a drive to the (north) sea

Hilde and I drove to her favorite beach along the North Sea ... and I snapped a few photos along the way. Those white bundles are bales of hay. You see them on every farm. The IKEA in Norway is apparently not blue and yellow ...but the building has rather muted tones. This fort along the North Sea was a lookout/security point during World War II. All the new construction is like something out of Dwell Magazine. The old construction consists of the wooden houses, often painted in bright shades of red, green, burnt yellow, blue, or green. And this little house on the North Sea is sitting on an island every time the tide comes in.

Slow Sunday

Last night, my friends Hilde and Sissel made a delicious dinner for four of us, including a colleague of Hilde's. We stayed up most of the night. I forgot how that happens sometimes in Norway. So I'm moving very slowly today, and didn't get enough sleep, because I was awakened by thunder so loud that it sounded like the house was being blown up. Anyway, here are a few photos I snapped on Saturday while we were out shopping. The tank is a sculpture called the "peace tank," the sign that you see by the car denotes a "women only" parking space in a public garage, and of course, I have another photo of reindeer meat in the supermarket.

Jeg er i Norge

I know you thought I was in London, and I was...and I will be again. But right now I'm in Norway, visiting some friends. Wow, it's green here. I could see healthy-looking cows just grazing by the road as we drove from Sola Airport. Last night we went to a supermarket ... and I thought I'd snap a few photos to share (because I love to look at food). This includes reindeer meat, and a large gluten-free section. There's a lot of gluten-free food here, even in a "normal" supermarket.