2022-05-04 08:07
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
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2022-05-02 12:35
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
2022-04-29 07:00
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
2022-04-28 08:49
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
2022-04-26 10:00
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
2022-04-05 06:47
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
2022-03-15 07:23
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
2022-03-01 07:22
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
2022-01-09 15:00
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
2022-01-07 15:39
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
2022-01-02 17:55
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
2022-01-01 10:10
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
2021-12-31 15:18
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
2021-09-26 18:50
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
2021-09-25 13:48
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
2021-09-24 18:11
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
2021-09-23 19:13
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
2021-09-21 18:34
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
2021-09-20 19:37
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
2021-09-19 13:35
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
2021-09-18 15:07
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
2021-09-17 16:54
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
2021-09-16 17:39
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
2021-09-14 18:17
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
2021-09-13 18:47
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
2021-09-12 19:30
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
2021-09-11 15:28
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
2021-09-10 18:55
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
2021-09-09 19:44
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
2021-09-07 20:06
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
2021-09-06 20:28
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
2021-09-05 19:04
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
2021-09-04 12:00
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
2021-09-03 12:00
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
2021-09-02 12:00
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
2021-09-01 06:36
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
2021-08-17 19:10
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
2021-07-30 12:37
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
2021-07-29 09:50
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
2021-07-24 09:00
At the end of our weeklong holiday, we took a trip to a small town around two hours drive from where we live. We did the same thing last year with great success and decided to go back this y… Read More
2021-07-23 06:17
When our gustes had gone home, we went in to the nearest little town close to the summer-house to do some shopping and enjoy some nice food. When we drove in it was a little overcast but sti… Read More
2021-07-20 12:00
One of the things that I enjoy the most when I am on holiday is to enjoy some good food and drink. This time around I forgot to get too many photos of too much of the food that I ate and pre… Read More
2021-07-15 19:51
I have a week off from work this week, so on Saturday we drove off to the summer-house to spend some days enjoying lovely weather and good company. Much swimming, some walking and great food… Read More
2021-07-05 08:13
As many of you know I had a goal to post one post every day in June. I was three day’s away from reaching my goal, but then I got sick. It is a little bit annoying that I didn’t… Read More
2021-06-26 10:08
This weekend I am spending at our summer-house. The weather is lovely and I am having a good time swimming in the sea and eating lovely food.
Hope the weekend is being kind to you! Read More
2021-06-25 07:00
One of the spots I really enjoy walking is by the sea on this lovely little island. The views can be amazing, this day it was a bit overcast but I still enjoyed.
There is something peacef… Read More
2021-06-24 19:45
Random photo of nice food
Sorry, today’s post is being published a little bit late and it was not the post I intended. I have been experiencing some issues, that I would like to cal… Read More
2021-06-22 18:05
I love ice cream and I love coffee, so one of my favorite treats is Affogato. Someone told me that affogato means to drown in Italian and you do drown the ice cream in a strong cold coffee… Read More
2021-06-21 16:07
Last Saturday I went out to a beach to watch my brother run a half marathon. The weather was quite good when they started, and they ran past us a couple of times. While waiting for them to g… Read More
2021-06-20 08:03
This week has gone by so fast. Monday I had a normal day at work and I got home to sort out a few little things and to watch quite a bit of football in the Euros.
Tuesday I worked a lot a… Read More
2021-06-19 16:27
Just after 23 yesterday I was walking the short way from my mother’s house down to mine and the sky was amazing. There was also a very lovely rainbow, but the picture does not do it ju… Read More
2021-06-18 07:04
When I was having my little vacation at the summer-house I went for one of my walks in the nice weather and I found a little path in the woods that I had not walked before. And as I had plen… Read More
2021-06-17 19:01
I have a quite nice walk to and from work everyday. Today I took an even more scenic route and found this tree that remind me a bit of a sea serpent or another kind of mythical monster. Some… Read More
2021-06-15 19:26
Today’s planned post for the blog did not get finished as I spent 3 hours extra at work to get a handle on the work load. I also had an apointment at the hairdresser that I had been pu… Read More
2021-06-14 17:02
This weekend I have spent quite a lot of time in front of my TV watching the Euros. I really do enjoy watching football on TV and the major championships are something magical to me. I have… Read More
2021-06-13 07:58
This week has felt very busy, mostly because I had plans every evening after work. Monday it was a deadline-day at work, and we stayed late to make sure we finished and enjoyed some pizza. A… Read More
2021-06-12 06:44
I am one of those people who has always loved to sleep. Well, always is a bit of an overstatement, as a baby I hardly slept. But once I got over my colic and for as long as I can remember I… Read More
2021-06-11 10:00
A Monday I was off work and needed a little break from looking at all the work I was supposed to have done in the house. As the start of the day had mostly consisted of tidying, I was not fe… Read More
2021-06-10 20:13
Today we had a good meeting at work and then we went out for a meal with our project group.
