Swimming at Toko Mouth
View from my new office
The from my new office window in Nydalen, Oslo.
Store Gryta
Morten and I headed to Store Gryta to find some ice to skate on. Unfortunately it was a little thin, so we stopped for a short food break where I tried Julebrød med brun øst (Norwegian Christmas bread with brown cheese), a traditional Christmas time snack around these parts.
Skating on Setertjern
My new skating Morten kindly drove us to Setertjern for some ice skating. 50 mm of nice hard, smooth ice 🙂 There was a swiffle of snow on the top, but nothing major.
Frozen saft!
This is a lesson in why you should always pack hot water when travelling outdoors in Oslo 😉 This was a yummy bottle full of forest berry flavoured saft (Norwegian drink flavouring stuff, kinda like cordial) before leaving home; 60 minutes later and it became a saft slushy! The photo was taken on Kringlevann.
Skating on Sognsvann
After having a such a terrific time out ice skating the night before, I headed back to Sognsvann in the morning to try out the ice during the daylight. There was a little more snow and the surface had roughened up a little, but still an amazing days skating in the great outdoors. It is […]
Sognsvann evening skate
After being hospitalised with a head injury this evening (I thought it would be fun to walk into a cupboard door), Morten and I decided to go for an evening skate on Sognsvann on the outskirts of the city. We were greeted with beautiful smooth ice interspersed with the occasional snow dump. The local fire […]
More photos from skating on Kringlevann
More photos from my recent skating trip to Kringlevann. We had terrific weather this day, -6° C and very little clouds. A great change from the past month of dreary rainy crap.
Kringlevann skating panorama
I took the following panorama on my phone whilst skating on Kringlevann, not far from outskirts of Oslo.
Skating on Langvann
Morten and I headed to Langvann for some ice skating. Beautiful weather and a really long and smooth sheet of ice to skate on.
Frozen beer
People keep asking me how cold Oslo is. A picture supposedly paints a thousand words, so here is a photo I took outside a bar this morning. Presumably a patron left their beer sitting outside last night, and by this morning it was frozen solid.
Skating on Kringlevann at last
After multiple trips over the past few weeks to Kringlevann all resulted in failed attempts at skating, I was beginning to think my chances of skating in the great outdoors this season was fading fast. Fortunately we had a good freeze over the past few days and only a minor dusting of snow. After I […]
Bob Skywalker walking
Look, new keys :)
These were nigh on impossible to copies of.
Autumn colours with Marte and Ingvild
Marte and Ingvild and I admired the beautiful autumn colours along Akeselva
Ice leaf
Whilst walking along Akerselva, Marte saw two leaves that looked like they had frozen ice between them. She peeled the leaves off, and out came a beautiful frozen ice leaf.
Running to Kringlevann
One of my favourite hobbies in New Zealand was always finding ice to skate on come the winter months. By the time I arrived in Norway last winter all of the lakes were covered in snow, so this time around I’m trying to keep a close eye on the lakes and as soon as they’re […]
Eating out in Lisbon
After WordCamp Lisboa, we went out for dinner a restaurant overlooking the city. Unfortunately I had left my camera in Norway and my phone doesn’t do the view justice. Suffice to say, we had a very beautiful view out across Lisbon cityscape.
Lisbon via bus
Marko Heijnen and I went on a siteseeing tour of Lisbon via bus. Thankfully our bus had a cover to keep the sun off us, as didn’t bring any sunscreen.
My first snake ever!
I had never seen a snake before until visiting a pet shop in Alcantarilha with Nadia’s family. It’s not the most exciting way to see your first snake, but I figured it was worthy of a blog post/photo at least 🙂
Giant pineapple
I went to the Alcantarilha township with Nadia’s family. Whilst there we saw a giant pineapple!
Albufeira
Nadia and I visited Albufeira, a small seaside tourist town in Portugal. Nice views. Nice beach. Nice weather. Nice company. All around nice place 🙂
Marble the chameleon
Meet Marble, the plucky little chameleon I met whilst visiting Nadia near Alcantarilha Portugal.
Post workout dinner with Metronetters
Dinner with Erik and Yelitza after going to the gym.
WordCamp Lisboa
Nadia and I visited Albufeira, a small seaside tourist town in Portugal. Nice views. Nice beach. Nice weather. Nice company.
Public urination in Norway
I assumed that going to the toilet in public was relegated to third world countries, but it seems it is totally acceptable in Norway!
