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For Børres birthday he got a surprisetrip to Dublin! Since this was our first trip alone after Samoa was born we dicided not to make any plans for the trip except relaxing and having fun! Arriving Dublin in the evening, the first thing we did after checking in to our great hotel (Best Western Premier Academy Plaza Hotel, € 53/night) was dinner and a beer at the next door restaurant, continuing with some more beers at a local fotballpub. The following days we did some great walks around the city and saw the beautiful St.Augustine & St.John Catholic Church, as well as enjoing coffe breaks at every other corner, drinks at the Temple Bar area and the popular bar/restaurant 'The Chuch', wich is the cool restored former St.Mary's church. And a visit to the Guinnes Storehouse ... read more

Travelling alone on this trip, I wanted to see more of the Middle east; this time Bahrain, a tiny country situated on an island in the Gulf that links with Saudi Arabia by a 26km causeway. After a couple of stop-overs (England and Qatar), I finally arrived at Manama,Bahrain. Sometimes I get this kickass feeling arriving countries were I don't have any expectations at all. Theese trips usually ends up really great, and Bahrain is definitely one of them! Arriving at my pre-booked hotel in the middle of the bustling old souq made my first impression really great!! I coulden't wait to explore this amzing city with all it's smells, sounds, architecture, culture and not to mention the curious multi cultural people of Bahrain! Walking around the extremely crowded souq, located in the heart of the ... read more

After some great travelling in the U.A.Emirates it was time to continue our adventure in Oman. Crossing the border on foot, with a baby stroller in between all the cars driving in line, was a strange but funny experience… I recon all the people staring at us thought we were lost tourists...ha ha! After a super-warm crossing in the 40 degree desert sun and a visit to the border office, we finally made the crossing from Al Ain(Emirates) and into the Omani border “city” of Buraimi. The bus to Sohar wasn't going until 5 hours later, and that’s TO LONG time to kill in this really boring desert "city", so plan 2: ‘Long distance taxi’, a common transport were people jump in and out of the car along the road.. A great way of transport and ... read more

The travel bug bit us again, as always after a few months back home in Norway... This time we're going for a stop-over in Bangkok before exploring Hong Kong, The Emirates and Oman. Bangkok: It's time for Børres working days in Bangkok again, and this time the whole family comes along! We decided to stay at a quite nice hotel with swimming pool this time, since Børre is going to be working most of the time, and so the girls can enjoy some relaxing days by the pool, overlooking the always busy bangkok city. Prince Palace Hotel became our home for a week, and the view from our room on the 34 th floor was great!!! The swimming pool on the 11 th was a great place to relax and enjoy the view as well. Two ... read more

Snowkiteing at Finse, the roof of Norway, is the perfekt way to celebrate my 37'th birthday. Marianne, got me the perfect gift knowing my passion for kiteing, mountains and outdoor adrenaline activity in general..thanks a lot Marianne!! I LOVE YOU! Early morning and extremly tired, we (Børre,Marianne & Samoa) jumped on the train, heading for Hardangervidda and Finse. It's a must to say we love train travel, so the five hours passed by pretty fast. Approaching Finse, the signature of Hardangervidda appares; majestic and dramatic mountains is rising up from the platau, the big glacier of Hardangerjøkulen is seen in the distanse, and the sudden lack of trees is making us realize we're closing up to our final destination,jippi. Jumping off the train, I got a little bit nostalgic; I have actually lived in Finse some ... read more