We had a lovely time out for a socialy distanced meal and got to know eachother better.
It f… Read More
2021-06-08 18:29
A little while ago I went for a little stroll around the botanical garden that is just up a hill from where I live. It is always lovely to walk around there in spring and summer and look at… Read More
2021-06-07 17:54
I had a very good day yesterday. I started by waking up before my alarm and had a good breakfast. I enjoyed a cup of coffee with a podcast and a few blog posts before going out in the lovely… Read More
2021-06-06 06:00
The week started by bringing warm temperatures and sunshine. But also with big deadlines at work, so not too much time to take full advantage of it. It feels a shame to be stuck indoors when… Read More
2021-06-05 12:30
A little while back I wrote a post about how I was in need of some relaxation. I bought a new house, sold our old apartment and started a new position at work all in a short space of time… Read More
2021-06-04 07:00
We had kind of a grey Sunday, but the temperature was nice. Early in the day we had some friends and their kids over and then we decided to drive down to the beach to get a little walk in an… Read More
2021-06-03 07:00
November 2020 we were supposed to go for a weekend break to Kristiansand, a town about a 3 hour drive from where we live. But as there was a spike in Covid cases our trip was canceled. So w… Read More
2021-06-01 08:00
I have decided to make one of those months where I set myself a goal of posting every day for a full month. I have of course been planning this for a little while so I have a few posts ready… Read More
2021-05-24 07:21
This is the last day of my vacation this time around. I have had a very lovely and relaxing time. The last bit of the vacation was spent with around four days at our summer-house. I enjoyed… Read More
2021-05-18 08:46
Yesterday was the 17th of May, Norway`s Constitution day. Celebrating Norway getting it’s constitution in 1814. The day was not celebrated in the way we would usually do, because of th… Read More
2021-05-16 07:14
On Friday I had a few errands I needed to run. And so did everyone else, by the looks of things. The queues were really long everywhere, Covid social distancing rules of course make them lon… Read More
2021-05-14 07:30
Thursday was Ascension day and that is a day off work here in Norway, I decided to do what may others often do and use one of my vacation days for the Friday after. With Monday being the 17t… Read More
2021-05-09 18:15
As you could read in my last post this weekend was off to a very good start. After the lovely breakfast we went for a lovely sunny walk around the little lake close by. And I did a little bi… Read More
2021-05-08 07:02
This weekend has started quite lovely. I had a quiet evening yesterday and only manage to watch half the Premiere League game before I fell asleep. So I woke up a little bit early feeling we… Read More
2021-05-06 14:05
The key to our old place is now handed over and we only have one house to focus on. The relief of the handover and all the things that have been happening both at work and at home has left m… Read More
2021-05-02 07:25
May is here an I welcome it with open arms. I am looking forward to warmer weather, longer evenings and more days off from work. But what I am looking forward to first is to hand over the ke… Read More
2021-04-27 11:15
I had a really good day on my birthday yesterday. The weather was sunny if a bit cold. I started the day by getting some good news at work. I had a lot of my colleagues wish me a happy birth… Read More
2021-04-25 06:27
Most of last week, when I was not at work. I have spent getting ready for moving house. We had some members of family coming over to help us to move and another friend had lent us a trailer… Read More
2021-04-19 12:46
Last week there was quite a lot happening, the weather turned from winter back to spring and this weekend it was almost a feeling of summer. We are getting closer to the day where we must mo… Read More
2021-04-08 06:14
Easter turned out quite good, but not as planned. We got quite a lot done in the new house. And then I drove out to see my mother at our summerhouse. As soon as I had arrived, we got news th… Read More
2021-04-02 17:31
It is time for Easter Holidays again and it is lovely to have a few days off work. In Norway the Wednesday in the Easter week we have a half day at work, so I used a few of my saved hours an… Read More
2021-03-28 11:32
