Blogs from Stavanger, Western Norway, Norway, Europe - page 4

Scott and I had a frantic start to the weekend in Norway as I had just flown back from Krakow after being there all week for work. However, we were having better luck than the guy in front of us as we entered security checks at Gatwick, who heard the one thing you dread … ‘Sir, you’re at the wrong airport’. Oh dear, that guy didn’t have a chance in hell making it to Luton for his flight home, what a nightmare! Given the time of year it wasn’t dark when we arrived around midnight, there was still some light in the sky so it felt more like 9pm. We had a semi-sleep in until 9am and then enjoyed some pickled fish for breakfast, before heading off to have a look around Stavanger. It was spooky ... read more

Coucou vous! Apres un passage a Aalborg, petite ville tranquille mais pleine de vie estudiantine je me suis rendue a Skagen a la pointe nord du Danemark. C'est un village charmant tres propre en ordre. C'est la aussi ou deux mers se rencontre c'est assez impressonant les vague que ca fait. Il y a aussi beaucoup de vent la bas! J'ai passe la nuit chez une fille que j'ai rencontree dans le train et elle ma gentilement invitee chez elle pour la nuit, sinon j'etais bonne pour dormir a la gare. Hier donc je me suis promenee sur la plage de Skagen et vu qu'il n'y avait pas grand choses d'autre a faire je me suis rendue en fin d'apres midi au port de Hirtshals pour prendre un ferry pour la Norvege a 20h45. J'ai un ... read more

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, beautiful lakes for swimming and I could go on on. You'll see from all the pictures. But the first two days especially were so hard. I think by the third day I'd got used to ... read more

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 stay in the city and catch the bus back later. I watched a few of the performances on the main stage including: a song from les misarables, a Congo band, and a hip hop dance ... read more

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 letzten Eiszeiten entstanden, als die Gletscher diesen Teil des Landes noch völlig bedeckten. Also, gings Sonntag Morgen dann nicht allzu spät los, denn man musste ja noch die Fahrzeit mit einberechnen und das man vor Anbruch der Dunkelheit wieder am ... read more