Yesterday we arrived in Germany after saying goodbye to my parents. The flight was actually om time and even had Internet on board.
So on our last day in Norway we just visited the local shopping senter. We had a quick lunch at the MacDonald. Then did a minor shopping round where I got some new socks, a hairbrush and Nathan got some beef jerky. At last we got some frozen yoghurt before heading home. We did had a visitor coming over that evening. So we just had some fresh shrimps served with bread and mayonnaise.
The day after aka yesterday we had to head to the store to get some light bulbs for my parents. We swapped put all the lights we needed and then just head to the airport. At the airport we had a small dinner which was just toast for Nathan and foccacia for me. We got on the plane and our friend got us from the airport. We spent the rest of yesterday night just watching some anime.
Today we were planning on going for sushi and then bowling, but something important came up and we decided to movie it to tomorrow. Today my friend and I went on a walk, then we all stopped by the grocery store and chilled for the rest of the day. Tomorrow will hopefully be a better day.
Yesterday was the most active day so far with a lot of walking around. We snakes, lizards, trolls and so many people. By the time we got back my feet were hurting so badly.
After we had eaten we jumped on the tram and headed straight down town. Our first stop was “Oslo reptile park”. We had to walk a bit from the station to get to the location, but we found it eventually. In there they had so many different creatures. They had lizards, frogs, turtles, chameleons, geckos, snakes and even a caiman. There were also some non reptiles such as monkeys, cockroaches and spiders. It was all quite interesting even though the place wasn’t that big of a place. It took us around 30 min to go through the place.
When that was done we headed down to the tourist shop. Here we were looking for magnets that Nathan’s neighbours had requested. They wanted ones that had a city on them together with the name. Since they are collecting them and they did not have anyone from Norway. We did only find one of Oslo and the rest was just Norway in general.
The next place we headed to was back to the sushi place. This time I had the grilled aubergine and fried rice with salmon together with some sushi plates from the belt. Nathan did not have sushi and ordered beef teriyaki, fried chicken and squid and 2 Oreo cakes. We tried to not eat too much since it was later than planned and we still had dinner plans at home.
When we were done eating we headed towards the candy store. We have one called “Yummy heaven” and it’s the best and biggest place to get candy in Oslo. We got two bags each with our own pick and mix selection and it wasn’t that expensive, which was a bit surprising. For our last stop we got some bubble tea. I had one a Lychee black tea with raspberry bubbles and Nathan had green tea with both bubbles and jelly. Then it was finally time to head home.
Upon arriving back we just both plonked down on the bed and proceeded to relax before dinner. On todays menu was lamb served with roasted potatoes, carrots, mushroom and peas with some gravy. It all tasted really nice, but my stomach was still a bit full from the sushi. Nothing more happened that evening since it was already quite late by the time we had finished dinner.
Fast forward till today. The only thing on the agenda was a small walk around a close by lake. Nathan and I went all the way around while my dad only walked about half of it. Since we finished way earlier we sat down playing smash or pass on the people passing by. It was also raining on and off all the time. The rest of the day was just spent to chill, enjoy the sunny weather and continue to rest our feet.
On today’s adventure Nathan and I visited the technology and science museum, which is a place I used to go to a lot when I was younger. It was really fun and I felt like a little child again.
We started today really nice and slow. Didn’t have lunch until 2 pm and then we headed out because it was suppose to rain later that day and we didn’t want to get caught in that. We headed to the tram station and after a few min, the tram arrived and we headed over to our destination.
Today we visited the Technology and Science museum. The entire experience was really nostalgic and it was fun to see what they had done to the place. They still had some of the old exhibitions, but then also a lot of new ones that I have never seen. We tried to visit everything. My favourite was the so called playing room where they had a lot of interactive games such as a binary game where you used binary to type different words such as “cat” or your own name. Nathan did one for himself and then one for me. There was also a morse game where you had to get as many words as possible correct by using morse code. Nathan got 52 out of 56 with an accuracy of 0.69.
We stayed right up until the museum closed. Then we headed down to the city to get some sushi, because there is a place there that serves it on a conveyer belt which Nathan enjoys. We did not eat too much since we were still having dinner at home. So afterwards we just headed back home again.
I hosted movie night in my discord server where we watched “Free Guy”. It was a really funny movie which didn’t come as a huge surprise since it’s staring Ryan Reynolds. The movie lasted for around 2 hours. Then it was time for dinner and tv time with my family before heading for bed.
Tomorrow we are doing more of a city day. We will be getting some bubble tea, visit the best candy store and our only so called comic and board games store, get a magnet for Nathan’s neighbours that they have requested and get some more sushi. We are now half way through our Norway trip.
Today we visited an art museum that was about WW2. The place wasn’t big and had quite some nice paintings. We did have some problem getting to it.
