Heavy showers...

We have heavy showers...
I am so looking forward to see the BLUE sky again.

9 to 5

9 to 5......
Well, most people in Norway are working from 8-4.
At this time of year it can be dark both when we start and finish work.

The tower.

Valbergtårnet, the tower on top of the hill.
A populare place to go and get a good view over the city area.

LAUGE KOCH

LAUGE KOCH is visiting Stavanger.
A huge military vessel from Denmark.

Thomas and his dog.

Two good friends.

This is THOMAS ASKE BERGE and his cute and energetic Jack Russell Terrier.

Thomas is both an actor and filmmaker. He studied to become an actor in New York.

Now he is busy with film production back in Norway.

Nice meeting you both.

The RED wall.

Streetart seen in town today.
We have had a nice sunny day!
Have a great weekend!

Colourful warehouse

Colourful warehouse.

The snow is melting.

The snow is melting.

Colourful

Colourful, but NOT the Colourful Street called Fargegaten.

Strange.

I found this strange....
Østervåg, early one morning.

Greek and Spanish.

No Greek restaurant anymore, nor Spanish.
The Spanish one I only visited once, the Greek, more often a few years back.
The best thing was the Sunday Lunch Buffet.
That I miss from time to time.

Cancer research

(Saturday's posting, just a bit late.)

Landscape.... as you see it south of Stavanger.

The pink and blue  is a reminder of cancer research, that farmers support.

Probably a cause that many of us will get in touch with one way or the other.

A nice fish soup.

Today we were four ex-colleagues meeting up
for lunch.
I had a nice fish soup, and that was a good choice and very tasty.

Snow on the beach.

Snow on the beach.

Morning has broken...

A house next to the runway.
An early morning flight.
And as you see MORE SNOW today.

Morningwalk

Morningwalk, the day after the storm.

Streetart.

Streetart

No PIGS in Stavanger???

Stavanger has more rain than snow.

Still we have a few days every year when it is chaos with ice, snow and lots of slippery roads.
We have a couple of choices of what type of winter wheels we should use on our cars.
If you are driving in to Stavanger or just through the city, heading north or south, and you have studded tyres,  you have to pay for a day pass or an annual fee to cover the new rules that forbid the use of "studded tyres" (or "piggdekk" as we call them) in Stavanger.

PIGG is STUD in English, and NOT A PIG.

Looking at the sign, it looks like we don't allow PIGS in Stavanger

Sounds funny, not only for foreigners, but also for us living here.
It looks like for the web address, someone has freely translated pigg-fri (stud free) into pig-free?

Lunch

A good lunch with a good friend is never wrong.

Morningwalk.

A glimpse from todays morning walk.

GOD HELG / Happy weekend!

A bit of snow.

A bit of snow last night.
So today there were paw prints to see on the walk in the woods.

On approach.

The view on approach to the airport.

Early morning.

Early morning, south of Stavanger.
Cold wind, +4C and a bit of sunshine.

X-mas is over.

Christmas is over.

Here is a glimpse of the plastic tree at the airport, ready to be put away for the next 11 months.

Sølvberget

Early morning in front of the Culture House / Sølvberget

Morning has broken.

Morning has broken.

(Øvre Holmegate / Fargegaten.)

Early morning walk in town.

Early morning walk in town.

Time for coffee.

Time for coffee.
Steam Kaffebar early this morning.

Radisson Blue Atlantic Hotel

This hotel has had an upgrade that has been going on for some months.
I hope to take a look inside soon.
I just call it the Atlantic Hotel, but the correct name is: Radisson Blue Atlantic Hotel.
It was THE HOTEL in Stavanger for many many years.

Rain rain rain....

After the snow we had RAIN again.
So it is time to put on the Wellingtons...

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!
It is raining outside, and the snow from Saturday's walk, has probably soon all melted.
I just wanted to show you the pretty tree someone had decorated in the woods.

Explore new places and have a fun and happy 2018!