TorAa Mirror: July 2011

Vacation Report: Back in Norway

Dear blogger friends, we are back in Norway.

Suitcases after returning to Home

You may have noticed our tiny Country has experienced some horriefied moments, but our Nation and People have raised and said: Love, Peace and Respect.

First evening and Night we stayed in our Winterhome..Washing Clothes etc.
Our Winterhome terrasse: You see it has been enough water without our help.

Anna is back in our Summer house. Sunshine and 81 F (27 C).

Cats – they loved too see us again – hmmm – they felt safe

Canoe in the Garden - Son and Grandson were frequent users

Soooo Green, even our Canoe (on top)

Some Berries in Summer Garden

Can you observe Anna?

This is it – under the Hills and Cliffs

More to come from our unforgetable voyage….

Labels: blog summer vacation, norway

We are chocked and in deep sorrow

We have no words for what did happen in Oslo Friday 2011-07-22
In our tiny, peaceful country. Unbelievable and tragic.

Last news: More than 80 youths killed at the Summer Camp....

CNN report, BBC News,

UPDATE Sunday July 24 at 9 PM Chicago time: One of the Victims was an unarmed Policeman at the Youth Camp. 93 reported dead. Several still missing....

Labels: attacts, bomb, oslo

Short Vacation Report #10: Victoria and …

Yeah, a Day with Jen and Cameron in beautiful Victoria.

Papa must admit we slept very well and looong. Had a great breakfast. Jen made crepes with fresh blueberries, strawberries and banana slices. Heavenly. Just like the Flowers above..

Are we going up or are we going for a walk?

We went for a walk along the waterfront.

Old Bridge. Details will follow…

Here they are: Anna, Jen and Cameron (More about this special place later)

Cameron really enjoyed Papa speaking Norwegian;-)

While Anna and Jen worked in the Kitchen..

Dinner as prepared by Anna. P came home from work so the 5 us enjoyed the meal together before we had to leave for the speed boat to Seattle.

We left Victoria, Jen and P and Cammie with one thought in our mind: We will meet again;-)

More to come from our visit to Victoria…

Labels: blog summer vacation, Expatraveler, toraa, victoria

Short Vacation report #9: July 19-20, 2011

Hello, I’m back on the net again, this time from Victoria, British Colombia and the Home of Expatraveler. First meeting after nearly 5 years reading and commenting each others blogs.

We went over to Victoria from Seattle with Victoria Clipper IV,
Build by Fjellstrand, Norway

Here is Cameron, Jen and Anna

Victoria has it’s own Fishermans Wharf

Grandpa blogger;-)

Cameron and proud Father P

More to come……..

Labels: blog summer vacation, Expatraveler, toraa, victoria

Short Vacation report: 3 places

Sunday: Lake Tahoe

Sunday: San Francisco

Monday: Seattle

More to come……

Labels: blog summer vacation, san francisco, seattle, Tahoe, torraa

Short Vacation Report: Papa met Comedy+

You know papa and Anna loves to travel and meeting people.

Yesterday we met Comedy+, her husband and a lot of other boatlovers at a Yacht Club.
What a blast of an event….

More to come

Labels: blog summer vacation, comedy+, toraa, travel

Short Vacation Report: Haircut

Papa is not a frequent barber shop customer. 2-3 times a year.

Here he had his hair cut in Sloughhouse, California. Anna as well.

More to come….

Labels: papa haircut barber shop

Short report: Magnolia

We observed this wonderful flower just in front of us.
And the Magnolia flower did something to us...

Stay tuned....

Labels: magnolia, toraa

Summer Vacation: Short Report #8

This report will be posted on my other blog, due to Blogger uploading problems.

Click here to see: From Madison to Saint Paul

Labels: vacation usa madison saint paul toraa usa

Summer Vacation: Short Report #7

After a wonderful dinner and evening with Lisa and Lori, we headed up North again.
North-West to be exactly.

Our destination this Thursday was Madison, state capital of Wisconsin.

We passed a very large windmill park

It takes hours on the Interstates and a brake from time to time is a must.

We stopped here. Had a real Italian slice of Pizza + coffee etc.

How come sailing is so popular in Madison? Lot’s of lakes around and in the City limits.

Monona Lake view….

… as seen from William T. Evjue Gardens

Here is some photos of the Wisconsin State Capitol..

No Vacation without some dramatics. You see this ATM? It allmost swollowed our Visa Card. It was blocked into the ATM.
No phone # to call. We asked for help.

And got it from a retired couple and these wonderful young women in the shop next door. (The Bank said: Come next morning; with our Visa Card in the ATM. No way. They are unresponsible, and their bosses still got bonuses. It’s a shame).