An evening shot of the Victoria hotel which is quite central in Stavanger and has a view out onto the harbor.

http://www.victoria-hotel.no/

I have to admit that I do NOT have much patience for waiting.
In this office there was absolutely no one .....   I thought they had all gone for an early lunch.
While waiting, at least I saw something new, - and quite artistic, that caught my eye!

Early morning. To the right is part of the Oil Museum and in the background you see the bridge where cars and busses are on their way to and from Hundvaag, a nearby suburb of the city.

Today, friends of the "Stavanger Botanical Garden" had a sale with lots of healthy homemade stuff!

Yummy....

(See yesterdays post about the competition, and the form to fill in your answers on the right.)

Saturday turned out to be a bright and sunny day! ;-)

I have been in to the centre of the city, where I had a nice lunch with a friend.

We had not booked a table for lunch, and tried 3 popular places before we found a table at a nice place to enjoy our healthy food and nice wine.

It is a very long time since I have seen soooo many people everywhere in Stavanger!

It might have to do with the "Haustmarked" / "Autumn market" where there were lots of different activities in the park, (todays photo.) and a popular place to taste and buy marmalades, honey etc. and there were also special offers in many of the shops.

Inspired by Mo (A glimse of London), I decided that it was time for a little COMPETITION. Thanks to some sponsorship from ECM/Grappa Musikkforlag, I am able to offer a Jan Garbarek Jazz CD to the lucky winner. The competition closes 24.10.2009 and the winner will be announced on Stavanger Daily Photo and also contacted by email. To enter, fill out the competition form on the right -->

http://www.ecmrecords.com

http://www.grappa.no

Early this morning I drove into the centre, parked the car, and took  a little walk around with my camera. 

It was +3C and I could feel the cold ...... No rain and the blue sky was a big plus!

What a colorful and happy face..... (I asked his mother if I was allowed to take a photo and put it out on the site. Unfortunately, I forgot to ask about his name. Sorry about that.)

I met them in the park near the Cathedral, where the organization “Byen” (”the City”) run the annual “Autumn Market”.

Pony riding, some animals to take a look at, homemade food and various articles for sale.

Hopefully lots of people will come and take a look over the next few days!;-)

Anyway, the morning started with rain showers, hale and thunder, than a bit of sunshine and more rain..... I seriously have to put on warmer clothes!!