Happy 2017! Here’s to lots of love, good health and fun adventures 🙂
I have a lot of photos waiting to be posted, but for now just a series of photos I took today. It was a grey and foggy day, but the clouds were supposed to clear in the afternoon. I took a gamble and cycled to Paradisbukta on Bygdøy in the hope of a nice sunset. I got so much more than I was hoping for – AMAZING colours, and such a beautiful place to watch it from. Enjoy 🙂
Some photos taken in and around Oslo earier this month, when Michiel was visiting me 🙂
The Royal Palace at sunset…
On Saturday we went for a walk in Oslomarka, starting from Tryvannshøgda and ending at Holmenkollen. The weather was beautiful, and there were still some autumn colours left…
Michiel in the forest 🙂
At Skjennungen…
We had a nice break at Skjennungstua with some very tasty cinnemon rolls. After that we continued our walk on “blue paths” (blåstien, hiking paths with blue markers, they don’t follow the dirt roads and are of variable quality 😉 ).
The clouds were quite special that day, and I noticed there was some cloud iridescence – rainbow colours in the clouds.
At first I thought it was just an effect of my sunglasses, but it wasn’t! This zoomed in photo shows it more clearly…
We walked past Frønsvollen (which I first visited with Marie a year ago, see here). It is such a nice place…
Especially with the open views. The mast on the left is Tryvann, where we started our walk.
My car was parked at Holmenkollen, so we continued down the hill. We took a path which wasn’t even signposted, but suddenly this view over Oslo opened up – fantastic!
For the last part of the walk we followed the roller skiing trail (yes that’s a thing, and really popular too!).
We walked past the Holmenkollen Chapel at sunset – so pretty…
On Sunday we watched the very orange sunset from the roof of the opera house…
They are building a lot around the Opera, a new library and the new Munch museum – lots of cranes!
We also went inside the Opera, I love this building 🙂
Great weekend! 🙂
In early August, I visited Marie and Pål in Fredrikstad for a weekend. We planned to go for a long walk on Saturday, but it rained like crazy for much of the day. After a lot of cups of tea the rain finally stopped, and Marie and I went for a walk not far from Fredrikstad.
It started out cloudy, and we thought these views were about as much as we could hope for 😉
We found lots of chanterelles in the forest!
We both took lots of photos, as usual…
And going for a walk with Marie always means I get some photos of myself 😀
The clouds kept clearing, and it actually turned into a very sunny afternoon – how nice!
Nice views down to a boathouse and boat.
We followed the coast, where it was usually easy to walk on the rocks.
The heather was already starting to bloom, so pretty!
Marie while we took a break for drinks and snacks 🙂
This way please!
You can tell where the wind usually comes from around here…
Some of the rocks look like submarines!
Beautiful bay, with two sandy beaches nearby.
We turned back into the forest from here, past this dreamy cabin…
Through the pretty forest…
Very pretty views on top of the hill, with bare rock, flowering heather and beautiful trees.
Apple trees near a house we passed…
Pretty country road close to where we parked the car.
What a beautiful walk, especially with the unexpected sunshine! And when we got back, Pål had made homemade pizza, perfect way to end a perfect day 🙂