Beautiful weather in Oslo
Another beautiful day in Oslo. These crazy Norwegians keep declaring the weather here is crap and that this is the worst summer in a long time. I think they’re all crazy. The summer weather here is far warmer and sunnier than I am used to.
Ørfiske with Marte
I went cycling around Ørfiske north of Oslo, Norway with my friend Marte.
Picnic in Torshovparken
Anita at Torshovparken. We had a yummy barbecue courtesy of Trygve.
Cycling above Maridalsvannet
More photos from my cycling trips 🙂 This time it’s Maridalsvannet from above.
Trollvann
I went to Trollvann, a beautiful little lake in the hills above Oslo. The place was swarming with families out enjoying the beautiful Norwegian summer.
Movatn with Ingvild and Marte
The lovely Ingvild and Marte invited me to stay at their awesome little cottage in the woods. It overlooks a beautiful little lake called Movatn. The weather gods were angry that evening, but we were nice and cosy and downed some yummy seafood chowder followed by a healthy dose of ice cream and chocolate sauce […]
Linderudkollen hoppsenter
Whilst cycling on the weekend I stumbled across a well known Norwegian past-time … ski jumping. These crazy Norwegian nutcases launch themselves off stupidly steep ramps whilst on skis. Apparently doing it in the winter is not enough, and so some of the craziest ones resort to doing it on an even crazier plastic hill […]
Kringlevann
Another day, another cycling trip. This time I headed north east to Kringlevann on advice from my friends Marte and Ingvild. It turns out they have great advice, as after a pleasant trip uphill I was greeted by a beautiful little lake nestled in the woods above Oslo city.
Oslo at 1:15am
Some of my friends in New Zealand seemed fascinated that it could still be light outside in Oslo during the wee hours of the morning, so I took this photo at 1:15am during the middle of July to demonstrate how bright it gets.
Cycle touring in/near Oslo
It seems people are fascinated about where I end up on my weekends, so here are some snaps from a couple of weeks ago. I ended up somewhat lost during a cycling trip as I forgot my phone so had no Google maps, I had an awful map which barely showed any detail and I […]
Samsung Galaxy S3
It seems that when you go walking in a torrential downpour, you should not use Google Maps extensively. I tried that recently and promptly destroyed my trusty Huawei IDEOS X5 phone. Out with the old and in with the new though! I now have a Samsung Galaxy S3 and decided to do a quick photo […]
Edinburgh cemetery
Continuing my apparent obsession with photos of cemeteries, here are some snaps I took at/near a picturesque cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland. I got horridly lost whilst attempting to find Princes St and somehow ended up going totally the wrong direction, up a hill and figuring I may as well make the most of it and […]
Edinburgh Castle
Some photos of the Edinburgh Castle I took recently during a trip to WordCamp Edinburgh in Scotland.
WordCamp Edinburgh
In case anyone wasn’t already aware, I’m somewhat obsessed with a piece of software called “WordPress”. My occupation now revolves around WordPress and I voluntarily let it suck up an inordinate amount of my time. I attended a conference called “WordCamp Edinburgh”, which is by far the biggest WordPress conference I’ve ever attended. I met […]
Greeks invade Edinburgh
I made two very awesome new friends whilst in Edinburgh recently, Zozela and Magdalini from Greece. Here are some photos from our travels about Edinburgh including to the Edinburgh Castle.
Mantjernet and Nedre Blanksjø
And … more trips from my cycling trip to Harestua, this time the lakes are Mantjernet and Nedre Blanksjø.
Bjørnsjøen
Some more photos from my recent cycling trip to Harestua. This time the lake is Bjørnsjøen.
Skjærsjøen
Some photos of Skjærsjøen I took during a cycling trip to Harestua recently.
Svartkulp
Here’s a photo I took of Svartkulp, a small lake I visited by bike, not far from the Oslo city center.
Norway from the air
Some photos snapped from the plane, en route to Tromsø with Harriet.
Fun at Ingierstrand
More photos from my trip to Ingierstrand with Ingvild and co.
Buildings in Bucharest
Oslo panorama
Oslo has some stunningly good weather sometimes. Beautiful blue skies during the middle of winter.
Sunset near Ingierstrand
My lovely friend Ingvild invited me to Ingierstrand just outside of Oslo to hang out with her and her friends for the weekend. We had a terrific time and witnessed a spectacular sunset across the fiord just after dinner.