Saturday report from Oslo – March 26-2011

It’s Springtime and a Sunny Day here in Oslo this Saturday. What are people doing when the Sun shines and it is still lot’s of Snow in the Hills and Ice on the Fiord?  How does it looks like?
Lets take a tour along the shores of the inner part of the Oslofiord.
 
Ice on a Rock with Sunlicking Birds. Click to enlarge. From Huk.
 
Lets start our tour in Southern Oslo, at Hvervenbukta. See, it is still Ice on the Fiord, which has been rare for many years. Far out you can see some people – fishing.
 
Some people prefere to enjoy the last of the Winter for a final Cross Country Skiing in the Hills. But it is as well popular to go to the Seaside and enjoy the Sun.  Here is the proof.
The two photos on top shows divers traning under-ice diving. They did find a wreck.  The Divers are connected to the Ice surface with a Rope. Down left: Memories from last Summer and down right: Young girls checking the Ice.
Naked trees at the Seaside. It’s a nice walking path along the Shore, you can walk for around for45 minutes. Go up on the Hill with a nice view over the Oslofiord. Or just sit down in the Nature and have a nice time at the Beachfront.
 
Well, this was a short visit to Hvervenbukta in Oslo South. Now I will bring you to the Peninsula where I grew up:  Bygdöy. Here from the Royal Farm. Still lots of Snow. 
 
We will go to the very popular Beach at Huk.  It’s about 20 km via the Operatunnel and then to the West and South again. The Photos are taken from the Naturist part of the Beach, but no Nudes this time of year. LOL:-)
I think you will understand this Day was not meant for swimming…  Fascinating with the Iceblocks on the Rocks. From top left: Ice on rocks. the inlet separating the Naturist Beach from the textile beach, down left view westward and down right view eastward.

West of the Beach the old Oslo Airport used to be (until Oct 7, 1998). Today it houses IT-industry, In-door Sport Arena, Businesses and a new City is under construction.
Sun reflexions on Fiord Ice
 
Let’s end this tour at a very special place: Rodelökken Kafe, located at the northern part of Bygdöy.
 
First part of the House is from 1780 and the Cafe opened in 1874
The Cafe is very popular during the Summer Months. It opened for the Season this Saturday. Up right  you see part of the original building.  The Panel is renewed. Down under you see the view from Rodelökken. Oslo West End and Frognerkilen, one of the two  inlets that makes Bygdöy a peninsula.


Out here at Bygdöy peninsula you will also find the Viking Ships Museum, The Kon Tiki and Ra and the Polarship Fram and the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History outdoor and indoor museum where you can see how people have lived here in Norway the past 1000 years.
Among others.


PS. Still waiting for a new permanent Internet connection

Merry Christmas – felice Navidad – God jul – Bon Nöel

Here in Norway, Dec 23 is “The day before the Day”, as we by tradition has our Family get to gether Dinner and sharing of presents in the Evening of December 24 – X-Mas Eve.
And Dec 23 is the evening the X-mas tree is decorated and put inside our Living Rooms etc etc. The Day before the Day - hectic, but a tradtion..


Our X-Mas Tree this year. See the Star? It's genuine;D

Details – X-Mas Tree
 
Yes, the original small folks are here: Nisse - click to read the history.
And the Kitten of course (5 weeks young)

The Kitten in the Kitchen Chair. She needs space. LOL.
 
And at top of the Chaisselongue

More to Wrap in…
 
Some Gifts are even wrapped in…

We wish you all a Great and Peaceful Season.

More to come….

Wellcome to papas Easter Vacation

Here we are,

Visiting Ingelin and Leander

And Kaya and Leander

 

Anna and Leander - wow - he is allready 5 months old.

ABC - Å or A-ring

Dear blogfamily, friends and readers;
Can't believe it. Kan ikke tro det.This is the end - not A-Z, But A - Å (A-ring)
(pina dø -første runde er nå slutt. Skal jeg ta neste runde på ---, jo, den blir på norsk på min blogg 2 - OK?)
We have this week reached the end of the Nordic Alphabet.
(Not very different from other Germanic languages, but in Sweden and Germany they have even more vocals to help pronounce exactly.)
You might recall my challenge: Same object/meaning beginning with the same letter in both English and Norwegian.

Letter #29. Vocal #9. See here what we are talking about - in English
That's the difference between our Nordic Alphabet and the English -we have 3 additional vocals - after Z.
The Å or A-ring as it is called in digital programmingl: .

So what to present, when my ABC challenge is to give you in Words and Pictures what means the same in both English and Norwegian, beginning with the same letter.
In English Å or A-ring does not exist.
Impossible?

Not at all. You can visit one of this worlds most scenary places named simply with the vocal Å . Simly one vocal: The A-ring. Where is it? Take the tour, and you will find out why this a world heritage nature.

Let me tell you a story, from back in 1967, when I had a "summer assignment" in a French Bank.
At that time, it was a very popular TV-serie named:
Impossible, n'est pas francaise - Impossible is not French.

I have adopted that ever since.

At last, you are all invited to our Summer Paradise ( invitert til vårt sommer paradis).
The first letter is A-ring. Pronounced like the O in Open

You may do a Google search. Åros
Nothing much to find. So to speak. Maybe the people who lives there year around will keep the place a hidden secret?

