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Friday, June 26, 2009
Norway (Oslo): Vigeland Sculpture Park
The sculpture park that we finished off our time together in Norway with will probably be one of the most bizarre things I have ever seen. Do yourself a favor and click on the link to learn about it, because I don't really have words to describe it.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Norway (Oslo): The Viking Ship and Kon-Tiki Museums
The Oseberg Ship (ca. 800 CE)
The Kon-Tiki Museum is all about this guy and ended up being a lot more interesting than I thought it would be.
Norway (Oslo): The Resistance Museum
After recouping with a nap from taking the night train back from Bergan to Oslo...
...we hit up the first of many Oslo museums that we would go to: Norway's WWII Resistance Museum (Norges Hjemmefront Museum)
...we hit up the first of many Oslo museums that we would go to: Norway's WWII Resistance Museum (Norges Hjemmefront Museum)
Norway (Bergan)
Mostly going to be links to what the wife-ish has already wrote since she hasn't finished writing about the whole trip either...also since it's been almost a year and other than...
1. being very happy to see the wife-ish
2. having to be very money-conscience, and
3. having a great great great time
...I don't have a whole lot of explicit memories* that can't just be summed up with the pictures.
So here we go:
First off, a little reference courtesy of the CIA World Factbook. Oslo is the capital that I flew into and met the wife-ish at. The day after I flew in we traveled by train (and boat) over to the Atlantic coast to Bergan. After a couple of days there, we took the night train back to Oslo and spent the rest of our time together there. After she left to get back home to study for finals I stayed for a couple more days and visited family near Kristiansand.
So here are links to the first portion of the the trip, I will pick up after this post with our time in Oslo. Enjoy.
http://allgirlband.blogspot.com/2009/02/norway-oslo-to-flam.html
http://allgirlband.blogspot.com/2009/02/norway-flam-to-bergen.html
http://allgirlband.blogspot.com/2009/02/norway-bergen.html
http://allgirlband.blogspot.com/2009/03/norway-bergen-photos.html
*other than messing up A.M. and P.M. for my scheduling my flight out of Berlin and making the wife-ish wait roughly thirteen hours in order to finally meet me at the hotel in Oslo.
1. being very happy to see the wife-ish
2. having to be very money-conscience, and
3. having a great great great time
...I don't have a whole lot of explicit memories* that can't just be summed up with the pictures.
So here we go:
First off, a little reference courtesy of the CIA World Factbook. Oslo is the capital that I flew into and met the wife-ish at. The day after I flew in we traveled by train (and boat) over to the Atlantic coast to Bergan. After a couple of days there, we took the night train back to Oslo and spent the rest of our time together there. After she left to get back home to study for finals I stayed for a couple more days and visited family near Kristiansand.
So here are links to the first portion of the the trip, I will pick up after this post with our time in Oslo. Enjoy.
http://allgirlband.blogspot.com/2009/02/norway-oslo-to-flam.html
http://allgirlband.blogspot.com/2009/02/norway-flam-to-bergen.html
http://allgirlband.blogspot.com/2009/02/norway-bergen.html
http://allgirlband.blogspot.com/2009/03/norway-bergen-photos.html
*other than messing up A.M. and P.M. for my scheduling my flight out of Berlin and making the wife-ish wait roughly thirteen hours in order to finally meet me at the hotel in Oslo.
A Year Later
Hello,
My apologies to anyone who was consistently reading. Didn't mean to drop off the face of the planet like that, but life got in the way with posting on the last portion of the trip.
I will finish up with what I remember of the trip here soon, but I would also like to announce that this blog will become something different very soon and should be seeing a bit more activity in the months to come.
For those of you who have followed this through Europe and haven't totally given up on me...just wanted to let you know that I appreciate it.
...Now, where were we? Oh yes...Norway.
My apologies to anyone who was consistently reading. Didn't mean to drop off the face of the planet like that, but life got in the way with posting on the last portion of the trip.
I will finish up with what I remember of the trip here soon, but I would also like to announce that this blog will become something different very soon and should be seeing a bit more activity in the months to come.
For those of you who have followed this through Europe and haven't totally given up on me...just wanted to let you know that I appreciate it.
...Now, where were we? Oh yes...Norway.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Cartomorphology
IF this works:
You will see my final project from Animated Cartography. I wanted to get it up so that there was some sort of independent publishing date.
if it doesn't, well, sorry...hope you're having a good day.
Guess it doesn't work exactly the way I wanted it to, but you get an idea at least.
You will see my final project from Animated Cartography. I wanted to get it up so that there was some sort of independent publishing date.
if it doesn't, well, sorry...hope you're having a good day.
Guess it doesn't work exactly the way I wanted it to, but you get an idea at least.
Monday, April 28, 2008
OK in Norway
Hey everyone...
Just wanted you all to know that Allison and I are just fine and enjoying our time in Norway (even though it is EX-PEN-SIV). Photos and stories will be up when I get around to it, but for now we're going to enjoy our vacation.
Check back in a week or so.
Thanks.
Just wanted you all to know that Allison and I are just fine and enjoying our time in Norway (even though it is EX-PEN-SIV). Photos and stories will be up when I get around to it, but for now we're going to enjoy our vacation.
