WINE DINE & TRAVEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 2 2016 issue
The travel magazine produced and written by award winning travel journalists. This issue feature a trip Down Under in search of Hobbits in New Zealand.
The travel magazine produced and written by award winning travel journalists. This issue feature a trip Down Under in search of Hobbits in New Zealand.
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Delaying bedtime is a no brainer. That’s why so many of us were<br />
wide awake when nature commenced her heavenly show.<br />
It was well after midnight when the skies above the Snow<br />
Hotel began to shimmer. Undulating shafts of soft light met<br />
for a slow dance – blue-green, violet, even red. For nearly an<br />
hour the Aurora performed a spellbinding celestial ballet – arcing<br />
, snaking, swaying on a star-spangled stage that stretched<br />
all across our night sky. We were mesmerized – frozen in time,<br />
almost literally. Unforgettable. Memories for a lifetime.<br />
IF YOU GO<br />
See Northern Lights on your 2017 winter<br />
Norway Coastal cruise – or get a free<br />
future cruise. It’s Hurtigruten’s guarantee<br />
to U.S. travelers. You’ll have to book<br />
a 12-day roundtrip cruise between January<br />
and March 2017. If the lights don’t<br />
show, you’ll get a free 6- or 7-day voyage<br />
(in an inside cabin) departing between<br />
October 2017 and March 2018.<br />
Fares on the classic 7-day Bergen/<br />
Kirkenes cruise I sailed aboard the Finnmarken<br />
start at $1,136 per person,<br />
based on double occupancy. Trips can<br />
be customized to enjoy longer stays in<br />
various ports. Learn more at www.hurtigruten.com/us/.<br />
For more info on travel to Norway, go to<br />
www.visitnorway.com/us/.<br />
Left: Norwegians are masters at making fish<br />
soup. A bowl like this is an everyday treat<br />
at the Atlanterhavsparken Aquarium near<br />
Alesund. Right: Michael Decker cooked the<br />
crustaceans on a propane burner outside his<br />
log cabin in a snowy forest near the Russian<br />
border.<br />
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