Blogs from Norway, Europe - page 160

Hey! Voila enfin des nouvelles! Je suis donc a Trondheim mais avant ca j'etais a Oslo et avant ca j'etais a Bergen... Donc Bergen sous la pluie... je crois bien que c'est la que je m'etais arretee. Donc oui ce jour la j'ai rien fais de bien spectaculaire, pas de rendonnee, trop pluvieux. J'ai visite le musee des beaux arts... pas tete a par pour quelques Munch qui valaient la peine et quelques autres tableaux. Sinon je me suis promenee dans la vielle ville qui vaut le coup d'oeil. C'est des maisons en bois toutes reliee les une aux autres, tres jolies mais c'est difficile a decrire comme ca... Sinon vraiment rien fais d'autre... Le trajet en train (7h) depuis Bergen jusqu'a Oslo etait tres beau! Magnifique vue sur les montagnes et sur la plaine automnale. ... read more

We've already celebrated Thanksgiving more than a month before most of you will! Our Canadian friend Kate hosted a very nice Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday at her home because Monday is Canadian Thanksgiving. Her mom is the Canadian ambassador...and they live in the superfancy ambassador's house. That made it all the more exciting. Since Dan and I are the other two North Americans in our buddy group, we helped out by cooking a bunch and bringing the food to Kate's. We made two pumpkin pies, vanilla-nutmeg whipped cream, apple and onion stuffing, sweet rolls, Weber family corn pudding and roasted butternut squash and beets. Other people in our group helped Kate prepare the food at her house. Cooking all that food really made us realize how amazing it is that our moms and grandmothers could possibly ... read more

Coucou! Je suis arrivee a Bergen hier avec le bus. Manque de bol il a fait "beau" toute la journee d'hier alors que je voyageais et aujourd'hui il pleut! Donc pour la rendo c'est mort a moins que la pluie cesse cet apres midi. Mais bon rien de surprenant car ici il pleut en moyenne 275 jours par ans... donc c'est pas en octobre qu'il faut s'attendre a avoir du soleil! Je vais faire les musee pour changer lol. Ca m'ennuie car j'aurait vraiment voulu alle me balader sur une des 7 montagnes qui entourent Bergen, et les musee j'en ai vu assez. Demain je prend le train pour Oslo, 7 heures au total. Il parait que c'est un trajet magnifique, je vous en dirais plus ces prochains jours! Tout de bon! Becs... read more

Well I don't think Camilla will end up having people over to her house for fårikål. But that's ok, I think I will make some myself, actually! I just found some videos showing how to make it. Looks simple and tasty! Here's a link to a video of a Norwegian couple making a huge batch and showing you how to make it. Also there's a cute kitty. :P (I thought I could put the video right in here but it won't let me, boo.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw6B76PqdRU You can try it too, if you want to try something authentically Norwegian. The name literally means sheep in cabbage. It was voted the national dish sometime in the 1970s. Basically...get a head of cabbage and a couple pounds of bone-in lamb or mutton stew meat, in chunks. You will also ... read more

I know some of you are wondering, "What happened to Dan & Danielle's blog? I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see what crazy adventures they got into next!" Or maybe you were just waiting for us to get into one crazy adventure. Well, now that Dan's gonna be gone for the next four days (Booo, field trips! But I hope he has fun.) I have some peace! Or...I have nothing better to do than to curl up on my bed by my window with a cup of instant cappuccino and a bowl of oatmeal. Plenty of time to make a post. I did get to have an adventure, as a matter of fact. But, it wasn't very fun. At least I learned a lesson. Basically, I got lost in Oslo in the ... read more