Powerscourt house from Triton lake
This is my first post in a series I have chosen to call Throwback Travel Thursday or TTT, not to be confused with the other TTT (Things Take Time). In m… Read More
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Now that I am back to blogging and enjoying it a lot, it might be time to set myself some goals and think about what I want to do to continue to enjoy blogging. I always enjoy setting goals… Read More
After a long week at work and with the weather being very lovely I decided to start the weekend by going to a shop next to where I work. They are famous in my town for their spring rolls. Ic… Read More
We have now entered a new month, and autumn has absolutely made its arrival known. Autunm is not my favorite season as it is starting to get cold around now, but I can’t a… Read More
This weekend stared off by me going to my mother’s house for a family Taco night. Well, with two of the guests being under two, night is a bit of a stretch, but we had Tac… Read More
I have written a bit about comming back from a blogging break that was a bit longer than planned. The main reason the break got extended is that I had a baby. She is now neaely 16 months and… Read More
I was not going to post anything today, as I have no plan to take on too much when I am just back and end up suffering a blogging burn-out after a short while. But I was tagged by John Riebe… Read More
1. Things in my life are back to a new normal
When I took a break from blogging my life felt like a bit of a mess. I was very stressed out at work and with other things and even the thing… Read More
Hi all,
When I took a break from blogging in 2022, I would have never imagined it to last this long. But sometimes life happens and you just have to go with it.
I have missed blogging… Read More
After we had dropped off our luggage in the hotel, we got back in the car to meet up with family for a walk in the woods. It was only a 20-minute drive from where we were staying so we did n… Read More
The front of the hotel from the car park
After our night at a friend’s house, we got up, had a proper breakfast and got in the car. My form was still not very good, so I was extreme… Read More
Out for a walk in the lovely park
We arrived in Tuam in county Galway late in the afternoon on Thursday and had a neighbor call over for a cup of tea to welcome us. We had little ti… Read More
Now that a lot of restrictions with Covid-19 has been lifted it is time to get used to travelling again. It feels a bit strange to me to go on a plane again after everything, but it is also… Read More
Today is my birthday, again. Would you believe it comes around once every year… Getting older does not bother me, so today is a great day to get to appreciate all the good people I ha… Read More
Thursday morning 7th of April
Easter is here and so far, it has come with all kinds of weather. On Thursday morning the ground was covered in snow. But by the end of my working day on Fri… Read More
The time seems to be flying by so fast these days. There is a lot happening, but at the moment I have a quiet couple of days coming up *Touch wood*. So hopefully I will find the time t… Read More
Things are getting more and more back to normal, and for me that means that things have been a lot busier than they have been during the pandemic. Some of that is due to things being very bu… Read More
So, it’s been quite some time since I posted something on here. It has not been a planned break, but nothing special has happened either. Everything is going well with me, and I hope t… Read More
This weekend has been as good as I hoped at the start. Friday evening I made a lovely pizza opened a bottle of wine and watched the Netflix movie, “don’t look up”. It was a… Read More
The first work week of the year is over. Even if I did not have too many days off over Christmas it felt a little like sort of a new start. The week has not been very good or bad, work wise… Read More
Photos from a walk late December
This year has gotten off to a good start. I has come with a lot of relaxation so far. Yesterday I only went for a short walk. The weather was not really g… Read More
Happy new year to you all. Last night we had a lovely little celebration, I am pleased that I managed to stay awake to see the fireworks and to welcome 2022. After going back in I went to be… Read More
Hope you all will get to spend the evening the way you want to. I am staying at home with some lovely food and drink, watching a film and playing some games before, I hopefully stay awake ti… Read More
The trip we had and that you have joined me for, was really great. We had amazing weather, no major incidents, nice hotels, beautiful nature and good food and drink. We found some really lov… Read More
The last night on our trip we went back to Bergen, because it is a handy place for us to stay. And I always enjoy visiting the town where I spent so long studying.
