Sunday, April 26, 2015

Third Trip: Back North again

Today they drove back towards the mountains, because when the sky clears up the scenery looks so different.
Proof that things are getting warmer, slowly...

Look at this beautiful scenery, too bad it does not convey how friggin' windy it was that day!  She had put me down to take a landscape shot and I almost flew away, so she opted to take a selfie with me, since He was not getting out of the car...


Up in the mountains, they spotted one of the many, many water falls there was around there.  Granted everything was melting, but still, there were all sizes and types of water falls to be found.

By a little creek, with strong current which was also drinkable water, as many lakes, and rivers in that area...
He got out of the car on the way back, and after a walk in very damp woods managed to find these lovely flat rocks which made a nice water fall.  The sound of the rushing water was something else.


Thursday, April 23, 2015

During the day

I was asked what I did during the day, how did I keep myself busy and all.  Since he works and has some limits as to how far he can go from the office, our exploration is somewhat limited, and since the stores are not open on Sunday, that is the day they chose to explore, since everything is closed anyway.  The rhythm or pace of the place is slower that what they are used to, let's say.

A few days ago, Stinkypaw came home with this cute friend for me, from Finland.  I will say this it is lovely!


During the day, I keep Stinkypaw company and also do the Postcrossing thing with her...


I also watch some TV, granted sometimes I have to read the subtitles because it is a Norwegian show, but they do catch some channels in English...

Doing my impression of the man
Just like him, too, I've taken a liking to local beer...

Viking Size Beer Can
And at times, I catch up with some friends online...


That is pretty much how I spend my days... I also read some and listen while Stinkypaw tries to learn the language, which doesn't sound too easy.  I'm keeping busy, no worries, I'm a beaver after all!

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Second Trip: Heading North-East

This week, it was cloudy but no rain, for our little drive exploration.  Since He likes to stop to look at maps when exploring (he likes to know where he is), Stinkypaw went out to try to take some pictures, and I photobombed her shot!

I'm sure it is nice when not cloudy... 
As we kept going, about 15 km from town there was still quite a bit of snow, unlike in town where everything has melted.  The lakes were still pretty frozen as you can see below.

Isn't that little cabin precious?

We kept going a bit further and the sun started to peak out some. Here I am trying to catch some rays...


Everything was still ice solid, and the wind was crisp, and oh so pretty! Don't you think?

Sunday, April 12, 2015

First Trip: Around Bodø, Arctic Norway

Went for a drive around Bodø... it started out nice but the weather turned fast, still interesting sights...


As we're getting ready to leave...
Don't you just love how my tail reflects in the windshield?  Yeah, I thought so too!

We headed East towards the University of Nordland. It's not it town as such, but about twenty to thirty minutes out.


The campus looked nice and it was bigger than anticipated.  We continued out, towards Saltstraumen. We had to get through some long tunnels and thought the representation on the GPS in the rental car, was cool...



When we got out of one of the tunnels, it was raining, but the view was still gorgeous, despite the grey skies. Those snow covered mountain tops were really pretty...

As we got closer to Saltstraumen, the rocks along the shore were interesting looking and I had to pose...

Do you think it's my good side?  Not that I have a bad side, really.

We ended this first road trip at the little cafe below the apartment, for a cold one for him, cappuccino and soup for her.

At Cafe Kafka
A good beginning to this Norwegian Adventure.