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Meander Ingwa

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  1. that is what I have heard. The water is not properly hot enough for most black teas. Green tea is typically done at 175F and that is the lowest end of the brewing temps that I know of. Most black tea need just off boil
  2. there are many stores around the area ranging from bodegas to wine sellers with tasting rooms. BCLiquor at Harbor Centre has an extensive offering of international bottles as well as spirits and beers
  3. Rome2Rio app is handy it has bus routes and times The visittromso dot no has info for bus ticket machines
  4. AMEN It is a horrible thing to do to any coffee let along good coffee
  5. some chains like Safeway Target and WalMart carry the Fevertree line, but it is by order and ship rather than on the shelf at the store. Total Wine and More carries it so dont limit yourself to grocery stores but check out your bottle shops, too
  6. I broke down and got a Keurig. I was a French Press / Pour thru Melita for years and have grown tired of the coffee ground mess. I find I drink slightly more coffee than before. I considered Nespresso but find the purchase of pods ( direct stores and on line) and price point a little to precious.
  7. I would only trust a refrigerator in Sickbay over the small units in rooms. There are small units that are specific for maintaining a constant cold temp desired for medication. Contact and find out about special accommodations, include your needs on your customers forms
  8. Was going to suggest looking for a botillaria if you are staying someplace the night before but you say you won't have time
  9. THANKS!!! I appreciate your recipe for the coffee maker. When I retired I think I missed the coffee machine the most.
  10. Like Alices Restaurant, you can find almost anything your want on Google Maps. It is my most used app. It took me a long time to jump in to the navigation feature. But these days I am often in strange places using rental cars and it can certainly be a lifesaver.
  11. Do the machines they use have a specific type pod or are Nespresso pods universal across their machine line? I am NOT a 4 level coffee drinker, more likely to want to take it to 11 ( LOL)
  12. Do you have Google Maps? Zoom in on your city, select search here and enter ATM. It will show you where the bank ATM are. Tromso has one a few blocks from one of the common docking areas. Stavanger, being larger has many more
  13. Having both Uber and Lyft on call is handy in busy areas. I often summon rudes on bith then select the closest
  14. Perhaps you can visit roll call and ask if someone on any ship currently under sail could kindly check for you .
  15. @loeytalldog you were fortunate. A semi-truck flipped on southbound I5 at the Tukwila curve the area just before the exit to the airport. It landed sideways across all the lanes. Things were a mess for quite some time through the afternoon The driver was OK and thankfully did not spill the load. One historic flip was on the viaduct ( waterfront highway back then) where the cargo spill was salmon. The southbound was completely shut and the resulting gridlock was historic . A year later a truck spilled a load of frozen crab legs. I guess when we spill seafood we go large. I think a city day of mourning would have been called if it had been Dungeness Crabs
  16. You can use Google Flights to see your options. Norwegian air flys direct to Tromso from Oslo. It is a relatively inexpensive flight. The airport is west of the island
  17. and conversely, in my state, it was reported this morning that about 250,000 people do not have a bank account and no access to electronic type payments. There are efforts to block vendors from refusing cash. there is also a well established anti-bank / mistrust, among our immigrant population. prohibiting the use of cash is one way to marginalize and weed out people
  18. You can go on Google maps and enter car rental while zoomed in on the town. All the major American agencies are there. None of them are far, though that is also particular to your own opinion and mobility. Only you can judge if you can easily walk .
  19. Call a Lyft ride when you are at your pick up point unless you are talking about an advance booking for a site pick up like the port. Go to the Lyft web site for directions to advance book
  20. To optimize northern light chances you need a lot of dark sky hours along with the blessing from the sun. I am going in January. February is also a high prospect. October would be the early part of the dark season and you will be exploring at midnight. I suspect off season Med will be more to your liking
  21. Absolutely this ! If you are overnighting, be someplace where you can enjoy those hours. Even an evening boat ride down to Greenwich and back ( uber boat) is a lovely way to close your vacation
  22. The Mayflower is a lovely icon of Seattle downtown
  23. the little collapsible laundry basket was a great purchase and when ashore it serves as my grocery plastic recycle place as if fits neatly in the hall closet. One of those things that serves duty while at home! For those with children in their life, a great place to store those always loose toys and things
  24. You may wish to add the Bolt app to increase your ride hailing choices, particularly at busy times. Good in many England and European cities
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