Clarion Stavanger

... must say that Norway is a fantastic place to be. The lovly nature and the good looking girls. If there is one bad thing I must say about Norway it has to be the weather, but thats a part of it. 

But Norway and Stavanger has it all!! Surfing, skating, party life, great nature and hot women, travel destinaton number one: Stavanger Norway ladies and gentleman!! 


STAVANGER FTW!!

... Harbour....we will definitely be back there soon!

James also explained that Norway was occupied during the Second World War and Hitler was convinced that the war would be won on the beaches of Norway so he fortified all the beachheads.

Norway has taken down most of the fortification but left a few odd spots for rememberance. And quite an engineering feat it was for the day.

Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway thistlecheck

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.

... pretty similar to Amsterdam; since the doors and stairs are so narrow, furniture and other big items are brought to the top floors by a pulley and through the window.

While I was there Kelley and I went to the Red Cross for a cooking class night about Indian food. The event is part of a program aiming to integrate ex-pats into Norwegian life. I'm not sure if how this night fits in with the mission, since the only ...

... distributed it as little drinks - very nice cold mountain run-off. After returning to dock, we had lunch on the ship and then ventured out. We passed a gaggle of Norge teens all prepping to depart on a windjammer type ship - some type of working summer camp, maybe. At the very point of the bay is a neat building that looks like it might be an Info Center. Nope - it was a fish market, with all sorts of fresh fish available. We walked ...

... said that from the bottom of the fjord, it looked like a giant pulpit. During breakfast we befriended a Canadian fellow, Ryan, and Lori, a gal from Holland. Lori hiked to Preikestolen, yesterday, and told us it was beautiful. Ryan, was planning to see it today. The Preikestolen site is spectacular. Check out our pictures and you will know what I mean. (not all the pictures are ...

... event. They contacted the police for us, who came to the hostel to talk to us. However, they didn't speak English, and the girl at the hostel translated for us. We had to accompany the police to the station to make a statement, and got a ride in a police car for criminals, with a plastic seat, no handles and little room. At the station, there was nobody good enough at English to take our statement, and they took two hours ringing around for a translator. They were unable to find one ...

... get to see a 3D children's cartoon movie on the importance of oil and gas, play some of their interactive games ranging from operating a deep sea submarine to solving an imaginary islands energy problem or getting dressed in an oil rig workers overalls. All for 80 Nok!!! Those with less money, the walk around Mosvagen lake is pleasant and is ...

... lessons two times a week for two hours each and learned more and more words each lesson. However it took a long time before I could pick out more than just the numbers when people were speaking! After four months of lessons, I can have basic conversations with colleagues and I can understand enough written Norwegian to get by. In fact, I was able to understand about 90% of what school age ...

... lodged with Alf's mother. The master plan being the five hour round trip hike up to Kjeragbolten, located in Lysefjorden. Having arrived in Stavanger late the night before, we set off at the crack of the one you know on day two. Taking a tiny car ferry all the way to the end of scenic Lysefjorden, passing famous Prekestolen (Pulpit Rock) on the way. For this part of the world it was an unbelievably glorious day (summer season can be pretty elusive up here), with a clear blue ...