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June 10th 2012
Wednesday 6th June 2012 This morning we reached the halfway point of our cruise with many passengers getting off and a new crowd ready to move in. Kirkenes has little more than this to offer the tourist we finding it a very drab and uninteresting town. The lack of interesting architecture is due to the town being completely destroyed during WW2 probably because, as continues now, iron ore is mined here. The Russian border is only 10kms from the town, busses taking interested tourists to view it. Having been to Russia a couple of years ago certainly didn't make this a priority. The boat was delayed for an hour waiting for a tour group to return, as the ship disembarked we had our lunch. Later in the day we stopped at Vado for about 30 mins ... read more
Enjoying the Lofoten Islands!
Published: June 16th 2012Europe » Norway » Northern Norway » Lofoten Islands
June 10th 2012
Maandag 11/06/2012 We gingen het erop wagen. Het weer was zozo. We hadden echter zin om onze top 3 van de routes af te werken. Na 1 u aanloop over morene terrein, stonden we aan de start. De regen en hagel op dat moment ook..... We zijn letterlijk afgedropen. De regen stopte pas nadat we aan de auto aankwamen. Rond de bergtoppen bleef het hangen. Dus zijn we een terrasje gaan doen op het zonnige terras van het klattercafe in Henningsvaer. Daar kwamen we een zweeds koppel tegen en brachten een leuk uurtje door. Een Belgisch koppel van Beringen/Schoten waren op een zeilboot een 14daagse aan het doen. Een leuke gezellige namiddag! Een uitgebreide hamburger met frietjes maakten de dag compleet. Morgen een andere dag en misschien beter? Dinsdag 12/06/2012 & woensdag 13/06/2012 De wolken bleven ... read more
June 4th 2012
Norway is the land of divine beauty that takes you one step closer to nature. Norway has always been known for its scenic beauty of Fjords, mountains and glaciers. Fjords are carved out by the slow movement of glaciers and frequently end up being much deeper than people realize. It offers plenty to visitors right from mountain skiing, a voyage in the Fjords and hiking. A long strip of sea on a beautiful sunny afternoon is considered a perfect day for tourists. Fjords of Norway are series of landscape mountain that attracts hikers in abundance. Bergen is the perfect starting-point to explore the great fjords of the western coast of Norway, in particular The Sognefjord and The Hardangerford with its rich historySognefjord, for example, stretches down int... read more
Zoektocht naar trollen en vikingen!
Published: June 3rd 2012Europe » Norway » Northern Norway » Lofoten Islands
May 30th 2012
Na 6 maanden voorbereiding is het eindelijk zover. Ons avontuur naar de Lofoten in het noorden van Noorwegen kan beginnen. Zaterdag 26/05/2012 Aangezien we gisterenavond door Dieter en Jerina uitgenodigd waren voor een zweeds bad en een bbq, was het echt wel heel laat geworden. Maar het was echt genieten in een mooie wilde groene tuin met een houten bad, verwarmd door een houtvuur. Gewoon schitterend! De bbq was overheerlijk (hert). Dit was een prachtige start van onze vakantie. Gezellig warm dobberen met vrienden.... Met als gevolg een vertraagde start. Om 9u stond Erik op. Alles was vertrekkensklaar. Dus onze lange rit begon. Door Nederland was een miserie. Veel oponthoud. Duitsland een en al vol werken. Vanaf Hamburg begon het wat op te schieten. Het eerste tankstation in Denemarken stopten we om te eten. Fiske filet ... read more
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November 30th 2011
This I will miss. The country, yes. The View, yes. But mostly, I will miss the people. because the people are what make everything work. and sometimes not work. but the not working always give s way to coziness. and everything is restored and beautiful and cozy. whether we are sitting aro... read more
November 27th 2011
Mini Outreach Mini Outreach is defined here as "5 days (but we really mean 7) in which all leadership is not present, and the students are thrown out of the school to go out to random islands off the coast of Norway to do stuff." It should be noted that we were put onto teams of 3 (which we did not pick ourselves) and were not given a choice of location. The island of Traena, here we come. We begin on Sunday, November 13th, on a boat (more precisely a ferry). In the middle of a storm. The worst storm. Ever. ON A M*THR ****ING BOAT (ahhhchem. Ferry.) This storm had been storming for a couple of days, but as we waited for the ferry I had this sinking feeling of "DO NOT GET ON THE ... read more
October 30th 2011
Caving. Never done it. But it seems pretty cool, doesn't it? I mean, who wouldn't want to dive into the depths of the earth, away from sunshine and everything living? Our motley crew set out on Monday, October 24 at the predawn hour of 8 AM. I say predawn, only because it was completely dark whilst we drove away from school. Guess that's what you get for living above the Arctic Circle. Still, a bit depressing, no? Stop one, Ferry. Stop two caves. The drive was fairly uneventful, lasting a meandering 4 hours in which we were privy to the breathtaking landscape of the northern snow covered peaks. We arrived about 1300 and spent the next half hour suiting up (no, not cool suiting up, but rather donning our most disgusting clothes and putting on helmets ... read more
October 11th 2011
October 1st to 10th ALRIGHT. So, I am now renowned in Norway as an international Grease Monkey, the greatest seller of red white-board-marker pens, and mad knitting genius. Confused? Ya, me too. After returning from Local Ministry on the 1st we had to get ready for our week long road trip. On this trip we all were traveling to YWAM's northern most base called Borgen, which is by the city Tromso. It is very very north. It sits about 70 degrees north, 21 more degrees than I am used to, and WAYYY above the Arctic Circle. It is also about a 10 hour drive from Engavaagen. Awesome. However, before we could depart on this splendid adventure we had to do a couple of chores. Boring right? WRONG. One of our base leaders (number 1, and I ... read more
