5. Kensington Museum

First, many of the great museums in London is FREE. It is an excpensive city, but at least you can spend your day in a museum for free, and save your money for the overpriced and not overfancy hotel. Kengsington Museums are a trio of museums who covers all the bases of human knowledge. There is a Sciense Museum, an Natural History Museum and the Victoria & Albert museum (I haven't been there). The Natural History Museum is my favorite, and you can really learn and have fun at the same time.

the natural history museum august2009

4. Wok in a box

Mouthwatering chinesefood. Cheep and lovely. And just like in the movies, in a box. You can mix and match like you wish.

chinesefood ftw august2009

dinner is served august2009

3. Cinnabon

World famous cinnamon rolls really says it all. We ate one a day, and I bought with me a box to take back to Norway.

you see this sign, you stop august2009

greasy and delicious august2009

2. British museum

This wonderful, wonderful museum. It kinda feels like the whole world is in there. And it has the most amazing  round entrance hall. And it is free.

the fasade august2009


my favorite room in the whole world september2010

1. Wicked

London is famous for its theaters and shows. We Will Rock You, Le Mis, Phantom of the Opera and so on and so on. But my favorite (of the few I have seen) is Wicked. My boyfriend, who dosen't like theater that much loved it.

pasta in italy november2008

breadsticks july2009

scampi with pasta and truffles, riga july2009


chinese food, london august2009

And guess what?

There was our bathroom!

And this is the view from our balcony. All the way to the right you might see some of Dubrovnik, and to the left you see some of Cavtats centrum. It wasn't much, but several nice restaurants and shops. We fell in love with a little bakery among other things.

Just a short boat ride away (maybe 60 min) was Dubrovnik old town. You could go there by boat or bus. We took the boat to the old town one day, and then a bus in to Dubrovnik centrum to shop another day. Both was very easy and quite cheep.

We was in Croatia in august, and it was superwarm. I don't remember exactly, but between 30 and 40 degrees celcius. So we spent a lot of the time in the water. There were both beaches and cliffs where you could swim from. We snorkled a lot, and it was a lot of fun! My brother rented a water scooter, and a surfboard. And we all rented a big pedal boat with a slide. So there is a lot you can do.

One day we went with a fishing trip with a man who steered the boat with his foot.

And then we fished with the fisherman for several hours. We had the boat and the man for ourself, and could chose if we wanted to wish or lie on deck and bask in the sun. He also drove us to a small island where we could get a drink, and take a swim.

And we caught some beautiful smal fishes, which we let go.

Cavtat (or maybe Croatia in general) is full of stairs and narrow streets. But I love it.

And when you have walked up all the stairs maybe you come to a "secret" little place where you can sit in the shade and watch people on the promenad below.

I loved Cavtat.
It was quiet and lovely.

And I think I drank my best Pina Colada ever there. ;)

I june we hope to get a couple of weeks on a secret pearl outside the coast of Thailand. But since it is rainseason there from may/june we have to think about it. We have read that it mainly rains in the afternoon or night, and that it often is a couple of sunny days between the rainy ones. On the plus side there will be less tourists and better rates at hotels ect.

summerlove in cavtat, croatia august2010

Late summer we hope to take a trip to Latvia. We have been there in july/august two years in a row and really loved it. In Jurmala (just outside Riga) there is a beautiful sand beach, and great hotels and restaurants. So you kinda get the feeling of Spain og Greece, just cheeper and much shorter to travel. We also plan to take a trip to a dentist in Latvia. Steinar tried a Latvian dentist in 2009, and he was so satisfied. Not only was it cheep, but he felt they were more professional than in Norway.

This autum, or next winter I dream of taking a trip to New York with my father. He is a huge hockey fan, so to see NY Rangers in Maddison Square would be awsome.

The last trip we have planned for 2011 is to France. In November Steinar and I have been together five years, and for several years now we have planned to celebrate that with a trip to Paris. And I hope to book tickets soon, becaus Norweagian is SUPERcheep! As a preparation for our trip I have ordered hjartesmils paris-magazine.

But now I have to get some sleep, so maybe my headache will go far far away.

Best wishes, Stine

narrow and tall august2007

rooftops august2007

beachlife august2007

pebble beach august2007

musee d'art moderne et d'art contemporain august2007




the view from the roof of musee d'art moderne et d'art contemporain august2007

building august2007

The view from the city walls august2010

Narrow alley august2010

Red roofs august2010


Harbour august2010

Delicious dinner with good company and wine august2010

Dubrovnik by night august2010

Countryside april2007

Aquarium april2007

Danish bakery january2011

Magasin du Nord january2011


Shopping january2011

I also plan to use this blog to improve my english. So please be patient. And if you feel like it you can act like you are my englishteacher. By the way, I have a first question to you. Is Miscellaneous the same as "diverse" in norwegian?

Best wishes from Stine

sushi shaped dessert july2009

mainstreet july2009

pretty house july2009

worlds best pasta with salmon july2008

palmitos park january2010

carpaccio january2010

fancy dinner january2010