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Heading home after a fantastic first trip to #Oslo

Heading home after a fantastic first trip to #Oslo and #Longyearbyen, #Norway. 🩵❄️🇳🇴💕⚡

It'll be my last trip for a bit, but certainly not the last adventure. There's much, much more on the way to cap 2023 and begin 2024. I'm grateful for the memories and opportunity to #travel. 💕

Special thanks to Citi #thankyoupoints for the free hotels and Amex #membershiprewards for the business class flights on Air France, SAS, and SWISS. #pointsandmiles have truly opened the world to me in ways I never expected. 🙏🏻🤲🧿

#travelgram #travelrewards #travelblogger #outandout #piecingapotion #daddystyle #travellife #passportstamps #traveltheworld

❄️🩵❄️ Last full day in #Svalbard 😭💕🇳🇴

01: all the mountains here are plateau mountains, meaning they're flat on top 🌋
02: winter gear lewks 🧊
03: road to #Longyearbyen 🛣️
04 and 05: a husky cafe are you kidding me 😻
06: mail letters to Santa 🎅🏻 (for the local kiddos)
07: art inside the local church ⛪
08: polar bear crossing take two 🐻‍❄
09 and 10: by far today's highlight, a visit to see the Global Seed Vault, where the seeds from 120+ countries are stored 400 meters underground in permafrost in case humanity ceases to exist 🌱

Tomorrow I begin the two-day trek back home. This has been an amazing trip. I wanna come back in summer for the #MidnightSun. ☀️

#norway #travelgram #travelblogger #outandout #svalbardglobalseedvault #historicchurch #plateaumountain #huskies #huskycafe #letterstosanta #polarnight #78degreesnorth #wherethestreetshavenoname #arcticcircle

More snaps from @funkenlodge because I can't get o

More snaps from @funkenlodge because I can't get over how cute, cozy, and elegant this place is! 🩵🎄🇳🇴🔥⚡

#funkenlodge #svalbard #norway #longyearbyen #travelrewards #luxuryhotel #pointsandmiles #interiordesign #hygge #scandistyle #abovetheartcticcircle #travelgram #hotellife

🩵❄️🩵 snaps from around #Svalbard today:

🩵❄️🩵 snaps from around #Svalbard today:

01: a seal stuffie 🥴
02: lit up mountain 🗻
03: no rifles in the store 🚫
04: polar bear crossing sign 🐻‍❄
05: crashed wwii German fighter plane - still there 🛩
06 and 07: warming with drinks and fire with @hurtigrutensvalbard - amazing small group tour 🔥
08 and 09: 'aaavin a beer at the world's northernmost pub 🍻
10: bear on bear in the @radissonbluspitsbergen lobby 🤪

Looking forward to immersing myself in more local history and exploration tomorrow! ⚡

#norway #wherethestreetshavenoname #longyearbyen #history #landscape #polarbearcrossing #bearstuff #travelgram #polarnight #darkallthetime

Wow, @choicehotels continues to absolutely kill it

Wow, @choicehotels continues to absolutely kill it with the lobby, seating, bar, and restaurant at @funkenlodge in #Svalbard of all places! 🩵

Again, 12,000 Choice points/6,000 Citi ThankYou points per night: a total steal and $0 out of pocket. I'm so impressed. This place is gorgeous! Amazing that I'm at the end of the world, a stone's throw from the North Pole with all this beautiful ambiance. Can't recommend this enough.🎅🏻

#longyearbyen #choicehotels #thankyoupoints #travelrewards #pointsandmiles #arctictravel #norway #travelstyle #travelgram #norwaytravel #lovelovelove

Today I'm in #Svalbard, deep within the Arctic Cir

Today I'm in #Svalbard, deep within the Arctic Circle and only 400 miles from the North Pole. 🩵❄️ This is the farthest north I've ever been—and what a journey.

It's totally dark. I won't see a sunrise during my time here. Population around 2,000 and in the northernmost city on Earth, technically a part of #Norway.

Polar bears are wild here. And we passed the Seed Vault—the one that preserves all of humanity's plants—on the way to the hotel. What a fascinating place. 🐻‍❄🧊🇳🇴

#arcticcircle #arctictravel #longyearbyen #norwegian #nosun #planeselfie #polarbear #wherethestreetshavenoname #arcticexplorer #bucketlistchecked✔

The @scandic_holmenkollen_park is a sprawling hote

The @scandic_holmenkollen_park is a sprawling hotel and the location of our @wendyperrin conference! ❄️🇳🇴✨

We'll drive into travel topics over the next two days before heading to Svalbard. Incredible location, views, food, and people. Looking forward to the next couple of days here in #Oslo! 😛

#wowlist #norway #travelagent #conference #scandichotels #holmenkollen #icepedition #travelgram #outandout #solodad #scenicview #ilikemyhashtags

Went to my first European Christmas market! 🎄❄️🇳🇴

Now I can say I've had glogg (a hot spiced drink) next to a fire while listening to a talking moose! 🤣🔥🧤So nice to try the foods, see the crafts, and enjoy the season.

#oslo #norway #christmasmarket #winter #julivinterland #travelgram #livinglife #winterfun #bucketlistchecked✔

Can we talk about this chic, swanky lobby at @clar

Can we talk about this chic, swanky lobby at @clarioncollectionsavoy? So modern and fun! The rooms are cute and cozy, too. And the location is phenomenal - right in Oslo's city center! 🇳🇴🌆🌕

I paid 12,000 @choicehotels points per night, transferred at a 2:1 ratio from Citi ThankYou points. That's 6,000 points per night - a total steal. And ThankYou points are incredibly easy to earn. 🤲🧿

The room was totally free. Hotels in Scandinavia can be notoriously expensive - but they don't have to be. This stay has gotten me more curious about @choicehotels points. 🕵🏻️‍♂️

#awardnight #choicehotels #hotelsavoyoslo #oslo #awardtravel #pointsandmiles #norway #traveltips #travelgram #nordicdeco #livingmybestlife

The @airfrance lounge at CDG has a spa, nap rooms

The @airfrance lounge at CDG has a spa, nap rooms (I slumbered), tons of free food and drink options (I dined), and plenty of seating to watch planes through floor-to-ceiling windows (I peeped). 😻🛫

Our little bird had a quick meal service, then I got my first glimpse of Norway... 🇳🇴

#traveldiary #airportlounge #besties #fullmooningemini #librarising #zeropoint #windowseat #norway #travellife

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