Natal (Brazil) Having been a pronounced enemy of beach activities most of grown up life I didn’t quite know what to do with close to 1000 km of sandy beaches at my hands feet. However, a hundred or so drunk, and increasingly sun burnt, Scandinavians had a perfectly good idea what they wanted do, making the beach […]
London, Brighton & Cambridge (England) After a day of strolling the parks around the Cambridge colleges I sat down in a decent looking pub to have a meal. While waiting for my Chicken Tikka Masala i downed three pints of Strongbow Cider in order to reinstate a healthy water balance… Another two followed during the […]
Sicily, Catania & Taormina (Italy) The boat trip had worn out most of my fellow travellers who were now dreaming of sitting down. Later in the day in Taormina I saw many of them queued up in front of the chemists in order to buy pills against sea sickness. [ Stein Runar Bergheim, M. 6.Mon, […]
However unlikely it sounds Malta is actually one of the most densely populated countries in Europe with its two islands Gozo and Malta and their 386 649 citizens. As opposed to the crowded and busy island of Malta, Gozo is much quieter – and greener: this is where according to the Odyssee, Odysseus wassupposed to […]
Dragør is a small and unremarkable place compared to many of the great sights of the world – however – the beautiful yellow painted houses, the narrow streets and the good general atmosphere make you feel that you have landed at a pleasant spot all the same… The reason for my visit was attending a […]
Keen to explore the English Riviera I had booked tickets for Brighton since this is an ideal base for touring the coast and a pleasant spot to enjoy the sea.
We were running a little late for the ferry back to Norway and had to catch the train. I gave everything I had and jumped after my companions onto the train that was already moving. The only small problem was that the train was moving south – and the ferry was quite a bit to […]
Madeira (Portugal) As we sat down in the sleighs at Monte, I realized that the Madeirans were not used to people my size. Would they be able to navigate the sleighs – I seriously doubted it and was very nearly correct! [ Stein Runar Bergheim, 0 . 2.Sat, ]
In addition to the splendour of the hotel Negresco and its fashionable neighbourhood the most prominent feature of Nice is the enourmus amount of dog piles in the streets. What I found most remarkable by the Casino was the toilets. They had a large panel of flashing lights indicating different programmes for flushing. I hadn’t […]
Limerick, Dublin, Galway & Ennis (Ireland) I had booked a bed & breakfast in Ballyboughal, near Dublin or at least near one of the suburbs called Swords. Near turned out to be quite far and allthough we had 18 colf courses within walking distance it was 30 minutes walk to the nearest (and only) pub. […]