Category Archives: Travel

Snowdon – Mountaineering, great pub food and helicopters.

This weekend a dozen of us went to Wales to climb Snowdon. We had booked a bunkhouse at Snowdon Basecamp close to the pub Cwellyn Arms. We knew that if the weather was so bad that we couldn’t make the … Continue reading

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Bruges – the loot

A great weekend in Bruges came to an end yesterday. It was very hard to leave, but at least we didn’t leave empty handed. Below is a photo of the loot! I really recommend Bruge as a holiday destination to … Continue reading

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First beer in Belgium

My first ever beer in Belgium. It’s a Brugse zot bruin. Local beer of Bruges.

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Summer House Traaen

It’s now several days since we arrived at the family summer house near Hulsig and it’s been lovely. We’ve been swimming, built dams, seen lots of wildlife and had lots to eat and drink, and it’s almost time to say … Continue reading

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The end of this adventure

A couple of days ago we realized that it wasn’t long before the end of our Swedish adventure and we would have to return to Cambridge and work. However, the holiday and its wonders had far from ended and Sweden … Continue reading

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Elks

This morning we defied laziness, as our wish to see elks combined with the short time we have left here became dominant, and woke up at 6:00 to go for a drive. We went up some small forest roads and … Continue reading

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Berries

Just to following up on my previous post, we didn’t see an elk on our walk. However, we found 3 kg of berries (that’s about 6.6 lb). This was mostly blueberries and raspberries with some wild strawberries as well. See … Continue reading

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Sweden part 2

Here is more from our holiday in Sweden. Since my 20 MB of internet seems to be lasting well there’ll be some photos too The first photo documents something that is very important on any holiday we go on (and … Continue reading

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Sweden part 1

Holiday!! Away from work and worries, stress and responsibilities. We arrived in Sweden three days ago at a small cabin by a lake where we’ll stay for a week with my siblings’ families … so far it’s been amazing! When … Continue reading

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Blogging on the move

Standing in the “no priority” queue for the flight to Oslo. We’ve just had breakfast at Franky and Benny’s, so feeling a bit bloated … This is the first blog I’ve posted using the WordPress app for Android. It’s quite … Continue reading

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