Update 24 - Spring! (almost)


Walking to work one winter morning.One Saturday night, the clock struck 12 and we pondered what to do now that the wine had run out.Dan suggested sledding. But not the standard sort of sledding. Sledding in a kiddy pool!The verdict? Too slow. It's much faster sliding on IKEA sofa plastic.At least it made us laugh like crazy people outside in the middle of the night.One of the 'warmer' days where the snow melts and you plan your next few steps carefully.Our apartment in the blue light of winter.Waking the next morning to a fresh covering of snow.Another day, another kronerThe snowy footpath crunches under our feet.We heard about a dim sum place in town (the only dim sum place in town) and decided to try it out.We ate bbq pork and it brought back vivid memories of eating lunch at the university in Hong Kong all those years ago.Groundhog day! Winter was starting to feel like it would never end.Some weekends we'd force ourselves outside for a walk.And a snowball fight :)This is near our apartment. It's a nice area for a walk :)One Saturday night we joined Jo and Rich for drinks at a cheap pub in town. The toilet was nicely decorated.Cheers! We bought 25 NOK beers here which is half the price they usually are. If you don't mind old drunk guys slobbering on you it's great ;)Me and JoThe canteen at work where we eat everyday. From the look of the sky I'd guess it was about 3.30pm or 4pm here.One day an exciting thing happened...the snow started to melt!This was on a Friday night when I walked home through a thick fog.It had a nice eerie feel to it :)We were so excited at the snow melting and Spring approaching that we decided to go out for a bbq.It was a balmy 4 degrees!Brr...it was still damn cold.mmm BBQ! Now let's get home so we can warm up.Walking around on slippery ice can be quite scary!We've been watching a lot of BBC's Masterchef lately and I got to thinking that I hadn't cooked a risotto before.Dan checks out the new buds on the vine.This is the boat marina, about 5 minutes from work.We go here for an afternoon walk some days.Ooo exciting stuff!This was going to be my spring photo but they dug up the dirt to get to some pipes! (you'll see what i mean soon)

Our first sunny Spring BBQ

The sun is out! Who wants to go to Sognvann and have a bbq?Shank is worse than me when it comes to taking photos (if you can believe that).All of the photos with white borders have been taken by Shank. He has a new camera that takes brilliant portrait photos.Breaking in to the forest.I was surprised to see that the lake was still frozen. This is the left side of a panoramic photo.This is the right side of the panoramic photo.This is Shank on his ass after slipping on the ice :)Woohoo it's Spring!It's just so amazingly beautiful out here. And so different from Australia!Where are we going? I don't want to walk on this ice anymore!We'll go this way...No wait, that's too slippery. Ok Shank, let's go that way!Me and Shank.Walking through the forest...The hills are alive...with the sound of cross country skiers on slippery icey snow.Walking to the 2nd lake...An extremely slippery part of the track. Mike easily slid backwards on it while Tibi did a graceful pirouet. Good work guys! Shank, Dan and myself were a bit more cautious.Wheee!Looking a pale shade of white :)So gorgeous!Looking for a spot to bbq.It seems the guys have found one!Perfect!I can't believe Tibi walked onto the ice! It was a perfect spot to cool our beers tho.Mmm sun.Who needs an esky?Cheers!We were celebrating Markus's and my birthdays with wodka.Heheh.I'd like some wodka!Hotdogs anyone?These photos were all taken with Shank's swish camera :)The 'gang'.We stayed out until the very last rays of sunlight disappeared behind the trees.It was staying light until 6.30pm at this time. (since daylight saving started it's now light until 9pm!)?!Hmm, I think we're a bit dark.That's better!And this is my winter/spring comparison photo. I have better ones but a few weeks ago the grass was dug up to get to some pipes and it's still not been fixed.