u/NoYoureACatLady

Itinerary help: Trip with 2 teens who love famous landmarks, iconic art, and extreme thrills (minimal hiking!)

Hey everyone! Looking for some help tuning our itinerary. I’m traveling with two teenagers, and to be honest, pure landscapes and nature walks just don't hold their interest. We want to see the beautiful land and country, but don't want to make that the entire trip. We aren't big hiking people, so we're focusing on high-impact, bucket-list experiences instead. They love world-famous landmarks (think Grand Canyon, Eiffel Tower level), famous, iconic art (the Mona Lisa types), and definitely extreme, unique, and thrill-based activities.

What are the absolute "must-do" famous spots or unique, high-energy experiences you’d recommend for this style of travel? Here's my first draft of an itinerary. We have 13-19 days to play with (plus an extra day on each end for international travel back to USA)

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Norway:

Loen Skylift & Cliffside Via Ferrata. Nærøyfjord RIB Boat The Flåm Railway & Zipline Atlantic Ocean Road & Subsea Tunnels Bryggen Wharf (Bergen) Fløibanen Funicular Vøringsfossen Waterfall

Oslo:

The Bergensbanen (Bergen-to-Oslo Railway) Vigeland Sculpture Park Oslo Opera House Roof Holmenkollen Ski Jump Munch Museum Akershus Fortress

Gothenburg, Sweden:

Liseberg Park Gothenburg Archipelago Speedboat Universeum

Stockholm, Sweden:

Gröna Lund Vasa Museum ABBA The Museum Stockholm Archipelago RIB Gamla Stan

Helsinki:

The Stockholm–Helsinki overnight cruise ferry (Viking Line or Silja Line) Linnanmäki Park Temppeliaukio Suomenlinna Sea Fortress

Midnight Sun Rovaniemi Add-on flight/4x4

In the planning stages now so nothing is set in stone at all. I've never been on this continent and would love some feedback. With two teens in tow, we want to make sure everyone gets something amazing out of the trip. Doubt it is importnat but we're pescatarian (vegetarians who also eat seafood).

edit - Removed Colombia from the itinerary.

Fly into Quito, Ecuador. Ride the TelefériQo Cable Car up Pichincha Volcano for city vistas, take an easy day trip out to the Mindo Valley cloud forest for hummingbirds and canopy tours, and spend a night soaking in the hot spring pools at Papallacta Hot Springs.

Fly out to the Galapagos Islands for a few days.

Fly to Peru, visit the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu.

We've got about 13-19 days we can use for this trip. Is this doable? We don't mind a little bit of crazy, we might not be in this part of the world anytime soon again and we're happy to be moving a lot to fit as much in as we can right now. So my questions would be:

1. Is the itinerary logical, or totally ridiculous and insane?

2. Any places we MUST visit or really should never bother with?

I sincerely appreciate your time, thank you.

I asked Lenscrafters to do Sapphire on the plain CR-39 with Sapphire. They don't have Sapphire anymore, they switched to the new Natural Look. Alright, no problem. Two pairs, paid, ordered, done. But I look at the receipt and it says "Featherwates Poly" and I know that PC has some serious issues with both clarity and the prismatic reflection thing.

I spoke with Lenscrafters and they said it's a bit of a mess now because they can't cancel and then just place a new order - it could take 4-6 weeks for eye insurance to allow a new order to go through with coverage so that would be a crazy long delay for me.

So I'm wondering if I just stick it out with the Polycarbonate order and see how it goes? I'd love some thoughts on this. I'm unhappy the saleswoman was not honest with me about what she put it for my order..

It still shows me the AT&T deal, but the Fi one is gone when I browse the site.

I asked Lenscrafters to do Sapphire on the plain CR-39 with Sapphire. They don't have Sapphire anymore, they switched to the new Natural Look. Alright, no problem. Two pairs, paid, ordered, done. But I look at the receipt and it says "Featherwates Poly" and I know that PC has some serious issues with both clarity and the prismatic reflection thing.

