Norway Travel Blogs - Page 6

          My twin sister Siri, who is living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the last 3 years, is in Oslo celebrating Easter.  She has made it a habit to go back to Norway for Easter.  She loves skiing and as we all know the skiing conditions is not…

When i woke up this morning i looked outside thinking i would probably stay inside all day long. After drinking my tea, which is something i do every morning, i got off my sore glutes and hit the shower. All of a sudden i got this urge to go outside and called my friend Lil who lives downtown Oslo.…

Another short trip to go on in between my night shifts at my small train station in London. This time was a 1p each way flight with Ryanair to a airport called Torp, about a 90 minute bus journey south of Oslo. When I arrived in Torp airport, I have nearly achieved my goal of visiting forty countri…

This is the sky at my place tonight. The moon trying to hide behind the clouds and adding some more mystic to itself...

It was a thursday morning and i had already made up my mind days before hand about this trip to Nes. I asked Liz if she wanted to come along and she did. No matter what the weather was like i wasn't going to sitt at home.. At 07:00 am i awoke from a good night sleep and had myself a little breakfa…

  Trondheim is the third largest city in Norway, and administrative centre of the county of Sør Trøndelag and the bishoprics of Nidaros. The city is situated at the outled of the river Nidelva in Trondheimsfjorden, and has a population of 162.000 inhabitants, where approx 25.000 are studen…

My friend Noah went on foreign exchange when he was in High School to experience another culture.  Now you would think he would have gone to a Spanish speaking country as he speaks Spanish fluently, but you would be wrong.  Noah is a man of mystery and was looking for more of a challenge.…

Last week I had friends visiting me from Sweden. I guided them around. It was rather nice to be tourist in my own hometown.Welcom to Trondheim, City of the Viking King and the Historical Capital of Norway.Trondheim is a meeting place. Old and new combine, the crown and the churc converge, warriors …

It was a wonderful day. Sunny and quite warm. And just like we did in the winter, we had to climb trees and hang from them. Such kids we are.. lol But the area are so great for hiking and for people like us, haveing some childish fun. Gudny went skinnydipping, while I just waded a little. i had a …

A great weekend in Tromsø:)

For me this tour started last year, when I learned that Bon Jovi would come to Norway for the first time in ages. A friend of mine, who's possibly an even bigger BJ fan then I am called me and said she wanted to sign up for a membership in the Backstage with Bon Jovi fanclub, so that she could get …

Norway has a population of about 4.8 million and covers an area of 385,155 square kilometres. There is a population drift from country to town and from north to south. The Norwegian authorities are reducing this trend with measures designed to make living in the depopulated areas more attractive.…

Looking through Marit’s (tvillingmarit) pictures a while back I ran across a great shot of two knights on horseback ready for a tournament joust.  I knew I had spotted a shot that I could “fix”.  There was just something that told me that the first guy had an advantage over the rest…

8am Thursday morning.. a noise in the distance. What the h*** is that noise? Oh... darn, it's my cellphone. I jumped out of bed, still in a "coma" , answer the phone and says; hello in this typical still-in-your-sleep voice. lol...  It was Gudny and she was on her way here. This was the day it…

It was a lovely day for visiting the grave of my grandparents. I haven't been there since i went to my grandma's funeral so it was about time. It's odd how you feel in good spirit going there and once you sitt down infront of the grave you feel like your eyes are filling up with tears. They didn't …