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** Gray's Papaya - Hot Dog specialists    | ** Gray's Papaya - Hot Dog specialists    | ||
* Wisconsin trip:  | * Wisconsin trip:  | ||
** House on the Rock  | ** House on the Rock [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-As-h_Dtlg&feature=feedu]  | ||
* Trip to Tokyo:  | * Trip to Tokyo:  | ||
** Find a good apartment near a metro line  | ** Find a good apartment near a metro line  | ||
Revision as of 22:37, 12 May 2011
Really just notes for my own references of travels I've done or planning to do.
Websites
Travel
- wikitravel.org - Lots of recommendations and listings of places to check out
 - wikimapia.com
 - 360cities.com - Get to know the places beforehand to save time navigating
 
Flight
- finn.no - Norwegian search portal
 - ebookers.no
 - restplass.no - Norwegian flight deal portal
 - skyscanner.net - Combines independent flights into otherwise not obvious
 - Website of airlines:
 
Hotel
- finn.no - Norwegian search portal
 - expedia.com - Easy to spot deals
 - tripadvisor.com - Great independent visitor reviews
 - The website of hotel of interest
 
Other
- Eric Fischer - City maps created out of geotagged photos
 
Travels
- 2003 Sept. London
 - 2007 Oct. London (FOWA)
 - 2008 Jan. Newcastle (UFC)
 - 2008 July. Western Norway
 - 2009 Jan. Dublin (UFC)
 - 2009 Apr. Cologne (Family)
 - 2009 Jul. Western Norway
 - 2009 Oct. Oslo (Wozniak conference)
 - 2009 Dec. Berlin
 - 2010 Jun. Denmark cycletour
 - 2010 Aug. Western/southern Norway
 - 2010 Dec. Berlin
 - 2011 Feb. Amsterdam
 
Next travels
- Things to remember for next London trip Ask Slashdot [1] [2]:
 - San Francisco trip:
- The Long Now museum - mechanical computing
 - Apex Electronics, Sun Valley - Surplus electronics store
 - TechShop - tinkerer's perfect playground
 - Amoeba Music - Large independent music store
 
 - New York trip:
- Gray's Papaya - Hot Dog specialists
 
 - Wisconsin trip:
- House on the Rock [5]
 
 - Trip to Tokyo:
- Find a good apartment near a metro line
 - Akihabara
- Lots, lots of electronics shops, must see, videos of some of them
 
 - Tokyo tower
 - Shinkansen ekspress tog
 - Kyoto
 - Osaka
 - Green Tea Icecream
 - Eat on other than first floor, quieter, better food [6]
- Shinjuku
 
 - Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium