I headed back to Oslo for the WordCamp Oslo conference, but also to visit some of my favourite humans. Download video file Thanks to Leah for providing the skiing clip of me. I have enough trouble staying upright on those darned skis let alone doing selfie videos 😉
Six months ago, I set a fitness goal of beating my time in the Oslo Sentrumsløpet 10 km race. A combination of events led to me not beating that time.
My friend Izabella and I headed to Hovedøya island in Oslo fiord during the summer to see the ruins of the Hovedøya Abbey, a Cistercian monastery.
I visited Akershus festning, a medieval castle built in the 1290’s in Oslo, Norway.
I went sledding at Korketrekkeren in Oslo. Don’t ask what the yellow stuff is, you don’t want to know!
No I haven’t been visiting Oslo recently, but I forgot to post these pictures of the crazy looking statues found in Frogner park in Oslo.
No I haven’t been visiting Oslo recently, but I forgot to post these pictures of the crazy looking statues found in Frogner park in Oslo.
I went on a skiing trip in Nordmarka, just outside of Oslo. It turns out that my skiing skills have not improved much since last year.
A bunch of WordPress geeks went sledding in Norway. Here is the photographic evidence.
Most of the old medical equipment at Lier sykehuset has been removed, but Alice and I did find a few things which were still there.
We found quite a bit of graffiti on the walls at Lier sykehuset, but I was actually surprised how little there was.
Building A at Lier sykehuset was unfortunately being destroyed. There was a small warning sign in front of the building.
My friend Alice and I visited the Lier sykehuset in Norway. Staff at Lier sykehuset conducted experiments with LSD, performed lobotomi’s.
I have moved away from Norway where I have made my home for the past two years. It feels sad, as I do love Norway, the people, and will miss my life there.
I made my first attempt at playing Bandy. For those of you who aren’t aware of what Bandy is, it is a sport which is similar to regular hockey, but is played with 11 players on each side on a huge soccer field sized ice rink with very low boards. The stick is much shorter […]
I moved into my current apartment because I knew I would have awesome flatmates. Three awesome girls and a cool guy. My room is 23 m2, ie: very big! I am moving out because I am moving to Berlin. If you know of any males looking for a room to rent or are looking for […]
We had a shuffleboard tournament in Dramman for Kiwis. It is a rather strange table top sport.
Somehow, I have managed to never play the illustrious game of beer pong. Tonight was my lovely flatmate Charlottes birthday party, where I got to break my beer pong duck finally, and we won too, thanks to my kick butt teammates 🙂
Marathon completed! 4 hours 57 minutes. I’m no Kenyan, but I’m just glad to have made it to the finishing line in one piece 🙂 I hate running. I do however seem to excel when I challenge myself and I decided to challenge myself to do a marathon. My motivation for this began whilst trying […]
One of our final evenings at Metronet, my old employer in Norway.
A group of us headed off to Bjørnsjøen from Oslo for a nice Saturday cycling trip. We had some mud bogs to cycle through, a barbecue and lots of sun 🙂
I had the privilege of attending my lovely friends Marte and Ingvild’s wedding last weekend. The beautiful brides were married just north of Oslo.
My friend Leah had her birthday recently. She told everyone she didn’t want a birthday present, so I had a birthday greeting made for her instead 🙂 Download video from Harald
Apparently I don’t post enough pictures of myself, so here’s a couple of random ones which don’t fit into any other posts.
Some photos of the beautiful Skjærsjøen lake near Oslo, Norway. I took these whilst on a cycling tour with Live, Ingvild and Nora.
Some photos from a recent cycling trip to Kikustua with Nora and Karl.
We had a great trip to Ulsrudvannet. A totally normal swim in a torrential downpour, some thunder, some lightning, followed by beautiful sunshine.
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.
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.
Some photos of beautiful fog in Nordmarka. I took these whilst on a cycling trip with Nora, Live and Ingvild.
I went on a cycling trip to Øyungen, a beautiful dam near Oslo, except … it turned out the lake no longer existed :/
With the first weekend of good weather, I took to the hills around Oslo on my mountain bike. I’m not very good at taking it easy.
The 17th of May is the biggest public holiday of the year in Norway. All the Norwegian go crazy! The girls wear striking little outfits called “bunad”.
Ivelina and I headed into town after scoffing down some yummy pizza. Here is Ivelina standing beside a Reindeer statue.
Everyone says that spring in Norway is beautiful. So we decided to celebrate it by having a barbecue by the lake at a balmy -3°. We also discovered that putting a baby disposable barbecue on a wooden bench is not such a good idea, unless of course you want to barbecue your food with the […]
I went for a beer with the lovely Fonda. I ended up drinking beer with 40% alcohol content. I’m going to file this in the “it seemed like a good idea at the time” basket! It tasted something like a cross between tequila and vodka. At no point did I sense a taste of beer […]
I headed with Boban and Ivelina to the restaurant on Holmenkollen between sledding runs. It’s a great place to warm up between exciting sled rides down Korketrekkeren.
Ever wondered how bad someone looks the first time they fly a plane, and without any instruction? Well here’s my rather pitiful attempt. I crashed it again about an hour after this clip was taken and am about to go buy some replacement parts this afternoon to repair the damage! Fingers crossed my flying improves […]
I had an absolute blast hooning down Korketrekkeren today with Boban and Ivelina.
WordCamp Norway happened last weekend. Lots of cool people, lots of cool conversations and great to finally meet some awesome people in the real world who I’ve known in the online world for a long time.
Julebord is a traditional Norwegian Christmas dinner, consisting of meat, with some meat on the side and some meat garnishings.
I’m best buds with Kate Moss 🙂
I forgot to publish this blog post back in May 2012! I took these photos at the Viking Museum in Oslo.
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.
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.
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 […]
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 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.
I took the following panorama on my phone whilst skating on Kringlevann, not far from outskirts of Oslo.