I told you it was cold and rainy yesterday. This shot was taken just before it was time to find the umbrella.... Anyway, the sporty people were busy warming up before the real game started up at the big arena. I was pleased to see that they had more clothes on than just their very small beach volleyball clothes...

It was totally different walking through the area this year on such a grey day!

As you can see the harbor was busy. Thousands of tourists from MSC POESIA spent a day in Stavanger, or they went on guided tours to the nearby fjord or mountains. I heard lots of Spanish and Italian.

( ONE MORE THING: My friend Tina who has a daughter, age 18, and a 13 year old son, is looking for a new place to live. The bank has a competition, she can win 250.000 N.kr.

Each week one person who votes can win 9.999 N.kr. That could be you or me.... All we need to do is to follow this link, put our e-mail inside the "box" and click the yellow label saying "Stem"(vote). You can vote ONCE EVERY DAY until August 15th. The link is here: http://www.boligdrommen2010.no/x5eid179 )

Sweet Seventeen: Synne, Cecilie and Jeanette.

They are friends from schooldays. Cecilie is not living in Stavanger now, but was back visiting the other two. I seriously heard them "giggling" before I noticed them...

I thought they looked happy-smart and cooool in their raincoats on this grey and rainy day!

It is nice to see what some people manage to create. I have passed this colorful garden so many times and it really impresses me.

Many people hide their flowers behind fences and hedges. Not this owner who I had a quick chat with. She got her interest for flowers and plants from her grandfather she told me.

Apart from a few small food-shops and some kiosk's, ALL shops are closed in NORWAY on Sundays. ( Some are open some hour's on Sundays in the beginning of December.)

This is "Reflections" in Kirkegaten/ The Church Road.

The preparations for http://www.vmstavanger.com have started. There are more than 300 volunteers who will do all sorts of different jobs to make this BIG event run smoothly.

These young people were busy ..... A lot of concentration and cooperation is necessary.

Late evening, out on a Kajak trip around the fjord and islands (that have several bridges in to the city centre.) I don`t know who they where, but it looked like it was a nice thing to be doing and that they were really enjoying it.

" Today`s sandwich "- for lunch.