back in norway

last pics from Canda and Seattle

walking around in Whistler..... almost bumped into these bears.... so had to walk a longer way around.. and found this poor bugger without a head... took the bus to seattle... and found Pike Place Fish Market... after smelling the fish and doing some shopping my bags were full... went back to Squamish to see Christy and Greg again... Christy took me on a hike in the superwarm spring weather.. so Mocca went for a swim! =)

voss life

Life in Voss is way busier now than before I left. And huge change from chilled and relaxed travelling. Things are happening all the time and Im working almost every day. When I get home sleep is often my first priority, but Ive got some more photos from Whistler and I will try to put them on the blog really soon. Just need to go to Bergen on a guns'n'roses concert first ;)

J'aime Whistler - quelques photos ;)

may is here, but skiing is on in whistler:) this is apparantly the signs that a bear has been there! they tear up old treetrunks in their search for bugs. whistler is bearcountry! mmm. skillingsbolla! MAY THIRD! powder skiing is on! race ya to the top? people are queing up for the skilift that might not open the next hour. skipatrol still up doing avalance-control! but fresh powder gets skied up in the time you blink your eye. mmmmm. snowing! =) sunny days =) trying to get a goggletan before i go back to norway. since my bodytan from new zealand already is fading into a distant memory..

Wow

May is here! January, february, march and april have flown away and soon Ill be back in Voss and this whole thing will be a distant memory. Photos left on my computer and souvenirs stacked up on a shelf. Ive done so much, seen so much and had SO much fun! Ive seen how some of my friends live at home, and Ive been lucky enough to stay with them in their homes.

Ive met fellow travellers. Sweet ones, weird ones and straight out scary ones. Ive made alot of pasta, noodles, tuna, couscous and eaten LOTS of oranges. Cant explain why, but oranges has definetly been one of my favourite fruits the past months!

Ive seen a shark in Australia, penguins in New Zealand, bear in Canada and Goofy in Disneyland. Ive woken up to snoring, packing of bags, unpacking of bags, more snoring, alarms going off, swedes doing it, plastic bags carefully being packed into a bag and some snoring. Ive had soft beds, hard beds, humid beds, beds with spiders, hot beds and cold ones too!

Ive driven 4551km in my very first car. On the wrong side of the road. Ive spent almost 50 hours inside airplanes. Windowseat, aisleseat and the dreaded one in the middle. Some flightattendants have been cherfull and happy whilst others have been grumpy. Ive been through so many securitychecks ive stopped counting. The United Stated of America apparantly have a horrible looking photo of me. Plus all of my fingerprints. Both hands!

Ive loved it! And Ill probably want to do it again. But now Im quite ready to get back to Voss with work and just hanging out with people who know me. Just need to do some days worth of skiing first! Ciao

Whistler

I went up to Whistler to go skiing and was suprised to see all these dogs in town. Wow, does every person in Canada own a dog? After walking further along the village I found an area with foodstands. "Sweet, free or cheap food". But I was quickly dissapointed. Seems like springsundays in Whistler are reserved for dogs! The stands were all full of dogfood, snacks and touys! They even had a competition for dogs and their owners called "the Canine Musical Freestyle". Basically it was ladies older than 30 (40?) putting on stupid costumes and music, trying to make their dogs to stuff that could look like dancing. Getting your dog to walk inbetween your legs seemed to be the big hit amongs all the contestants, and walking on two feet, but not all of the dogs had good balance. Here is one dog on two legs while the owner is spinning around in circles! After having a good laugh from these guys I set out to do some skiing with Christy. Fresh snow on the mountain was a good sign! We hiked up a small hill and found heaven! Fresh snow and not many skitracks! Need to put this up, because Ive bought myself new skies! Theire called huge, and they really are! Really fun to ski on, but I got supertired very quickly! Christy had to do some waiting while my thighs were burning! View from the bottom after skiing the Blackcomb Glasier! =) Couldnt have wished for a better day!

Vancouver & Squamish

Vancouver skylight! Had a nice realixing week there checking out the sights and having late mornings! First day I walked from Jericho Beach where my hostel was, all the way to downtown Vancouver. Took a couple of hours, but the weather was nice and I had a good lunch at the Waterfront Mall before I took the bus back. Next day I had an outing to Grouse Mountain. They wanted to charge me 40dollars just to catch the gondola to the top, so i skipped that, just took a photo of these tough people! ;) And then I paid 25 dollars to see Capilano Suspension Bridge! Canada wants money for everything! And whats worse: The price you think youre gonna pay is always wrong. Something had the stupid idea of not including the tax in the price in the stores! They add it at the register. So when Ive been smart and found the right amount of money to be quicker when I pay, I always have to find some more, because I forget about the tax! And when I look at stuff and think "Heey, this is REALLY cheap, I think Im gonna buy this" Then Ill get a shock when they say I have to pay 10% more cause the taxes arent included. STupid stupid rules. Anyways, I found out that the suspension bridge wasnt all I got to see for 25dollars. They had two treewalks. One on the ground and one up in the trees. =) Even though it is spring in Vancouver and the flowers are all over the place it was pretty cold! But maybe thats just me reacting after leaving Waiheke Island and 25degrees! It does look warm, doesnt it? This is Jericho Beach and you can see Downtown Vancouver and the forest area to the left is Stanley Park. These cherry flowers have apparantly been blossoming since the olympics! =) Really pretty. I had a walk around Stanley Park and saw this suspension bridge. It connects North Vancouver with Downtown and South Vancouver. After a week in Vancouver I found the Greyhound terminal and got on a bus to Squamish to see Greg and Christy! =) They took me up "The chief". Awesome views of Squamish! And I think Squamish ran out of names to give their roads..