Utstein Kloster Hotell 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. <br><br>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!! <br><br><br>STAVANGER FTW!!

... has been a great stay in Norway - very peaceful. I do miss the random chaos of some of the places I have been before here though. One bus trip in Peru gave me at least 10 different amusing anecdotes, here I struggle to come out with 10 for the whole trip. Not that it is boring here - just less surprising. Buses leave on time, cars follow the road rules, I am not a target of constant harassment... Wonder what London will have to offer me?

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.

... do with tractors and the farm! He is also a big fan of Bob the Builder, Handy Manny and Shawn the Sheep. He also has quite the imagination and is quite the talker! Avery has a smaller vocabulary but is quite the independent little girl! She enjoys playing with her 'baby' and pushing her stroller and of course bugging her big brother! I've included pics of Tananger and Stavanger. Adam , Callum and I took a trip to the Boulder Field about an ...

... Stavanger has long had a link to food. Once the centre of the country's now vastly reduced herring and canning industry, it presently accounts for 80% of the country's greenhouses, supplying much of the country's vegetables and fruit. The area also provides pastures for 200,000 sheep, 300,000 pigs and 50,000 dairy cows. It supports one million egg laying hens and produces 500,000 tonnes of seafood. The area employs 20,000 people in the food industry. Rogaland is also ...

... told us, like a good cognac and by keeping it in the freezer and sculling it down, we would miss the enjoyment of all the subtleties a good Linie aquavit had to offer. Linie had several types of aquavit we learned. There's the aquavit you have with smoked sheep's head, then there's the other kind which you have with 'lutfisk'; another Norwegian delicacy made from stockfish soaked in lie and then poached. Generally, Linie is a good digestive after a ...

... co-owner and executive chef at Midtåsen Solvold restaurant in a converted old mansion outside Stavanger (see: http://www.solvold.no). The organisers hope the event will put Norway on Europe's culinary map and promise Culinary Stavanger 08 will present "the new, innovative and special Norway". "We may not be a great footballing nation, but in skiing and the culinary arts we are unbeatable," the promotional material boasts.

... Queen of Denmark, King of Sweden and lots of other 'royalty' were on hand to share also. Hope we have sorted out who is who in our pictures. Our dinner meal was at a restaurant called Phileas Fogg, the main character from 'Around the World in 80 Days'. The restaurant was decorated with that theme and was a lot of fun. Pretty normal food but the salad they serve out and at home is a little strange. It consists of a mix of head lettuce ...

... harbour. I had Juletallerken (Christmas platter) with a sampling of traditional dishes - pork ribs, sausage, meatball, cabbage, and potatoes. Kevin tried the Pinnekjott - salted lamb ribs. The translations on the menu made us laugh...my meatball translated into English was "minced fat and lean pork". And, the translated version of Kevin's dish came with ...

... to seat as we pleased with our traveling partners within our group's seat allocation. While we sat together the most were following the seat numbers sitting with other tour members. It was until the guide repeated, did they shuffled. On the ferry, we went to the tax free shop to buy some losenges (Strepsil) I was having a bad sore throat. Lunch was cheese hotdog and garlic hotdog and cokes. Hotdog and drinks were sold as a set and in Danish was called 'menu'. The cheapest we can ...