…before I’m off to Mexico! It has been snowing all day today, but in the evening it calmed down. It’s so beautiful, there has been no wind at all, so all the trees are still covered in snow. I walked home through a winter wonderland, and just had to go back after dinner to get some photos… The first one is taken in our street, and the second is a museum very close to work.
Strange idea that I will be in a totally different climate in 2 days time!
We had another weekend of +5 °C and rain… Lots of the snow has melted, even on the mountains. So no skiing this weekend! But to avoid being stuck inside the flat all weekend, we did go for a drive this afternoon and walked along the beach for a while. It was nice to get some fresh air, to smell the sea and even smell soil and plants – wow! The wind was very strong and the rain pouring down, it made the landscape look really wild.
But never mind, click on the image below to see the weather I will be having next week…
Not bad!! I’m going to Mexico City for a week, to attend Paola’s wedding. Tanja and Nicole will be there too. We were all PhD students in Norwich in 2005-2006, but then Nicole moved back to the States (haven’t seen her since!), Paola left for Spain and then back to Mexico, and Tanja moved to Cambridge. I’m really excited about going there, spending time with them, attend the wedding, see Mexico City… and enjoy some sunshine of course!! I’m leaving this Wednesday and coming back on Friday the 13th (hmm). I’m not taking my laptop, so I don’t think there will be any updates until I’m back in Tromsø – but I am sure I will have LOTS of photos to share then!
We were planning a ski trip yesterday, but unfortunately found out that our alarm clock had stopped working! A real shame, as it was a very nice day. I took this picture from our balcony, the sun is finally back for real! We saw it on Friday too, but just when we were having lunch and it only came above the mountains for about 15 minutes.
Today, equipped with a new alarm clock (vekkerklokke) ;), we got up early and drove north on the mainland. We skied to a cabin called Trollvasbu. We had never been to any of the mountain cabins before, and we stopped for lunch so we could see what they are like – very nice! Inside a fire was burning, and a dad was having a meal with two young children while 4 girls were playing cards. This cabin had 4 bedrooms, would be nice to go on an overnight trip and stay in a cabin like this! Below on the left is where the wood is kept, and where the toilets are… and on the right the main cabin.
All the ski’s next to the entrance… the ones on the left are mine! Meanwhile Paul was becoming impatient (and cold) while I was taking photos…
The dad with the two young kids was dog sledding! He left when we were just about to leave as well, so I managed to take some photos. Both the kids are inside the sledge, it looked really cute!
The days are not very long yet, so we turned around there and went back to the car. This area is really nice, real Arctic tundra with very gentle slopes – great for my skiing abilities 🙂
