Hello February!

Hallo Februar!

Du som kommer med snø og regn om en annen. Du som bringer gyldne solstråler over st. Olavs sykehuset og inn stuevinduet mitt. Du er ubesluttsom når det gjelder temperatur og du sender gjerne sola rett i øynene på oss, men vi liker deg fordeom. Fordi vi vet du bringer lysere dager, før du er over har vi fått litt mer tid med dagslys og du har bringet oss en måned nærmere sommeren. 

Februar, du er full av energi. Du er en miks av blåe og gyldne toner. Januar var besluttsom, men du vil at vi skal holde ut. Holde oss til det vi har lovet oss selv. Du setter oss på prøve og mange vil falle fra. Jeg skal holde deg ut, selv om jeg skal irritere meg uendelig over all glatt is. Jeg skal glede meg over hver gyldne stråle jeg får i øynene. Og jeg skal sette pris på alle de blå tonene du synger.

Hello February!

You, who bring snow and rain and can't decide which is preferable. You, who brings golden sun rays over st.Olavs hospital and inside my living room window. You are indecisive when it comes to temperature and you gladly send the sunshine right in our eyes, but we still like you. Because you bring us closer to brighter days, before you are finished we have more daylight per day and we are one month closer to summer.

February, you are full of energy. You are a mixture between blue and golden shades. January was resolute, and you want us to endure. To stick to what we have promised ourselves. You put us on trial, and a lot of us will drop out. But I will endure you, even when I'm tackling slippery ice on my way to work. I will enjoy every sun rays in my eyes. And I will enjoy all the colours you may show me. 

Anything else but a dress

Hei, og god mandagskveld! Jeg startet denne uken med så absolutt alt for lite søvn, og kjenner det blir ikke mange timene før jeg kryr i seng. Før det tenkte jeg å dele litt bilder fra lørdagens shoppingstur.

Den startet litt daft. Og som vanlig med at jeg er alt for sent ute og er den som kommer til møtepunktet sist. Som regel 20 min etter planlagt tid også. Bedre ble det ikke av at vi absolutt ikke fant en eneste en kjole som falt i smak. Tre jenter på shopping og totalt ble det prøvd en kjole, hah! Jeg tenker at det skal godt gjøres altså. Etterhvert måtte vi bare innse at det vi ble nokk å dra hjem å bestille fra Nelly. 

Men, da vi etterhvert kom oss ut av shoppingssenteret og fikk vær vår kopp med julekaffedrikk fra Starbucks steg humøret tvært. Selv om jeg helt ærlig tror det var at vi ga opp å se etter kjoler som gjorde at humøret ble bedre. Det ble heller turer innom Kremmerhuset og Søstrene Grene for å se på julepynt og kjenne på stemninga. 

Mye fint å se i butikkene altså! Starbucks hadde råfine julekopper og tidenes lekkreste termokopp, må jeg bare få si. Det var også mye kult å finne på Søstrene Grene's om du er av typen som liker å pynte julegavene. Jeg ente opp med å kjøpe noen fine glittrene bånd og små pynt av tre til å pynte gaver med. Nå mangler jeg bare årets julegavepapir, som jeg vet de har på IKEA, så er jeg klar. Herregud som jeg gleder meg til å pakke inn gaver i år!

Det var så utrolig mye koseligere å gå ute med en kopp varm drikke i hånda og vandre butikk til butikk, enn det var å være inne på et senter. Og etterhvert som det ble mørkere kom også lysene i trærne langs gågata mer og mer frem. Det ble det stemning av! Jeg tror også vi kartla det meste som er å finne av adventsstjerner. Og vips så var fire hele timer bare flydd av gårde. 

