While staying with our lovely HelpX hostess Amy, on the island of Helgøya, we were treated to a couple of great days of hiking... here are a couple of snaps taken at the top of a peak called “Tuven”.
Hi again all, and I do believe it’s time to check in with my old faithful Ecoffee cup again! Shall we see where it managed to sneak centre-stage in photos in Norway? While staying with our lovely HelpX hostess Amy, on the island of Helgøya, we were treated to a couple of great days of hiking... here are a couple of snaps taken at the top of a peak called “Tuven”. Amy took us to visit the town of Lillehammer, where the Winter Olympics took place in 1994... here’s the view from the top of the ski jump, Lysgårdsbakken, which stands proudly overlooking the town. We climbed 930-odd steps to see it for ourselves! On another day Simon and I spent a couple of action-packed hours up in the trees at Helgøya’s Klaftrepark, a “GoApe”-style tree park, and of course the Ecoffee cup came along: We did also do some work at Amy’s ;) This was one of the finishing touches to the chicken coop we helped build – fun and games with a chisel! And here are two of the cats, just minding their own business and then some idiot goes and sticks a cup and a camera in front of them J And the third photo: anyone fancy trying a moose burger, with lingenberry sauce? It was extremely tasty (and I’m pretty sure moose must be free-range?!). Eventually our journey took us to Oslo, where we enjoyed four lovely days of exploring this great city (and it was 28 degrees Celsius – wasn’t expecting that!). We visited Frogner Park and strolled among the dozens of sculptures there (first 2 photos), and the cup also had an airing in a pretty city square, by this fountain. We took a ferry to the Bygdøy peninsula on Oslo’s south western side, to visit a museum housing several incredibly old Viking Ships. This one is called the Oseberg ship, named after the place it was found in the nineteenth century, and it was built in 820 AD?! It was used as a grave ship for two prominent women buried in 834 AD, and rested over the centuries in blue clay on the sea bed, hence the vessel’s incredibly well-preserved state. Here’s a rather blurry shot of the inside of Oslo’s Telenor arena, where Simon and I watched the mighty Muse in concert! And lastly, after a beautiful, high-altitude train journey through snowy mountains, we arrived in Bergen, where of course the famous fish market was top of our “to-visit” list! Looking forward to telling you about the Faroe Islands soon... a truly special place to visit. I would advise anyone to go – with minimal fanfare – before mass tourism hits!
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13/10/2016 15:33:31
Thanks for sharing this very pictorial blog with us, Jen. Pictures always seem to enhance any report and the addition of your well travelled eco cup made it even more interesting........LOL! I did eat reindeer, on the one day that I was in Norway on a business trip MANY years ago.......that moose burger looks very tasty as well as filling. Wouldn't mind trying that if I ever go back. Look forward as usual to reading your blog covering the Faroe Islands visit.
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AuthorJennifer Lyon is a self-employed translator (French to English) and proofreader (English) trading as "Lioness Translation". Primarily based in north west England but on the move at the moment. Business meets pleasure as I combine global travel and sightseeing with in-depth exploration of the subjects I'm most passionate about working on, translating and writing about: our future in energy, living less wastefully, combating pollution and giving nature and other species the respect they deserve. Much of what I'm about to encounter on my travels is likely to be familiar to experts but new territory to me! I'll convey it as best I can, and am always open to questions, suggestions and kindly-intended criticism :) ArchivesAugust 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 CategoriesAll ECoffee Finland Italy Japan Malaysia New Zealand North Island Rhodes South Island Sweden Wild Food |