I made it to Stavanger! The cycling in Norway has been tough, to say the very least! Looking at the map I figured that the south would be the easy part seeing as the terrain wasn't even barely hitting the first contour at 300m. Well it turns out that the south of Norway is a huge mass of 299m mountains and I yo-yoed my way for 4 hard days to Stavanger when the direct motorway route is only 250km. The scenery has been totally amazing of course. A million cute Norwegian villages buildings all in white or red wood, huge cliffs, [View Full Entry]

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I'm just back from Preikestolen. This is Norway's number 1 tourist draw. An amazing bit of rock that sticks out above the Lysefjorden, just over an hour cycle (plus 20 mins on a ferry) from Stavanger. Yesterday, after a lazy morning, and the first rain whilst cycling since Germany (I waited it out in a bus shelter which there are loads of) I hoicked myself up the 300m climb to the end of the road at Preikestolhytte and was greeted by a huge car park with a mix of campervans and cars and a long queue to get out as the [View Full Entry]

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This weekend I traveled to Stavanger to visit Kristine. I took a five hour bus ride, through tunnels and on two ferries. After I arrived, Kristine and I walked out along the ocean to a nice spot to watch the sunset. It was cloudy, but still beautiful. Saturday morning we headed into the city center. We walked around the shops, and listened to the music that was around town. Stavanger was chosen as the cultural capital of 2008. There were three stages set up around town for various performances. Kristine had to go to work that afternoon so I opted to [View Full Entry]

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Hi again, I was really excited to discover Norway for the first time in Stavanger. I had a transit in Amsterdam and was amazed by this beautiful airport, the nicest I have ever seen since I travel. Huge and quite a nice dynamic and atmosphere. I saw a great quote on one jetway and discover it on the photo slide....you will understand how women are so important on this earth !! LOL I was there for a business meeting which went really well and finalised a great interesting project. As it finished not too late, I had the opportunity to visit [View Full Entry]

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Finally, also der letzte Bericht! Wie bereits erwähnt ging es also von Voss nach Stavanger, wo wir dann auch so gegen halb 12 nachts ankamen. Dann haben wir erst noch was gegessen und sind dann noch raus ein Bierchen tinken. Meine Güte ist in Stavanger nachts viel los und alle stockbesoffen, unglaublich! Laut Wetterbericht sollten wir am nächsten Tag schönes Wetter haben und dementsprechen hatten wor geplant zum Preikestol zu wandern. Groß ausschlafen war also nicht! Der Preikestol ist eine Felsformation die 634 m steil in den Fjord abfällt und ist durch eine Frostsprengung während der letzt [View Full Entry]

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Bergen to Stavanger We took a scenic ferry ride from Bergen to Stavanger. It was typical of any coastal ferry with lots of islands and little towns along the coastline. Once we arrived we boarded an all night train back to Oslo. [View Full Entry]

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God dag, Day 1 Stavanger: After a short flight from Amsterdam, we arrived to sun and warm weather in Norway. What a nice surpise! We didn´t expect it to be good weather in Stavanger. Kristel (Karl´s cousin) picked us up at the airport and from there we headed to Uncle Sven´s house to visit with the family for a while and meet with the bride and groom. That evening Uncle Sven and Aunt Bjorg hosted a meet and greet pre-wedding party. All of the bride and groom´s family and friends enjoyed wine, beer and excellent food from the grill. After the [View Full Entry]

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