The hotel we were suppo… Read More
Our second last stop was in the town of Førde. We checked in to a conference and SPA hotel. There were some renovations going on so we had a little bit of trouble finding the parking… Read More
After we drove from Geiranger we drove up to Dalsnibba to enjoy the views from Geiranger skywalk.
Dalsnibba offers a good view and is therefore a popular tourist destination. Dalsni… Read More
The next day, we checked out of the hotel and went for a boat ride on the Geiranger fjord.
The two most notable waterfalls in the Geiranger Fjord are Seven Sisters Falls and the… Read More
Our destination for the long day of travelling and sightseeing was Geiranger, at the bottom of the Geiranger fjord.
The road leading down to the fjord was a bit steep and full of turns… Read More
On our drive we made a stop in the charming village of Valldal. The village is most known in Norway for being “the strawberry village”.
The valley has very good growth conditi… Read More
After our trip with the gondola, we got back in the car to continue the journey. To get to where we were headed we drove one of Norway’s most famous roads called Trollstigen, meaning t… Read More
In Åndalsnes we got the new gondola up to the top of the mountain. It opened this year on the 28th of may. It was really great both going up and down and soaking in the views at the to… Read More
When we left the hotel in Molde, quite early in the morning the weather had gone back to being really lovely, sunny and warm.
We drove over to the little town of Åndalsnes. And as w… Read More
On our way from Molde to Kristiansund and back, we drove on the Atlantic Ocean Road.
The road is a 8.274-kilometer (5.141 mi) long section of County Road 64 that connects the island… Read More
When we were staying in Molde we took a day trip up to the town of Kristiansund. This was the furthest north we went on this trip. But this does not mean we were even close to the middle of… Read More
From Ålesund we drove to Molde, where we stayed two nights at hotel Seilet, the sail. The weather was not the best so we did not get to enjoy our view as much as we wanted.
Molde is… Read More
After we had finished our visit to Loen, we got back in the car to drive to a town called Ålesund. Where we spent the night at a nice hotel, that gave us a large room.
We wandered a… Read More
After the hike to the glacier, we drove the short stretch to another little place called Loen. Our main objective here was to take the Loen sky lift and enjoy the amazing view from the top… Read More
At the end of Oldevatnet, we parked our car in a car park. In beautiful surroundings, the weather being perfect for hiking we decided to walk up to the Briksdal glacier.
The hike was quit… Read More
Our trip the next morning started with us driving to the amazing Oldevatn.
The lake with it’s two pools is really a sight to behold and well worth a stop on our way to the next des… Read More
After having spent a few days with our friends, we got in the car and headed north, on a lovely sunny Sunday. Our destination of the day was Olden.
Olden is a village in the mun… Read More
On our second day in Bergen, the sun was still shining so we got the funicular up to one of Bergen’s mountains, called Fløyen. Up there we enjoyed the view and then we walked ba… Read More
As the virus is still very much raging, and I was not due my second vaccine till the day after our vacation was over, I planned a road trip in my own country.
So Thursday morning we got… Read More
One of my favorite things about this garden is that they made some of it in to a tropical island and many of their plants are palm trees and such, that they have made to thrive on a small is… Read More
As I shared in a previous post, we went home from the summer-house to continue the vacation with other adventures.
So Tuesday morning we had a lovely walk in the sunshine down to town to… Read More
Some of you might be a little baffled that there is a post with words here on the blog today, and not the normal Wordless Wednesday. As I have mentioned before, September is going to be the… Read More
I was going to write a post before I went away on holiday this time, but things got a bit out of hand. As they tend to do. But I have now started my two week vacation and I have many lovely… Read More
In Røvær there have been people since the Viking age. Around 1850 there was a big growth in the population in Norway and people needed to move around to find somewhere to live… Read More
In our lovely trip to Haugesund we took a day trip out to a small island called Røvær. We got up on the Saturday and had a good breakfast and then we made our way down to the bo… Read More