HERE COMES WINTER
Written: 02 DECEMBER 2009

 

This work week started as usual with a flight with SAS from Oslo to Bodø, but with an extra 20 minutes of holding over Bodø waiting for the runway to be cleared of snow. At the moment it suited me quite well, as I got to finish the latest episode of Top Gear on my Macbook. Reality hit me however as I exited the terminal and found the ground covered with a white blanket and a nice strong easterly wind which fortunately was a tailwind on my way to the apartment.

There is no longer any doubt that the summer has gone and the winter is here in all its glory.

Time flies when you fly and it's already been 3 1/2 months since last time I posted something here. My camera is always with me when I´m flying around, but I don't take as many pictures as I did in the beginning.

I wish all of you reading this a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Here is a small selection of pictures from the last couple of months:

 

In August, Line and I sat course for the African continent on a quest to find lions, giraffes and other wild animals we previously only had seen in the zoo. We flew down to Nairobi in Kenya, and from there we went on a week long safari trip around Kenya. The roads here make any Norwegian road look like the German Autobahn, but the 2000 kilometers we drove went much smoother than first thought. We had a safari car all to ourselves with our own guide/driver and cook. First we went to Samburu, followed by Lake Nakuru and Masai Mara in the end. Even though it was pretty dry at the time, there was plenty of animals around, of which we got to see most of the interesting ones (including the lion, cheetah, leopard, white and black rhino, hippo and the python snake.)

After the safari we ended back in Nairobi. We had arranged the safari via a company in Nairobi, originally started by a Norwegian: The Eriksen Adventure. They took very good care of us, especially Lucas who was our guide, and Alfred who prepared all the food for us.

We continued our vacation heading eastwards to Zanzibar, and island outside Tanzania, where we spent about a week. First a couple of days in Stone Town, followed by the North East coast of the island.

A very small selection of the pictures here:

 

Maybe Barcelona in November sounds a bit cold, but with just below 20 C it was a nice break from work up in Northern Norway. In 4 days we saw most of the city. La Sagrada Familia, designed by Antoni Gaudi, is among the most famous buildings in the city. Construction started in 1882 and they are far from finished. They are still working on it and it looks like a patchwork with a nice mixture of new and old parts. Park Guell was also worth a visit, with its Gaudi touch. Most of the time in Barcelona however was spent with good food and wine.