Weekend :)

I'm so relieved the weekend is here, so I just want to make a post because of that.

It's been a long and hard week at work, but I've got a lot done, which is good! Hoping to go for a walk tomorrow. And Irene and Knut Eirik are visiting on Sunday for dinner. The twins are coming too, but think they'll get served another type of food...

Been looking at websites for skiresorts, and I'm really pleased to see that the majority of them are opening tomorrow! Which means we're now planning downhill skiing in Oslo next Saturday! Woohoo!

But first, this weekend with two days off work :)

For Odin's sake

I'm uploading this photo for Odin's sake ;) The ones who know what this is a photo of will probably get the idea.

Nothing more said...

Relaxing weekend

Last week we were a bit more back on track at work - not as chaotic, and the new people are starting to settle in which is good.

As far as the week went, we didn't do overly much. Tuesday we meant to go climbing, but I wasn't feeling up for it. Wednesday Torkjel managed to fracture a rib (at least he thinks he has) whilst playing hockey, so there the climbing on Thursday went down the drain too. Oh well. Meant more relaxing though.

Friday night MO and Russ came for dinner and a chat, and Saturday we trawled round town to see if we could find a painting to go on the big white wall. No luck yet, but we've got some ideas. Sunday was yet another relaxing day. Slept in, then went to see Anniken and Guro at a cafe. MO came and joined too. For dinner we tried out San Leandro once again, and it didn't disappoint this time either. Lovely tapas :)

To end the weekend we went to see Michael Clayton at Colosseum. Mo and Russ joined us doing so :)

It was not fun to get out of bed this morning, but work was calling. Another week has started...

Cold weekend

We're just back from a weekend in Lillehammer and a visit at MO and Russ' new flat.

We left pretty much straight after work on Friday on a packed train to Lillehammer. Had to stand up until we got to the airport as it was full. The rest of the weekend we've spent eating a lot of nice food cooked by my mum, and finding a few caches as well as going for a walk near to where I used to live today.

It's been nice sunny weather, but pretty cold. When we came back to Oslo today we got the t-banen up to MO and Russ and had a look at their flat. It's really nice, and it seems like they're settling in ok.

Other than that we've had a pretty relaxing week, not doing overly much. I went to see Martine and Kassander on Thursday which was nice. A long time since I last was there. Was impressed that Kassander seemed to remember me.

New week tomorrow. Hoping to get back into climbing as we've had a three week "holiday" from it now. (I did try to upload some photos here, but no luck.... Not sure whether computer is too slow or whether it's the website that's slow...)

Rome - Fantastic!!!

It's Saturday morning and we got back from Rome yesterday. I can still feel my feet aching slightly from all the walking. I'm sure we walked 15k at least every day!

Rome is a fantastic city. There are soooo much to see. We didn't manage anywhere near all the stuff we wanted to see, but what we did see was great! We saw the Colosseum (passed it several times too as it was on the way back to our hotel), The Forum, Palatine hill and everything around that area in one day. A lot of ruins and reconstructed buildings. I wondered for a long time how they managed to build such massive buildings, and then found out they made scaffolding out of wood, but sort of built it into the structure, and took it out again when it was finished.

We did everything from Colosseum, St Peters basilica, St Peters Square (even saw the pope!), walked along the river, saw lots of pillars, archeological sites. Every time they knock down a building they find something underneath it from the roman times or similar.

We also ate a lot of lovely icecream (YUMMY!), pasta, meat, seafood, pizza and drank a lot of great wine! One of the nights we went to a lovely restaurant. We ordered a four course meal. Every course was pretty much as much food as I would eat in a main meal! It was fantastic food though, although I didn't manage to finish it off.

I've put an album out on Facebook so you can have a look at photos there. And I'll put a few up here. If I speak to you, ask me about the Gucci incident ;)

Really do not want to go back to work on Monday, but guess that's life! In a week MO and Russ are coming over, so new exciting stuff is happening!

Ratatouille and Østmarkatur

Went to see Ratatouille at the Cinema on Saturday and it was brilliant! Well worth watching! If you're considering it, make a plan out of it! Everyone at the cinema was applauding after the film. Very funny :) We went out for a meal after, which was nice.

Sunday the weather turned gorgeous! It was about ten degrees in the shadow, no wind and not a cloud in sight. We went for a walk in Østmarka, and found a few caches. One of them we were sat on top of but couldn't take cause of mugglers. (For non-cachers this means people sat around, being able to see what we were up to, so we couldn't dig the box out so they saw it). We walked from Ulsrud T-bane station to Mariholtet for a bolle, then to Oppsal. Probably about 12-13k walk. Nice :) Lovely autumn colours everywhere too! (See pictures - from my mobile though so the colours are not great...)

Monday I went to see Irene. Saw the twins for a bit too. They're five months old now, and growing fast. Really cute!!! Was nice to have a girlie night with Irene, gonna have to do that again soon!

Well, back at work this week. Pretty much chaotic as we've now moved to the places where we're gonna sit. But most of the phones are not working... That's useful at a customer services centre....

Woohoo! MO and Russ moving here!

A few days ago Russ got offered a job in Oslo, so now they're moving here. Yay :) About time really!

Been a really busy week at work, because a few people has gone to other jobs at IKEA so we're waiting for three new ones to start. They've been employed, and will start in a couple of weeks time. This means there are more cases to handle for us that are left behind. I get really annoyed with how much people expect from us. We give them really good deals and they're still arguing with us. Saying they're gonna get lawyers and stuff. Oh well!

The film we went to see on Sunday (Tatt av kvinnen) is worth seeing. Got some really funny quotes in it!

The week has gone fast. Been working every day, and been climbing twice and cycling once. So a pretty active week. Going to have a relaxing weekend with shopping tomorrow (need a fan in the kitchen) and hopefully a nice walk on Sunday. Just over a week until my holiday now! :)