Best Western Havly Hotel Stavanger

I went to Stavanger in june to attend the beach volleyball world tour, but when I got there I <br>fund so much else to do that I didnt find the time to watch the volleyball. Its was insane, and <br>the best part is that everything is so close that you can do alot in one day. I spendt 10 days there <br>and it is without doubt the best vacation I have ever been on.<br><br>I live in Amsterdam and ...

... am not sure what time we got to bed but if the fact that Herdis is still in bed now at 11am is any indication, I'd say it was quite late! Gives me a chance to surf the net and sort my photos out. Today we are going sightseeing around Stavanger, and soon we will head off around the country, staying with Herdis' family and looking at more picture perfect countryside. <br><br>Oh, and it is August. Time is going way too fast!

Another couple mad train rides from Bergen to Oslo and then over to Stavanger took us to small oil town, from where we would make our way to the beautiful lyseford. The fjord is quite deep, and we came to take the hike up to the Preikestolen, high above the fjord. The hike was great, and though we were soaked by rain upon arriving in Stavanger, it wasn't too bad during the 2 hour trek up.

My final European stop was in Stravanger Norway, to visit Kelley. Stravanger is on the western coast and pretty termperate compared to the rest of the country. They don't get much snow, only rain. Just like London! I felt very at home. <br><br>Stravanger has a freakishly adorable downtown with old white wood buildings and curvy narrow cobblestoned streets. In town there are lots of cute little shops that almost (only almost) make you ...

... where I spent most of the ride - when it wasn't raining (shocker). We stopped at a little visitors center designed to take boat traffic. They gave us waffles with jam and whipped cream. The visitors center sat right at the mouth of the fjord. When getting back on the boat, I secured a spot on the nose with some other daring souls. We toured beneath Pulpit Rock, a square rock that seems to stick out over the fjord, 1000 meters up ...

... The ferry ride was pleasant....several families and business people on board. More details about the ferries is listed in the next entry. From Tau, we took the public bus, which of course is a nice public bus with carpeted seats and clean floors, to Preikestolhytta Hostel. My very 1st hostel experience was here and it was a good one! We arrived to Preikestolen and the weather ...

... to leave it, as it would be difficult and dangerous to catch them up. My immediate reaction was simply one of relief that I was still standing, together with my bag, containing money and bank cards! It was just a camera! Yet........as I thought of the 200 photos I had taken, and all the memories of our wonderful holiday contained in them, I was filled with sadness. The camera could be replaced, but the photos were irreplaceable! I was also rather shocked, still not able to believe ...

... yourself you can see a shooting star only to find its a plane flying very high overhead. When all of a sudden you hear a howl, then a groan and before you know it the magical moment is broken by a women having a screaming orgasm, twice, some 100 metres up the hill. A very surreal moment! Stavanger Caught the ferry back to Stavanger and returned back ...

... the people, young and old, outside. Now that it is not raining as much, I hope to do some more hikes on the weekends. The local newspaper published a book with a hike for every weekend. All of the hikes are within a reasonable driving distance from the city centre. This Sunday I did one of the hikes from the book with some friends from work. I have included some of the pictures in the photo album.

... fluid later and much later in the evening they ate Hydrocarbon soaked steaks (I decided to be vegetarian for the night!!). We had a good laugh - they could have been high! The next day we hiked to Sherag - it is a rock that is wedged between two cliffs with a 1 km drop down below us. We managed to each get out for a photo - notice the one of Aaron and I - he was shaking at this point! He doesn't like ...