Det ble riktig nokk ingen kjoler på oss, men nå kan jeg trygt bestille i fra Nelly uten å finne en i butikk etterpå. ;)

 

Saturdays shopping trip ended up with zero dresses, even though it was our goal. I think over all only one of us actually tried on a dress. We ended up shopping for anything else christmasy. Gift bands and decorations. We also went by Starbucks to get ourselves some hot brewed winter drinks to keep the warmth while walking from store to store. I had a pretty great time, and now I can purchase dresses from Nelly online without ending up finding the perfect dress in store afterwards. Cause there is none. ;)

Heading for Alcudia 22.06.13

It is about time I start getting the pictures out here from my trip to Alcudia. No bragging aka "see how great it was", just want to share. ;) Well, lets start with first thing first. The trip started with leaving wet Trondheim barefooted in sandals on saturday afternoon, heading for the airport. One advantage about travelling late is that you can spend the entire day packing, then just go. 

But advantage or not, I still managed to forget the battery charger for my dear Nikon camera. It was only pure luck that it was fully charged, as I did not check that either. This is why some of the pictures are taken with my iPhone. 

Beach hat in straws was a must-have-with-me.

We got at the restaurant right beside our gate after some tax-free shopping, where we met up with M's family. There we ate chips and got a glass of alcoholic beverages. Just to relax and talk about expectations and stuff. This was my first trip to southern Europe, ever. And of course, with my luck the flight was a little bit delayed. 

Finally boarding the plane!

This is what I got to watch the first few hours of the flight. It just got more and more beautiful as it got darker. After it got dark it was interesting to watch the lights of cities underneath us. We had a screen in the panel above is which told us where we where. Which made it so interesting to watch out the window! Must be one of the first flights I have actually enjoyed sitting by the window.

Lights of a city in France.

But the space for our feet weren't something to brag about on this plane. For tiny little me it was okay, but for M who is about 30 cm taller than me it was just about too little space. Felt sorry for him as it was a 4 hour flight! 

We landed at Palma De Mallorca airport, which I thought was incredible big for such a tiny island. Had to walk pretty far to find the baggage collection bands, just to wait 2 hours for it. No none knew what where happening and no one could tell us where all the luggage had disappeared. And it was in the middle of the night! 

But when we finally got out of there, at 3 AM, I saw the first palm tree I have seen in real life before we went on a 1 hour bus ride to Viva Sunrise hotel. Then it was a check-in cue at the hotel, and I was drop dead tired. We weren't in bed before 5 AM, and I have never been so happy to see a hotel bed before!

The hotel room was quite nice and squeaky clean. And we had a balcony facing the pools and backyard of the hotel. But we where to tired to check it out much, and we didn't want to sleep for too long as we planned to go to the beach the next day. I instantly fell asleep, and this is what we woke up to: 

Love it!

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Cambridge IIII

Last pictures of the Cambridge trip in March. After we ate at Hong Kong Fusion we decided to wander around a bit. We found a market, where I bought a bag of lovely mint fudges! After that the fight between the sun and the rain made some dramatic and lovely light. And then it was time to go back to the coach, before it left us behind. 

Out of all the trips I did, this is definitely the most memorable one. Because it was such a good atmosphere in Cambridge, and it was with the girls!

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Cambridge II

Of course it was more tempting to blog about Norway when I was there. So I left that promised update about our Cambridge trip hanging. I am sorry for that. Now that I am in UK again I think it is about time to post the second part!

I left it at Fitzwilliam Museum last time. Sadly we wheren't allowed to take pictures inside, except for in the entrance. SAD, because the baroque/roman interior inside was amazing - AMAZING. And the exhibition was impressive. I especially loved the old egyptian part. 

Afterwards we walked up the road because the most known colleges was along it. We first arrived at a small one called Petershouse. Then we wandered to Kings College (I believe), which where closed to visitors. So we had to admire the beauty from the outside. 

Ready to enter Fitzwilliam Museum~!

The amazing dome ceiling inside the entrance.

Happy girls~

Peterhouse college!

Curious Shirley

Ali~

The backyard or... small garden?

Cute girls and amazing old building :)

Entering the back garden~

Which seemed quite ... exotic? 

Leaving Peterhouse college

King's College! Such amazing architecture.

Safe to say it must be astonishing inside :)

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