Oct 23 2008
No stave church trip
I’m sorry but I did not go on the stave church trip, hence there are no photos for me to put up in the gallery.
Winter draws nearer and with it the due date for my thesis outline, that would be 21 November. As you can see from the photo here, the leaves on the trees outside of my window have now completely fallen off. Just a few short days ago it was pretty and golden. The days are becoming incredibly short, already, it’s not even November yet. As soon as the sun peaks out from behind the clouds I will take a photo so you can see 3pm at this time of year in Norway.
Norway’s Forests
There are some very large forests that ring the city of Oslo. It’s a little bit strange to me because of where I’m from in Canada. The capital of Norway, as small as it is (not much larger than KW), has kilometres of forest surrounding it (like 10km on the “thinnest” side, go look on google maps). I’m talking thick, rocky, real forest, not planted. But that’s not all, hiking is allowed throughout all of them, even if they are privately owned. Norway’s laws make it illegal for a land owner to stop persons using their property. The laws make a distinction between a “garden” and a “property.” As a hiker you’re not allowed into a someone’s garden, or the property immediately surrounding their home, but you are allowed to hike and camp on privately held land that is away from the main home. So land that is privately owned can still be enjoyed by the public. If you decide you want to hike out to a given lake on a map, you don’t need to worry that you’ll get busted. It’s similar to the crown land concept in Canada. (Wiki even has an article on this).
That’s all for now.
Hey Tompa
I see your exploring the new surroundings as much as possible. Just wanted to drop in and say hi and let you know that we’re still reading.. well at least at I am. I wrote you an email to the address on this page a while back, because I haven’t received anything back… (shaking my head)… anyways hope everything is going good… lots of hugs… Ania
Hey,
Yay! Readers. I’m glad that someone other than my folks is reading this. I can say readerS (plural) because I know my folks read this too.
As for email I got yours and I did write back, TWICE. But both messages bounced. Email me again and write out the address I should reply to.
ohhh.. well my apologizes… try this one [Email]
Tomciu,
Marek and I also reading, so, keep writing. I least we will know Norway through your eyes and pictures. Beside that, write for future generation, you never know, who will be read that in 50 years from now. Maybe your grandson or my. Don’t worry- it is just joke
I can see you have really good time to explore new places
hugs Eva
That’s cool about the land thing… dad was telling us that’s the way it was in Poland too.
Europe trip is still on. Make sure you invest in a broom and/or vacuum prior to our visit!
Hey everyone,
I’m very happy to hear that people not only read this, but actually feel as though they’re getting at least a small picture of Norway. Hopefully you can all come and visit me to see it in person (not all at once though, I haven’t anywhere to put you.) Regarding the issue of offspring… maybe when I grow up
. Somehow the years keep ticking by but my mind is content with being 18.
As for the broom situation, it’s all good now. I use a swiffer with a broom and pan. The swiffer is a little wasteful but when in Oslo, do as the Osloians (?).
Thanks for the email Anna, I’ve edited your comment so that your email isn’t out in public. I’m ever paranoid of the web that never forgets.