Weekend, weekend

I love the Norwegian summer, besause it is so unpredictable. You can never say: "Oh no, it is raining cats and dogs, the whole weekend will be boring rain". Because even if it really looks like this, the day after the sun comes out and gives you a nice surprise of clear sky and a wonderful day of sea and sun. Even if the day after it is pouring down again. Who cares, we had a good summery weekend and even got tanned a bit.














Greta got so excited about the whole day that she fell asleep in the boat on our way back. Hope you had a great weekend and enjoyed these last (or not?) summer days wherever you are.

Østerøya

I looked at the weather forkast and calculated that today was going to be the best day to go to the beach. So I drove to Østerøya, and went exploring a new place for me. I enjoyed such a peace and relaxation. I had my lunch with me and some strawberries, so I could spend the whole day there. The trail that leads to the beach:


This is the first beach you get too. A really good one, but I continued.

Another one, but I wanted to go farther.

Here it gets really beautiful.

Then I climbed a mountain. Doe not matter that it was just several meters high, but the view was fantastic, and the exercise level was perfect for me. Tønsberg Tønne.


Then I got to the beach where I just wanted to lay down and do nothing. I had my cross-stitch supplies with me, but I did not take them out of the bag. It was just so good to be there and do nothing.


I am really enjoying this Norwegian summer. Can you tell?

Oslo

We keep on enjoying the Norwegian summer, inspite of lacking vacation. Who cares when you have weekends! Sorry that all three first pictures contain soap bubbles :-)



We went to Oslo today, walked in the centre, to the fortress, to Fridays (the only smart way to get your husband to come along with you to the "boring" whole day trip to Oslo).



Greta refuses to take normal pictures with me. :-)


While eating ice cream with dad is ok :-)

Then we walket towards the museum of magic and watched a magician show. I never get to undersnand the tricks, though. :-)

And the rest of the evening in the Frognerbadet, the swimming pool in Frogner park.


Greta took a picture of us, nice, right?

Did you have a great weekend? I still have 6 working days laft before maternity leave, and I don't expect next weekend be any fun compared to this one - Santiago just told me we need stuff from Ikea… I have to think of a way to rescue the weekend!

Drøbak

We are still home alone, and we are enjoying the weekend. It was raining a lot today, so we drove to Drøbak to visit the aquarium and for a walk in the town. It is beautiful, it was a pity the weather was not the best, otherwise we would have taken more pictures.







It feels like summer anyway. Enjoy!

A May trip

In May, when my parents were visiting, we drove a spontaneous road trip to Lyngør lighthouse and Arendal. We stopped in some other places by the road, the weather was not always nice to us, but I still think some pictures are worth showing.
A small waterfall not far from here.

Greta got these hedgehogs from the grandparents and made a good composition in the forest.

A lunch stop in the beech forest in Larvik.





Lyngør lighthouse



The guesthouse we stopped at in Arendal.

Arendal - the Norwegian Venice.



Risør on our way back home.