Hi!
4 more days and the farewell tour to most of the harbours is done! :-)
Last monday I was working in Ålesund and did a very nice tour out to some islands where you visit a lighthouse and get the best svele (sth. like made with sourcreme and sugar!) in the whole region. From there I was sent the same evening to Geiranger to guide there the next day. Down there is one of my favourite tours, but unfortunately it was so foggy that you could hardly see anything, but it was nice to be there once again anyway. Besides, I have never stayed overnight somewhere before and already complained about it. So, I even got that one sorted out and... not only one night, but two nights since I was sent directly to Trondheim from Geiranger! It has always been nice to go up to Trondheim since it is a real city!! Unfortunately, we didn't really have time this time since we arrived at 1 am and had to hurry up after the guiding to catch the bus home. Oh and to give you an idea about the time I spent for 7 hours work in total: We left the house on onday morning at 5 am, I was back in Molde at 3 pm (working for 3 hours in between), went to Geiranger at 6:45 and arrived at midnight. Then I was working the next morning until 11:15, but had to wait until 6 for the other guides to go to Trondheim. It took us 7 hours to get there and then 5,5 hours the next day to get home. :-)
Well, now there are only two more boats for me coming to Molde - our "home Harbour" and that's it.
Yesterday I was guiding for the "Queen Mary 2" in Ålesund. I had a couple from my hometown on one of my tours which was really funny.
Tonight I am goingt o the movies with one of my flatmates and before going to visit another guide who promised us some cloudberries! :-)
See you soon!!
Kram
fredag 14 augusti 2009
torsdag 6 augusti 2009
12 days to go...
It’s been a while, but I am still sitting in Norway…
Last Friday Babsi and me went to Storaas (close to Trondhem) for a festival. It was really laid back with not too many people. Music wise there was everything I like: Punk, Hard Rock, Rock, Ska and African music. So a really nice mixture and some new bands were discovered! My favorite band of the day was the “Mad Caddies”! We then stayed in a tent on a campsite to not too far from the festival close to a sea with a great view the next morning. Unfortunately, our tent was a bit too cheap and everything inside got a bit wet – well, I guess that’s usually part of a festival anyway.
The next night we stayed in a hut on another campsite closer to Trondhem because we were guiding there the next day. So, we got actually paid for the trip which is not too bad after all. In Trondhem was the so-called St. Olavs Festival which takes place once a year and is to celebrate the brutal Christianization of Norway! Well, they would most probably rephrase this, but it’s actually true. St. Olav christianized Norway around 1000 and there was only the chance to be baptized or to be killed, but it says in the brochure that the Norwegians are so happy that he brought new values to the country! Well, and of course some miracles happened with his body after his death so that he was declared a saint. Anyhow, there was a nice Middle Ages market (and concerts - e.g. Oliver Mtukudzi - I would have loved to see, but had neither the time nor the money to stay on).
Since then we’ve been guiding every now and then. On Tuesday we went to Olden again to guide a hiking tour to the glacier there. On the way our car broke down and they had to send a taxi to get us there on time. VIP!!! And… I had a Swedish bus driver from Tjörn with a bus from Västtrafik that day! I thought it was cool and he was so easy to understand! So, you see if I am already in total excitement about a bus from Gbg I am really longing home…
So, everything is going its way here, but Christoph and me have booked out flights for the next 3 months now. I am leaving Gbg on the 2nd of September and we’re going to China on the 8th (from Frankfurt) - in between I will visit a friend in England I haven’t seen for 9 years. Christoph and me are then coming back at the end of October from Indonesia via Kuala Lumpur and London. I thought I can continue this blog here to keep you updated during that trip as well.
Take care!
Bettyxxx
Last Friday Babsi and me went to Storaas (close to Trondhem) for a festival. It was really laid back with not too many people. Music wise there was everything I like: Punk, Hard Rock, Rock, Ska and African music. So a really nice mixture and some new bands were discovered! My favorite band of the day was the “Mad Caddies”! We then stayed in a tent on a campsite to not too far from the festival close to a sea with a great view the next morning. Unfortunately, our tent was a bit too cheap and everything inside got a bit wet – well, I guess that’s usually part of a festival anyway.
The next night we stayed in a hut on another campsite closer to Trondhem because we were guiding there the next day. So, we got actually paid for the trip which is not too bad after all. In Trondhem was the so-called St. Olavs Festival which takes place once a year and is to celebrate the brutal Christianization of Norway! Well, they would most probably rephrase this, but it’s actually true. St. Olav christianized Norway around 1000 and there was only the chance to be baptized or to be killed, but it says in the brochure that the Norwegians are so happy that he brought new values to the country! Well, and of course some miracles happened with his body after his death so that he was declared a saint. Anyhow, there was a nice Middle Ages market (and concerts - e.g. Oliver Mtukudzi - I would have loved to see, but had neither the time nor the money to stay on).
Since then we’ve been guiding every now and then. On Tuesday we went to Olden again to guide a hiking tour to the glacier there. On the way our car broke down and they had to send a taxi to get us there on time. VIP!!! And… I had a Swedish bus driver from Tjörn with a bus from Västtrafik that day! I thought it was cool and he was so easy to understand! So, you see if I am already in total excitement about a bus from Gbg I am really longing home…
So, everything is going its way here, but Christoph and me have booked out flights for the next 3 months now. I am leaving Gbg on the 2nd of September and we’re going to China on the 8th (from Frankfurt) - in between I will visit a friend in England I haven’t seen for 9 years. Christoph and me are then coming back at the end of October from Indonesia via Kuala Lumpur and London. I thought I can continue this blog here to keep you updated during that trip as well.
Take care!
Bettyxxx
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