This week there is a winter break in my part of Norway. This means that a lot of the people I work with, mostly those that has children in school, are away on vacation or are at home taking care of their children as they don’t have school this week. Many Norwegians have a cabin… Continue reading Winter Break
Month: February 2014
Norway in the Winter Olympics 2014
The Winter Olympics 2014 is now over. Norway reached their pre-set goal of 26 medals 11 gold medals, 5 silver ones and 10 bronze. This made little Norway second on the medal overview only beaten by Russia. Without doing any maths this means that Norway has the highest amount of medals per capita. So all in… Continue reading Norway in the Winter Olympics 2014
The Black Rider
This Tuesday I went to the theatre to see the show that is currently playing, The Black Rider. The below is the description of the play from Rogaland Teater’s home pages. THE BLACK RIDER – A MUSICAL FABLE BY TOM WAITS, ROBERT WILSON AND WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS The Black Rider is the story about Wilhelm,… Continue reading The Black Rider
Lazy Weekend Again
After a hectic start to the year I decided that it was about time to have a lazy weekend. To fully recover from my illness. Friday I met some friends for a glass of wine. Saturday I got up to watch some of the winter olympics and wash some clothes to reduce the pile in… Continue reading Lazy Weekend Again
2014 Olympics, so far, with Norwegian eyes
The winter olympics is the mots important of the olympics for the Norwegians. This is the one where we’re getting, at least should be getting a lot of medals. The media have been filled with all sorts of Olympic news. Before the games began there was a lot of focus on Russia’s laws banning people… Continue reading 2014 Olympics, so far, with Norwegian eyes
Stress, illness and National Championship
It’s been a while since I wrote anything here. This is mostly due to the fact that I’ve been very busy lately. And since Murphy’s law seem to apply I also got quite sick when I was at my busiest at work and with preparing for the National Brass Band competition. This was actually the… Continue reading Stress, illness and National Championship