I spoke with Lenscrafters and they said it's a bit of a mess now because they can't cancel and then just place a new order - it could take 4-6 weeks for eye insurance to allow a new order to go through with coverage so that would be a crazy long delay for me.

So I'm wondering if I just stick it out with the Polycarbonate order and see how it goes? I'd love some thoughts on this. I'm unhappy the saleswoman was not honest with me about what she put it for my order..

Had my exam and was offered a few different options and I'm not sure what I should do. I've never had anything buy single vision, never used readers before either. But aging happens..

So I got this that could use for either progressives with the add, or as single vision distance/driving glasses without:

.	Sphere	Cyl	Axis	Near Add
OD	-0.25	-1.00	110	+1.50
OS	-1.00	-1.00	030	+1.50

And also an indoor phone/computer/reading single-vision prescription:

. | Sphere | Cyl | Axis ---|---|----|----|---- OD| +1.00 | -1.00 | 110 OS | +0.25 | -1.00 | 030

So they were fine with me getting progressives (50/50), occupational progressive with the smaller distance pane up top, traditional progressives (smaller reading pane at the bottom), single vision distance and single vision phone/computer/reading ...

I need some input from people who know more about this please. I have sensitive eyes and am prone to migraines and eye strain pains. I feel like progressives, with their smaller pane of clarity, might be a bad idea for me? Get two pairs of single vision? Or try progressives and I might love it and get used to it?

Help! Thanks from a middle aged lady coming to terms with aging 😂

Had my exam and was offered a few different options and I'm not sure what I should do. I've never had anything buy single vision, never used readers before either. But aging happens..

So I got this that could use for either progressives with the add, or as single vision distance/driving glasses without:

.	Sphere	Cyl	Axis	Near Add
OD	-0.25	-1.00	110	+1.50
OS	-1.00	-1.00	030	+1.50

And also an indoor phone/computer/reading single-vision prescription:

. | Sphere | Cyl | Axis ---|---|----|----|---- OD| +1.00 | -1.00 | 110 OS | +0.25 | -1.00 | 030

So they were fine with me getting progressives (50/50), occupational progressive with the smaller distance pane up top, traditional progressives (smaller reading pane at the bottom), single vision distance and single vision phone/computer/reading ...

I need some input from people who know more about this please. I have sensitive eyes and am prone to migraines and eye strain pains. I feel like progressives, with their smaller pane of clarity, might be a bad idea for me? Get two pairs of single vision? Or try progressives and I might love it and get used to it?

Help! Thanks from a middle aged lady coming to terms with aging 😂

Had my exam and was offered a few different options and I'm not sure what I should do. I've never had anything buy single vision, never used readers before either. But aging happens..

So I got this that could use for either progressives with the add, or as single vision distance/driving glasses without:

.	Sphere	Cyl	Axis	Near Add
OD	-0.25	-1.00	110	+1.50
OS	-1.00	-1.00	030	+1.50

And also an indoor phone/computer/reading single-vision prescription:

. | Sphere | Cyl | Axis ---|---|----|----|---- OD| +1.00 | -1.00 | 110 OS | +0.25 | -1.00 | 030

So they were fine with me getting progressives (50/50), occupational progressive with the smaller distance pane up top, traditional progressives (smaller reading pane at the bottom), single vision distance and single vision phone/computer/reading ...

I need some input from people who know more about this please. I have sensitive eyes and am prone to migraines and eye strain pains. I feel like progressives, with their smaller pane of clarity, might be a bad idea for me? Get two pairs of single vision? Or try progressives and I might love it and get used to it?

Help! Thanks from a middle aged lady coming to terms with aging 😂

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I don't hate them, but they aren't soft recovery shoes, IMO. I'm returning them both.

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(I'd love /u/BedJetOfficial opinion here as well!)

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