Auckland..the city of sails!

It must have been brilliant days for sailing, cause it was well windy! The Sky Tower was swaying..!(No it wasn't..but it sure felt that way as I stood 220 meters above the ground looking down at it!)

Fortunately i didnt have much jet lag, so i was out and about as soon as i had stuffed my backpack in my dorm! But it was soo hot!! This is my first time further south than chech(?) republic, and it is quite different! But im loving it! Spent alot of the time just lying in the park and enjoying the sun! Met a dutch girl in the hostel, Lizzie (well thats how i managed to pronounce her name..!) and we had a great time together! We went out and tasted the NZ beer..and discovered that it does taste quite nice!

I saw the best view of Auckland as i left with a ferry to the Coromandel Penisula, which is on the east side of Auckland!

Pitch and Protest!

The silly Worcestershire County Council wants to shut down the three outdoor centres, Malvern, Upton Warren and Llanrug.. So we all decided to get up super early in the morning and camp on the lawn outside of county hall! Tv was there, and so was the newspapers! It was a good turn out, think it must have been the smell of the sizzling sausages! - Alongside the cause, of course!




After a few hours of protesting, i was on the flight heading off to New Zealand! Surreal, but wicked! That almost exactly on the opposite of the world if you put one finger on Norway on the globe, and the other one on New Zealand!

Wallace put up his hammock and went back to bed..considering it was only 6 o'clock in the morning, whilst Tommy dressed up as the gerilja inspired by the rebelling atmosphere!

Out on the Hill

Despite the freezing cold and misty morning down in Llanberis, Anne and me decided to get out on the hill! And what a brilliant choice it was..! We started walking the Watkin Path to the top of Snowdon, and soon we were out of the clouds! And above, the sun was shining! (Well, at least almost shining!)



We spent the day practicing on how to not fail our French Mountain Guides Award, but we made a few mistakes on the way down the skre..think we probably kicked off at least 1 stone..

Apart from that, we learnt why we sometimes get a belt of clouds that we can walk through! I should have explained it to you, but it takes so many difficult words that i wont try to spell it out on the web!

Little Britain!

Decided to visit some friends over in the UK before i took off to NZ.. Emma&James, bless them..drove for 3 hours to come and pick me up at the airport, and then drove the 3 hours back to Bromsgrove..Im sure they regretted that, but I was very glad to see them! Was abit weird at first cause I had forgotten most of my english, but it soon got a bit better and i was able to hold a form of a conversation with them! We went straight to Claires for birthday cake as it was her day that day..!

The next day i hug out at the Warren, helped painting, joined in on an archery session and just disturbed the guys at work! It was brilliant! Later we all went out for a meal at Nando's..(sorry Bladon..you were a bit far away to invite..) and carried on to Bushwackers! Introduced the new MA's to the norwegian dancing style! ;)

Claire then drowe me all the way to North Wales where I met up with that lot! Stayed at Angie's lovely cottage where we swallowed norwegian salty sweets with some red wine! And tested her new winter boots over the fire place before we went to bed with the ghost!

Go.. going.. gone!

I have been sitting on a plane for quite some time lately..all in all it was about 30 hours.. it wasnt much i could do except for listning to music..glancing out the window..thinking..breathing.. And it hit me! Thats all i have to make sure i do for the next 3 months! Breathing! Hah! All the rest is up to me.. obvoiusly plan to eat something, and drink something..and do quite a bit of stuff..but thats not necessary if i dont want to!

Holiday actually means I can do whatever i want to do!

Its time to say goodbye..!

The girls suprised me big time the other day..! Without me knowing it, they had planned a sort of a leaving due for me! They had invited a few friends of mine over for a "Pylsefest"! But the worst part, well they probably think its the best part, is that I didnt understand! First turned one up, then another one, then one more, then one..and so on.. i didnt get it until TomPom & Aina came and told me they had a presant for me! "A Christmas presant?!?!" "Not quite, more like a going-away-presant.." Leonora then turned around and said; "Did you get it now?????"
I got quite embaressed, but most of all, very moved..!

We forgot to take pictures of everyone who turned up for the "Pylsefest", but here are some pictures of the Party of Drums that took place the night before i went!!

















Odd Rune & Malin playing the drums!















Odd Rune singing "Im a Barbie Girl"!
















Anders being a Barbie Girl!

November Padling

This one amazing day in November.. like maybe no 36 of rainy days in Bergen.. I woke up to see the sun shine on a coolcoolcool day! Unbelievable! So together with Julie, I went out to Sotra, an archipelago outside of Bergen. I even brought my sunnies today! We decided to paddle around the island of Løno, the westernmost island of Sotra. None of us had ever paddled there before..but this was the day! The water was a bit rough on the outside, but it all went really well (except for a few navigational mistakes..kremt..Julie!;)! We were well proud of ourselves afterwards! Made it back just in time for some(!!) red wine, but discovered the hard way that this wasn´t the wisest thing to do the day before a big meal of "Sauehaue"(smoked sheeps head, with everything intact..including eyes, ears, jaw with teeth..a norwegian traditional dish which tastes delicious!)!

Check out
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78246428@N00/tags/padling/
for more pictures of kayaking at Sotra!

Christmas time..

Christmas was filled with three decorating, "pepperkaker", food - lots of it, family, presents, slumbering on the sofa, chocolates, long breakfasts, long evening meals, grandma-hugs, christmas tea with milk and honey,.. and obvously some parties..




View the brilliant pictures here..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78246428@N00/tags/jul/show/