Hotel Sverre Sandnes

... 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!!

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.

... but we just wished we booked one that we could have got up to the top of the rock!Anyway that's our fault, and we'd have probably passed out after a four hour hike to the top and back!!! So, we're heading off tomorrow in search of some sunshine, and a bit better luck - we did take a drink of the natural spring water from the waterfall so lets hope that brings us a bit!Heading down the North Sea Road to Oslo, but will probably free park somewhere tomorrow night ...

Kevin and I made a trip to Ikea this weekend. Since it was a Saturday it was very busy at Ikea and it was difficult to find a parking place...similar to Edmonton or Calgary! It is kind of strange to visit an Ikea in a foreign country because the layout, products, and product names are similar from one country to the next. Once you are ...

Melissa and Loni are visiting Stavanger this week. It is so nice that they were able to come to visit Norway. I really enjoy being able to share some of my experiences in Norway with them - the stores I shop at, the bars we go to, what the movie theatre is like, etc. And, since they are the first of a steady stream of visitors this month ...

... something my limited student budget certainly appreciates with today's exchange rate. The day after I arrived, I packed my bags again, this time to join my brother and his family in their recently remodeled cabin, cabin v3.0 I think it is. Asle, my brother in law, bravely handed over the keys to his dear Audi and I headed for the mountains. All of Europe has suffered from the lack of snow this year, and Sirdal was no exception ...

... bands. the sound man probably was a wizard or something like that. then was the time for ad arma. we played a bounce of hsows with them in the last 6 months and they are really nice guys. the show was realy great in fact playing after them was really hard. but the show was really nice. we had so mcuh fun. after the show we all went to a falafel lace to hang out and eat falafel it was such a nice evening. we also had a coupel of irthdays to celebrate: yaki (the driver from ...

... in one place. Ah, but the night was done to soon, and I didn't get a chance to talk to everyone. We stayed late for a bit to see one of the world cup games (Sweden vs somebody?), and then it was time to head back to our home base at Hans' dad's place. We head out on the road tomorrow morning. Hans has picked out a scenic route - some of which he's seen before and some he hasn't. Should be fun, I just hope the weather cooperates!

After a bit more snow and rain yesterday, today the sky is clear and the sun is out. It's quite crisp and cold. And I finally seem to be over the worst of my cold. Yesterday, I was again a (sick) slappfisk in bed until just after noon. Hans and I dressed up for dinner at Ingrid's and Asle's. We drove by the beach at Sola Strand, where quite a few families were out walking off the previous night's dinner. From the full parking lot, you'd think it was a ...

... her children. Marianne is studying medicine in Budapest, Bjørnar is starting university in Toulosse, Geir-Inge had his confirmation this year and has a few more years of school before he's off to college. Dinner was a three course meal, each one delicious - salted lamb with mashed rutabaga and potatoes, then rice pudding with strawberry sauce, followed (eventually) by coffee and cakes. Ugh, my control top hose were straining at the seams. We ...