Check back in a week or so.
Thanks.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Items to Declare (Berlin).
I honestly didn't get out as much as I should have during my stay in Germany's capital. Reason for this include coming down with a head cold, trying to save money, trying to save energy, and finish up classes for the semester (for the most part).
Some things I did notice though:
If you're ever in Berlin while there is a soccer game, make sure you wear good shoes the next day. Apparently it's common practice for the hooligans to break bottles in the streets.
We were a little surprised when we thought we were going on the Mauer museum (the museum commemorating the Berlin wall and the separation of Germany during the cold war) guided tour, and found out that we were being given a lecture by a gentleman who spent nine years as a Stasi (the East German secret police) political prisoner. No one had any idea that that was what we were going to be seeing. Well worthwhile, to be sure, but a bit of a shock when we realized what was going on.
Rampant individualism going on in Berlin...I'm not impressed by much when it comes to people dressing up and looking stupid for fashion and their own ego's sake, but, I have seen some impressive styles in Berlin and dos create it's own culture...I guess that's what happens after a cold war and repression...people just go nuts with freedom. Kinda fun to watch (although, out of context (like in the states), I wouldn't be impressed).
On to Norway...and the wife(ish)...seriously, I've been thinking about seeing this woman again for about three months, and am honestly a bit nervous about the whole thing...but I'm sure everything will work out and everything will be great. She's the only one who could get me to use a smiley face. :)
Some things I did notice though:
If you're ever in Berlin while there is a soccer game, make sure you wear good shoes the next day. Apparently it's common practice for the hooligans to break bottles in the streets.
We were a little surprised when we thought we were going on the Mauer museum (the museum commemorating the Berlin wall and the separation of Germany during the cold war) guided tour, and found out that we were being given a lecture by a gentleman who spent nine years as a Stasi (the East German secret police) political prisoner. No one had any idea that that was what we were going to be seeing. Well worthwhile, to be sure, but a bit of a shock when we realized what was going on.
Rampant individualism going on in Berlin...I'm not impressed by much when it comes to people dressing up and looking stupid for fashion and their own ego's sake, but, I have seen some impressive styles in Berlin and dos create it's own culture...I guess that's what happens after a cold war and repression...people just go nuts with freedom. Kinda fun to watch (although, out of context (like in the states), I wouldn't be impressed).
On to Norway...and the wife(ish)...seriously, I've been thinking about seeing this woman again for about three months, and am honestly a bit nervous about the whole thing...but I'm sure everything will work out and everything will be great. She's the only one who could get me to use a smiley face. :)
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Travel Advice
Apparently part of the Customs check for mail going out of Italy is to have a large person beat the hell out of the package with a baseball bat.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Berlin on a Bike.
To be honest, I was not excited about taking a bike tour through Berlin for four hours.
I was sure that someone was going to be hit by a car...not to mention I have to make plans and get plane tickets for the last two weeks (which I was able to do for fairly cheap...$150 Berlin to Oslo, $55 Oslo to London).
...but the bike tour was excellent. If you are ever going to be in Paris, London, Barcelona, or Berlin look up Fat Tire Bike Tours and have a great time...the tour guide was pretty knowledgeable but still not utterly weighing people down with fact after fact. A good time.
The oldest church in Berlin (1200's or so).
By the way...I'm staying in what used to be East Berlin...some of the monuments have been left up....BUT I SWEAR I'M NOT A COMMUNIST.
Checkpoint Charlie.
About as close to the Wall as i wanted to get.
The last Sniper Tower in Berlin.
The monument to the Murdered Jews.
The first Soviet Tank to enter Berlin.
A monument to Otto Von Bismarck's consolidation of power which pretty much paved the way for a unified Germany...until the Cold War, anyway. Side note: When U.S. troops occupied this section of Berlin they didn't know what to call this monument, so it - officially - became known as "chick on a stick."
The Riechstad: Germany's Parliamentary Building.
The Berliner Dom: The world's largest Protestant Cathedral.
I was sure that someone was going to be hit by a car...not to mention I have to make plans and get plane tickets for the last two weeks (which I was able to do for fairly cheap...$150 Berlin to Oslo, $55 Oslo to London).
...but the bike tour was excellent. If you are ever going to be in Paris, London, Barcelona, or Berlin look up Fat Tire Bike Tours and have a great time...the tour guide was pretty knowledgeable but still not utterly weighing people down with fact after fact. A good time.
The oldest church in Berlin (1200's or so).
By the way...I'm staying in what used to be East Berlin...some of the monuments have been left up....BUT I SWEAR I'M NOT A COMMUNIST.
Checkpoint Charlie.
About as close to the Wall as i wanted to get.
The last Sniper Tower in Berlin.
The monument to the Murdered Jews.
The first Soviet Tank to enter Berlin.
A monument to Otto Von Bismarck's consolidation of power which pretty much paved the way for a unified Germany...until the Cold War, anyway. Side note: When U.S. troops occupied this section of Berlin they didn't know what to call this monument, so it - officially - became known as "chick on a stick."
The Riechstad: Germany's Parliamentary Building.
The Berliner Dom: The world's largest Protestant Cathedral.
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