to Alesund By Vivienne Chapleo, photos by Jill Hoelting Continued from previous page – Solvorn to Geiranger Geiranger to Alesund: Today the sun finally broke through, and although we had good intentions of getting an early start for our 110 km drive to Alesund, the Geirangerfjord views from the […]
Exploring Norway’s Fjord Region – Solvorn to Geiranger By Vivienne Chapleo, photos by Jill Hoelting Continued from previous page – Flam to Solvorn Solvorn to Lom – National Tourist Route Sognefjellet: On our scenic drive from Solvorn to Geiranger we took the National Tourist Route Sognefjellet, and crossed Northern Europe’s highest pass – at […]
Exploring Norway’s Fjord Region – Flam to Solvorn By Vivienne Chapleo, photos by Jill Hoelting Flam to Solvorn – National Tourist Route: After we completed our buffet breakfast at the Fretheim Hotel, it was time to depart and we started the drive to Solvorn. We first drove 8 km along Aurlandsfjord to Aurland, then continued […]
Exploring Norway’s Fjord Region – Bergen to Flam By Viv Chapleo, photos by Jill Hoelting Backpacking around Europe for a few weeks during the summer of 1987, I made the split-second decision in Amsterdam to take the train south into France instead of going north to Scandinavia. In all those years, I’ve returned to France […]
March 2019 Travel Tips and Tales Newsletter By WAVEJourney Greetings! Spring is here in the Northern Hemisphere and WJ has big travel plans! How about you? Chat with us and let us know where you’re going, what you’re doing, and ask for the advice and travel tips you need to enhance your adventures. After a […]