Awesome Trip to Norway

Last weekend was a long weekend and so we went to Norway. It was fantastic trip, Norway is a very beautiful place. We arrived Friday night at Torp airport which is at Sandefjord, about 2 hours from Oslo. The next morning we took the train to Oslo and were met by Erik, a norwegian mate of mine who I played soccer with/went to Uni with in Brisbane. We stayed at his place in Kopke for the next 2 nights and he was a great host - taking us around to all the main attractions in Oslo. We went to the Viking museum, sculpture park, fortress, walked around Oslo, among other things but my personal favourite was the Kon Tiki Museum. This guy Thor Heyerdahl was a pretty amazing dude and he did a lot of stuff in his life. Because he spent a lot of time in the pacific there was some stuff about the Solomons.

Norway is such a clean, friendly place. The tap water was the best water I have ever tasted, it was unbelievable stuff, of a sweetness and purity I have never tasted before - and this was just the tap water. The only downside was the expense. We are used to high living costs from London but I was blown away at the cost of some things. A 6 pack of beer from the supermarket was 16 pounds! All in all I could definitely live in Norway for a while. So we had a great time in Norway, and many thanks to Erik and his mum and stepdad for their hospitality.


View of the harbour from other side of town, very nice houses in this area, near the museums.


Me and Erik at the Viking museum.


One of my famous extended-arm-self photos in sculpture park.


Oslo harbour with seriously massive cruise liner. Over 400m long.


Centrepiece of Sculpture Park in Oslo.

Sculpture Park: At first I was lost as how to identify with the art.

I looked for an answer and discovered it among the sculptures.

Me and Erik

M and I enjoying traditional Norwegian food.

Out of Barking - into Wimbledon

We moved into Wimbledon about 6 weeks ago.
Our new place is pretty cool.
I better rename the blog now that we don't live in Barking anymore.
Check out the pictures of the new pad.

The living room and bedroom at the back.

The kitchen.

Another view of the living room with kitchen at the back.

M is asleep on the couch.

There is a spare bed to the right of the photo.