Look at this. It's practical and charming homes for the retirees.
A small community. 2 Minutes walks from the Grocery shop, Medical Center etc.

Here is, what do I know, a reason, the locals do not want to expose something about the spot:
The last River in SE Norway with Saumons and Sea Trouts. I was not allowed to take more than this photo.

This is very special: White Stones. Normally the Stones are more pink/red here. Photo taken about 1 km from the Summer House.

View from our tiny road - Northern Oslofjord. Close to our Summer Home. You like the view?

Here you see our Summer Garden and Home. In early Autumn dress. Norway.

ABC-bloggers waits for your comment. In your own language

Have a great wekend - ha en strålende helg -

ABC #16 - P

New ABC week. And P is the challenge.

Same object in both English and Norwegian beginning with the letter P.

Difficult ? There are simple lingivistic reasons for English and Norwegian similiraties. Just continue reading- If you don't have time, just bookmark/Favourite?

First about the Letter P
“P” represents the rhythms of life. This includes knowledge, which gives this person a keen insight.

Bright and clever, these people find a way to get what they want in this world. Not only are they shrewd but they have the intelligence to back up whatever
… read more

Origin of P is according to Wikipedia

The ABC-P challenge: Yes, it was very difficult.

Not the way you might think.

The challenge was how to limit the number of similarities.

Don't go wild, take it as a "lesson" ;-)) Or Summer School;)

Lot's of Photos this week will compensate for next weeks ABC-Q. OK?

(A very sad story)

If you think about Paris, Penis, Podagra, Pisa, Patriot, Portugal, Parasites, Perfume, Party, Pentagon, Politician , Prune, Prolog, Program etc etc... think otherwise. Translate here

See my Point – poeng - 12? This is a Pair - par. In many countries also accepted in real life, not only in Card-playing. I could of course presented a King and Queen as a Pair - par. Apparently something is missing in our deck of Cards. LOL. Maybe Permantly - permanent.

(Summer Lesson #1:

Many English words derives from Latin, like this one above. Others have the orgin from Germanic. That's one of the reasons there are so many common words and expressions)

Here we go with something that did have an immense importance for Norwegians in the 1700 h

.undreds (18th Century)

Potatoes – poteter - patatas. I think most of my readers do know potatoes or patatas origins from the Andes in South America. Some hundred years ago the Norwegian population at most survived due to the Potatoes. Every Sunday, the Priests talked about the value of the Potatoe.

They were called Potatoe Priest - Potet prest

In Norway to day, there are more than 20 different types to be bought. For different uses and meals. Those above are well down in the soil in our Summer Garden.

Also important is Rosa’s (one our Cats) favourite dry-food from Purina..
I cannot beleive how that big company can present such confusional web-sites. When searching for Cat food, they present a photo of a Dog.

Hm, many people are dependent of Pills - piller and fell asleep with their head on a Pillow - pute.

Sometimes calculations can be of value.

I do some research my self and then is Percent – prosent of importance. Who said what in a Quest. Understand?

Please now be prepared for some trips far away from Norway.

Talking about myself, I’m a Papa – pappa - Here with daughter in Key West, Florida.

We have been to Parati – Paraty in Brasil. The old town, at the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The village is build in Portuguese - Portugisisk colonial style. (Photo scanned from Slide)

Here you see the Pier - pir in Puerto Montt in Chile. We were there in 1994. (Photo scanned from Slide)
This is the main Fishing Town in Chile. Situated about 1000 km (630 miles) south of Santiago.

Go down from Santiago by bus. You will not believe the Comfort and Service. Then rent a Car and

discover an amazing country on your way back to santiago. And do not forget to respect the indigenous: Mapuches. They have never been conquered by the White Man.

And we did visit a Volcano in Northern Chile, on the border between Chile and Bolivia – Parinacota. 6348 masl or 20,827 feet – I must say: If you have the chance, go up there. You’ll never forget. At least to Lago Chungara. You will see Birds and Animals that only lives here.

Well, lets go back to Norway:

Something unexpected: Palms – palmer - Real or fake? You must visit.
Or read Mrs Lifecruiser post about the visit

As we do not have a bidet we use Paper – papir;-))
When time, you can read "History of Paper"

As last week, I’ll end up with something pleasant:

The Post Office - Postkontor of Santa Clause in Dröbak, Norway. Open Year around.

(If you send me your post address to my private e-mail address, you can expect a X-Mas card)

PS. Are you aware how many meanings "post" do have? If not, read more - Interesting. Also when thinking English - Norwegian.

Lots of pictures posted this week as well. There could have been many, many more.

You will without doubt find more here at ABC – in Words and Photos – ABC i ord og bilder.

The original ABC challenge derived from Denise Nesbitt from Yorkshire in England and Petunia brought the challenge to Norway

Click on this Link - lenke to see more fascinating ABC-O

I wish my Norwegian readers that this weekend will leave for Summer vacation the very best.

Have a great and well deserved time.

PS. It might be of interest where you are going this Summer.

We plan to go, by Car, to Southern France. An International Blogger Meeting. Hurray.