lørdag 30. mai 2009

EDINBURGH

TOUR OF MAJORSTUA KAMMERKOR, May 2009Most pictures this time, as I assume many of the singers in Majorstua Kammerkor would be interested in seeing them. A great long weekend, though, and a great tour where we got two fantastic, yet very different concert experiences. In Rossyn Chapel (I felt at home - nice name..) we had the most enthusiastic audience, and the 30ish people that listened filled up the tiny little church. St.Giles´Cathedral was open to visitors all day, and quite a few sat down to listen during our lunch time concert. Great venue, excellent acoustics. We were all very happy :) Nice city too - I don´t need to tell..












I´ll stop now - it is way too late.... But more pictures will be uploaded later.

onsdag 25. februar 2009

Winter break

Nine days of skiing, crosscountry, downhill, good food, being with friends and family, that is my winter vacation in short. Friends were visiting the first half of the break, and then the last weekend was a good family weekend. My dad´s cabin, which is now almost fully equipped, will be used a lot in the future :)Family breakfast. Snow is great fun!

mandag 9. februar 2009

Perfect, perfect, perfect!!

I don´t have words to describe yesterday´s skiing trip. The pictures speak by themselves. But I can say that they sell the best wafels ever at this cabin! Which lots of people seemed to know...
Chocolate is of course mandatory.. Yeehaa!!

lørdag 24. januar 2009

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

I spent the day in Winterwonderland! Perfect skiing conditions! Running all the way in the new snow was a little bit heavy for Cherie (who was very upset about me calling her ´tiny little` in a former blog post..), so she got a lift in Elin´s backpack part of the trip.How I have missed this! About 25 kilometres of skiing is good work out, and now I really deserve some chocolate :)

lørdag 10. januar 2009

FURULUND - my Dad´s new cabin

Yesterday my Dad and I went to Rauland, a three and a half hours drive from Oslo, to get the keys for his new cabin. Great cabin! I´m already excited about my winter break in February! Hopefully there will be beds and some more funiture in the cottage by then...
Tiles in the entrance hallway.Open kitchen layout.
Bathroom was nice and clean. A large bedroom in the attic. Two bedrooms downstairs.
Time to bring in some of the moving load. And then Dad unpacked the microwave oven and dished up with a coffee and a delicilous packed lunch -- specially packed for me :) Nice view, and a big veranda with lots of sunshine. Some time in the future we might be able to spot the cabin from the road, somewhere in the forest below the moon...

mandag 6. oktober 2008

Hiking in the Tafjord mountains

"Paint it all black" is a saying I once heard. Don´t have too high expectations, and you won´t become disappointed. Well, I was prepared for some grey, foggy, wet, and freezing days, but I did not expect all this nice weather! Not much black at all - the moutainsides were rather colourful and bright, the autumn season about to end. Extremely beautiful scenery!! We also had to cross some large, shiny white parts of new snow as we were trekking from one cottage to another. Quite challenging as the scree underneath could be slippery, and we also had to be careful that our feet did not sink deep down in between the rocks. I was happy to have poles, and despite the challenge I really enjoyed some real snow after four years without! Amazingly large, sweet, and juicy berries! Some extra energy...
I am really impressed by the Norwegian Travel Association and how well they run the cabins. They are so nice and cosy, so clean and well fit out, and the firewood is lying there just waiting for hikers to heat up and occupy the cottages. There are also stores of a variety of canned food that you buy, so you don´t have to carry it all yourself. When the the backpacks aren´t too heavy you enjoy the hike even more! It actually snowed the last night, and the Christmas feeling wasn´t far away... This country isn´t too bad after all :o)

mandag 29. september 2008

AUTUMN

What a beautiful season! And what a privilege to be able to enjoy it! After three months of trying to adjust myself back to living in Norway and six busy weeks of teaching and , it´s time to relax and breathe. Schools are having a break, and we have been blessed with wonderful weather. A three hours´ stroll in the forest today is hopefully good enough preparation for some days of hiking later this week...