I walked past a protest in town today, the very Norwegian thing about this protest was that it had been announced well in advanced and there was a protest protesting the protesters organized. The thing about this protest was that there very few people who had joined the original protest, they where protesting against letting muslims… Continue reading Monday Protests
Category: Food
Coffee
I really like coffee. It has the ability to make your day much better from the get go in the morning. I am very pleased with my Nespresso Coffee machine and the Nespresso variety. My machine is not at all fancy, but it gives me great coffee with only having to put in some water… Continue reading Coffee
Lazy weekend and the library
One of the things I tell myself at the beginning of every year that I’m going to make more time to do the things I like. Those things include spending time with friends, eating good food, going for nice walks and reading books. This weekend I got to do just those things. Went out for… Continue reading Lazy weekend and the library
White Christmas
Christmas eve started out really wet and miserable weather wise. Just by leaving the house to get in to the car you’d get soaked. Luckily it was nice inside the house. Nice decorations was put up the food that was cooking left the house smelling really nice. The TV was on and tuned in to… Continue reading White Christmas
St. Lucy’s day
Yesterday was St Lucy’s day. Here is some of the things Wikipedia has to say about the day: Saint Lucy’s Day is on 13 December, in Advent. Her feast once coincided with the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year before calendar reforms, so her feast day has become a festival of light.[1][2] St. Lucy’s… Continue reading St. Lucy’s day
Fathers day again
Last sunday was fathers day here in Norway. Last year I made food and baked for my dad. This year I decided to bake something nice for my dad and as it is autumn I figured carrot cup cakes would be nice. And I got to use the cup cake rack that belongs to my… Continue reading Fathers day again
Stinky food party
Last weekend we had a “stinky food” party at some friends. We decided to taste some of the most stinky food in the world including surstrømming, stinky tofu, kimchi and Dorian. I tried everything but the stinky tofu. The food had such a foul smell that I was very glad we had the party outside.… Continue reading Stinky food party
Happy Food!
Last weekend was Glad mat- festival in Stavanger. This translates in english to Happy food festival. You get a lot of the local restaurants, bars, caterers and farmers etc coming to town to sell and promote some of their food. This year was no exception. I went dow a cople of times to try some… Continue reading Happy Food!
Fastelavn
Last sunday was the Norwegian fastelavn. For all of you who don’t know what this is you can read more here. Basically what it has turned in to, at least for me, is a day to make and eat buns. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that many photos of buns on Facebook or Instagram… Continue reading Fastelavn
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
The thoughts and life of me 