Yesterday WordPress informed me it was 10 years since I joined their service. It has not been that long since I started this blog, I had a different one that I closed down to start this inst… Read More
2021-03-25 19:24
We found a new floor on Monday and got a friend with a larger car than ours to help collect it the next day, so now the floor is in the house and getting acclimatized, so at least that is on… Read More
2021-03-22 08:59
I have been a bit absent from here the last week due too having a lot of work to do in our new house. There is still a lot to be done, but I do feel that the start that has been made this we… Read More
2021-03-14 08:58
This weekend I have been relaxing a bit and doing a few small things. Friday I went to a few different shops to start sorting some nice Easter treats for the kids of friends and family. Then… Read More
2021-03-07 18:58
This weekend has been nice, but quite busy. Friday after work we had a nice meal and a few beers to celebrate selling our apartment. We visited a restaurant that we had not been to in a whil… Read More
2021-03-04 18:00
Think the flowers might have done the trickI sold my apartment today and I am very happy for that. We got a little less than we asked for it, but we got our new home for a little less than t… Read More
2021-02-28 18:13
This weekend has been a good one for me. Friday we went for a walk and got a pizza for dinner and then did as little as possible the rest of the evening. That involved stretching out on the… Read More
2021-02-26 13:37
I almost can’t believe that we have arrived at the last weekend of February, it feels like the month has just started. People keep telling me that it will just go faster and faster as… Read More
2021-02-22 17:47
The weekend was a good one. After my last post we had the mentioned tacos, drinks, watched silly TV and enjoyed some time with the immediate family. We got quite engaged in the Norwegian Eur… Read More
2021-02-20 15:55
After a busy week, I was very ready for the weekend to arrive. With all that has been going on I was so tired at work on Friday that the end of the work day could not come fast enough. If I… Read More
2021-02-14 09:49
Yesterday we went out to get some food. As it was the day before Valentines day and the restaurants are obviously on reduced capacity because of the social distancing rules it was quite full… Read More
2021-02-13 15:46
Another week is coming to an end, where does the time go? This week the apartment has been put out for sale and there has been a sniff of interest already. We have a showing set up for Wedne… Read More
2021-02-06 16:16
The start of the year has been very good weather wise. We have had many lovely days with cold sunny weather and that looks like it will go on for at least another week. The first month of th… Read More
2021-01-31 13:53
Friday I got home from work and did very little apart from reading a good book and eating snacks with my feet up high. I was tired after an eventful week and when I finished the book I went… Read More
2021-01-28 08:42
I have a couple of posts that I have just started drafting, but never posted. So, for a few Thursdays I will now take the opportunity to take you back to the past. Some are not very ol… Read More
2021-01-24 12:42
Saturday turned out a good day. I got up a bit late after having watched some TV and read some blogs in bed. Then I started working in the things that I needed to do around the house, I got… Read More
2021-01-17 13:56
Lake has frozen over and people are out enjoying
This weekend has been a very good one so far. It started Friday with me picking up some lovely cocktail mixes made by one of my favourite… Read More
2021-01-12 13:47
Due to some possible, but unlikely contamination of someone close to me. I have isolated in my brother’s apartment just to be on the safe side, as there is no one else here at th… Read More
2021-01-10 18:19
Yesterday I got more tidying done than I thought I would and so, after the take away we had up at my mother’s house we enjoyed some wine and watched TV and I decided to spend the night… Read More
2021-01-09 11:24
This weekend started quietly on Friday with just watching some TV at home and then going to bed, later than planned. I had never taken the time to watch the Netflix series, Stranger Things… Read More
2021-01-07 16:03
2021 has started out quite cold here in my part of the world. In the mornings and evenings when I have been walking to work and back the temperatures have been between -4 and -9. It doe… Read More
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