Sandnes, Norway Travel Blogs

Row, row, row your skis
Apr 13, 2007 (17 photos)

... in a couple weeks for our flight to Barcelona. As always, my dad generously offered me a room in his downtown Sandnes apartment, something my limited student budget certainly appreciates with today's exchange rate. The day after I arrived, I packed my ...

Three days of work, now a little play
Dec 22, 2004

... , helping Hans' father unpack and organize in his new apartment. The apartment is a very nice two bedroom, near the downtown Sandnes shopping district. We have already found the local coffee shop - Ost og Kaffie (aka "cheese and coffee") - hmmm, you ...

Our last 24 hours in Norway
Dec 28, 2004 (2 photos)

Today, we headed over to Kjell and Wenche's house for a dinner with the whole Ravnaas clan. It was wonderful to have everyone at one (very long) table. And we were all relieved when Wenche annouced that they were going to skip the "middle" dessert ...

A clear cold day breaks on Sandnes
Dec 26, 2004 (1 photos)

... enjoyable evening. And that enjoyable evening must have helped me, since I woke up feeling better. We took a walk around Sandnes on the river trail, and stopped by the downtown cemetery that has Hans's grandmother and a few other relatives. Everything ...

Dodging raindrops in southwest Norway
Jun 21, 2006 (5 photos)

... one of the cars to head up to Sandnes, and it was a wet trip. For some reason, it always rains when I'm in Sandnes/Stavanger, but maybe it just plain always rains. We had a few days to visit with family before hitting the road again. Hans' dad was ...