Øyungen

I went on a cycling trip to Øyungen, a small lake near Oslo. Round trip was about 37 km, which considering my total lack of fitness and excessive flab, was no mean feat! Here’s some photos en-route to the lake, photos of the lake itself coming up soon 🙂

My bike before leaving Oslo

View over Maridalsvannet to where I road to (FDR shot)

I tried to take a short cut, unfortunately my shortcut became almost vertical so I had to turn back!

The road after heading past Maridalsvannet (FDR shot)

WordCamp Romania

Geir Ellefsen, Kaspars Dambis, Ryan Hellyer (me), Frederick Townes and Joost de Valk at WordCamp Romania

WordCamp Romania crew at laser tag

Geir Ellefsen and Kaspars Dambis

Kaspars Dambis and Geir Ellefsen having a few beers

Cristi Burcă (Scribu) and Joost de Valk at laser tag.

Cristi Burcă (Scribu), Joost de Valk and Ryan Hellyer (me) having a few beers

Kaspars Dambis, Geir Ellefsen, Joost de Valk and Ryan Hellyer (me) in Bucharest, Romania

From left: Auras, Geir, Turcu, Scribu, me and Kaspars. Thanks to Joost for the photo.

From left: Auras, Geir, Turcu, Scribu, me and Kaspars. Thanks to Joost for the photo.

Waipara Hills

I always told you could buy this stuff all over the world, but I assumed that meant that a few boutique wine stores dotted around the globe would stock the occasional bottle. But I walked into the local Vinmonopolet (Norwegian for “Wine Monopoly”) and smack bang in the middle of one of the shelves was a bottle of Waiapara Hills Pinot Gris. 150 NOK later and Anita and I opened it to celebrate … um, can’t remember what, but it tasted good 🙂