Brasov walking tour
If you are ever in Brasov, Transylvania, I highly recommend taking the free walking tour. Half the people on the tour were Kiwis.
Bose!
Thanks to Arnstein, I’m now the proud owner of a pair of Bose QC15 headphones. These things are awesome at blocking out the noise 🙂
Area around Dracula’s castle
Some more photos from around Bran castle in Translyvania, Romania.
Fartz
Shamelessly stolen from Marcus.
Coop obs
Hmmm, so I thought Norway has basically no supermarkets whatsoever. The only things I’ve found are teeny tiny little things with almost not selection. Then whilst cycling along on the weekend, I came across this place called “Coop obs”. I didn’t have anything to lock my bike up with so could only scurry in, see […]
TwentyFourteen
I’ve changed my blog theme over to the TwentyFourteen theme. It’s the new default theme coming in WordPress 3.7 3.8. Opinions so far seem to be good. I think I preferred the TwentyTwelve design the most though.
Ulsrudvannet
We had a great trip to Ulsrudvannet. A totally normal swim in a torrential downpour, some thunder, some lightning, followed by beautiful sunshine.
View from Bran castle
There is a beautiful view from Bran castle across the Transylvanian landscape.
Blow job risk
For those of you heading to the United States of America, I strongly suggest that you pray to the glorious gods in heaven that the heathens don’t infect you with their indecent thoughts. There are disturbing/indecent things occurring in that part of the world and you are at serious risk of receiving a blow job […]
Nerd concern
The USA government is attempting to bypass the fundamental security system of the internet. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57595202-38/feds-put-heat-on-web-firms-for-master-encryption-keys/ This is quite frightening as it gives them access to pretty much everything, including things which are encrypted whilst in transit
Biserica Neagră
During a walking tour of Brasov, Romania, we stopped at Biserica Neagră (Black Church). It is a christian church, constructed around 1400.
Inside Dracula’s castle
I visited the inside of Bran’s castle. It is a fairly sparse environment, nothing special and certainly not somewhere you would desperately want to live in.
Epic frape
Room for rent in Oslo!
Two awesome chicks, a cool Swedish dude and an unknown girl I haven’t met yet. However it is insanely huge and I have no use for all of that space.
Skinniest street eva!
The guidebook I read whilst in Brasov, Romania said that Strada sforii is the skinniest street in Europe, so I went to pay it a visit. I think “street” is a loose term as I have no idea what you would be driving down it and it has a roof. It also turns out it […]
North Korea documentary
http://www.korea-dpr.com/
Train stations Translyvanian style
I was warned not to attempt using the Romanian train system. I’m glad I ignored that advice. The train system is actually really pleasant.
MitoQ
Random fact for the day. I was the first person to ever synthesise the drug used in this product back in 2003 … http://www.mitoq.com/ Admittedly I only changed the bromide anion to the methanesulfonate used in the final product, but still cool none the less 🙂 We were originally trying to create treatments for neurological disorders, […]
Most beautiful universities
My old university is listed as one of the most beautiful in the world … http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/11/worlds-most-beautiful-universities_n_3578402.html
Me in 50 years
This is how I plan to be during my senile years. Hopefully this blog still exists then for me to look back on and laugh 🙂 In fact, I hope my brain is still in tact so that I can look back on this and laugh 🙂
Slottsparken closed
The Norwegians decided to close down their biggest tourist attraction so that they could put in some new drains. I no longer find this sort of thing odd ..
ma hand
Slottsparken
How do you entertain yourself on a beautiful sunny day? I took the following photo beside the royal palace in Oslo, a few minutes walk from my apartment.
Leaving Oslo
Excellent day to leave Oslo 🙂 Photo taken at Rygge airport enroute to Duisburg, Deutschland.
Transylvanian countryside
I had a beautiful view of the Romanian countryside travelling via train from Cluj-Napoca to Brasov in Transylvania, Romania.
Marco diving
Visiting Steffi in Duisburg
I had an awesome time visiting my friend Steffi in Duisburg. Lots of yummy Germany beer (and fruit beers) and of course awesome company.
Carpathian mountains
Here are some photos I took of the Carpathian mountains in Transylvania. The area is known for it’s high population of brown bears, chamois, lynxes, werewolves and vampires.
Dracula’s castle
Bran’s castle is the location the Transylvanian locals pimp as the castle of Count Dracula. The actual Dracula castle is Poenari.
Go Eddie!
Transylvanian farms, a blast from the past!
I do know shear craziness when I see it. Cutting grass with skythes and tilling the land by hand definitely fits the bill for a new level of craziness.
Brașov
Brașov is a beautiful little town in Transylvania, Romania. I used the town as a base for exploring the surrounding region and as somewhere to chill out.
Shady
This looks shady. Is the Guardian being censored now? Update: Conveniently, someone has paste binned it 🙂 Update 2: It looks like Wayne Madsen, the source in the article has some interesting views on various things. I assume they’ve pulled the article due to him not being considered a reliable source.
Râșnov Citadel
Râșnov Citadel is a historic fortress overlooking the Râșnov township in Transylvania, Romania. The locals proudly declared that Hollywood copied their innovative sign idea, but judging by the smirk on their faces I suspect it was somewhat the other way around 😛
Nydalen today
Beautiful fog
Some photos of beautiful fog in Nordmarka. I took these whilst on a cycling trip with Nora, Live and Ingvild.
Øyungen … gone!
I went on a cycling trip to Øyungen, a beautiful dam near Oslo, except … it turned out the lake no longer existed :/
Peleș Castle
I visited Peleș Castle, an incredibly beautiful castle in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania. It is on the route linking Transylvania and Wallachia. Interestingly, it was the first castle to be built with central heating pre-installed. Unfortunately I wasn’t allowed to take photos of the stunning interior, so I only have exterior shots of the […]
Transylvanian countryside continued
Some more photos from the beautiful Transylvanian countryside.
Training regime
I plan to do the Oslo marathon in September. I tend to only exercise once per month, usually by running somewhere between 15 and 20 km. Yesterday I decided to cycle 50 km instead. Then today I felt that wasn’t enough so I decided to do a short 6 km run as well. But then […]
My Twitter map
Rustic Romania
There are a lot of abandoned buildings dotted around the Transylvanian countryside. Combinations of factories, mills, farm houses and empty apartment blocks falling to pieces are a common site whilst travelling through the countryside.
Security for Facebook
I occasionally receive questions from folks wanting to know how to secure their Facebook accounts due to them being being compromised. I am no expert on such matters, but here’s what I do (which seems to have worked so far) … Password Make sure you have a kick butt password. 12 characters with a mixture […]
Cluj-Napoca
I stayed in Cluj-Napoca for a few days following the WordCamp Transylvania conference. I had a great time in Cluj. It was terrific meeting up with friends.
To cheer you up
Transylvanian countryside
The Transylvanian countryside is beautiful. They have a terrific mixture of beautiful greenery and rustic charm. I highly recommend checking it out if you ever get the opportunity. They even had some sheep to make me feel like home 🙂
WordCamp Translyvania
I attended a web development conference called WordCamp Transylvania. I enjoyed my last trip to Romania so much that I decided to head back again this year.
Chilling in München
I’m waiting in München before heading to Cluj-Napoca in Transylvania. The Germans certainly do know a thing or two about good beer.
Danish water
Photos of water in København, Denmark.
Kastellet
Kastellet is a picturesque, albeit strange looking “star fortress” in København, Denmark.