We woke up quite late compared to the other days. Had a late lunch at 2 pm and then we left around 4 pm. The drive wasn’t that long. We did have some trouble getting there because there wasn’t a clare sign on where to go, but after a couple min we manged to find the right place to park the car. The place was called “Roseslotte”
The museum started with bunch of portrait paintings from people who had a big impact during the war, but were never recognised for it. They all had a sentence explaining what their occupation followed with what their role were during the war. Further I’m it was more general paintings from the war. It was a lot of information and overall a really good exebition.
After we were done at “Roseslottet” we headed over to the restaurant where we were eating. Ut was on another hilltop and the it’s called “Ekerberg Restaurant”. It’s quite popular for both being good, but also quite expensive.
We got a really nice table with a great view. I had lamb of the day, Nathan had the fish of the day, my mother had shrimp salad on toast and my dad had mussels with bread. Almost everyone was satisfied with their food. Nathan was a bit disappointed with his portion. He got a really small fish filet for the price. The taste was also kind of bland. Thankfully, there was cake at home.
Spent the evening just chilling, eating cake and watching some more TV. Tomorrow Nathan and I are heading to the technology and science museum.
Today was our first day in Norway as part of our 2 week vacation. We started off quite chill to then proceed to have quite an awkward dinner service.
Yesterday nothing much happened. We did actually managed to reach everything according to plan. Zero delays which was really nice for a change. We arrive at my family around 12:30 am and then proceeded to just go strait to bed.
Today we slept in till noon due to us both being quite exhausted from the trip. We had scrambled eggs with smoked salmon, potato’s and toast. We just talked and got to know each other a bit better while eating. The rest was just spent on relaxing.
At around 6 pm we headed out and took the car down to the city where we took a small walk over the Opera house. There I showed Nathan the view from the top while pointing out different places in the city, and then we headed out to “Sørenga” which is a place that started out as a typical apartment place, but has then gotten a lot of restaurants and places to swim for both locals and tourist.
We found a place to eat dinner and this is where all the shit went down. We first had a small problems with ordering drinks where the waiter would take one order and then just walk off before we got to share ours. Then when we were ready to order the food a new waiter came to serve us. My mother ordered two starters instead of a main course, my father and Nathan both went with Tagliatelle with mussels and I had Fettuccini with scampi.
So our first problem accrued when the waiter brought out both my my mothers dishes because she had forgotten to inform them that they were suppose to be a replacement for main course, then it was also the fact that she got it at the same time because she also forgot to tell them that she wanted them after each other. The second problem was the fact that it took us SO long until the rest of us got our food. At some point we asked when it will arrive and the waiter said 8 min, but waited for at least 30 min. The food itself was quite good at least. Not really worth the waiting time, but it could have been worse.
After our small awkward dinner Nathan and I decided to take a small walk around the tip of the half island just to see what was out there. By the time we arrive back at the restaurant my parents had already started moving towards the car. We did catch up eventually after I had spent some time sitting a fake dolphin on the playground.
Now we are just chilling and relaxing our feet. For tomorrow we are heading up early to drive to a sculpture park a bit further away. The day itself was alright. I don’t blame the waiters at all for what happened during dinner. My mother did forget to inform them, plus they are not the ones responsible for how long the kitchen takes to prepare the food.
Today, we had made some plans to head out to a city called “Drammen We had a lovely time with good food and a nice short Sunday walk.
We started today a bit late again, which i don’t have anything against. I made some egg fried rice with the leftovers from yesterday, and then after that my mum and I decided to do the same walk we did the day before. We didn’t go all the way up today since we had other plans later on.
At around 5 pm we all got into the care and were on our way to our ooting. Our plans were to eat dinner at a restaurant and then go for a short walk next to the river.
The restaurant we went to was called “Skutebrygga” and it was really nice interior. We decided to order 1 starter and 1 main course. I had something called “Vitello Tonnato” which was a classic Italian dish. It was a thin slice of calf meat, tuna mayonaise, spring onion, toast and capers. As my main course I had “Spareribs Bullfighter” which were spare ribs marinated with their own saus and served with fries, corn stew and their own burbon sauce. Everything tasted really nice.
After our dinner we decided to take a short walk to digest our food better and to just enjoy the lovely, sunny evening. It didn’t take long and we just headed home right afterwards.
After we got back home we just relaxed and enjoyed the rest of the evening before heading to bed.
So it’s been 3 days since I left to travel to Norway and even though I’m having a lovely time at the moment it was quite an eventful trip so far.
It all started as soon as I left my apartment and headed towards my bus. Apparently, that day, all my transports decided to be delayed. The bus was 20 min, the train was 30 min, and the plane was 50 min delayed, which meant that I didn’t arrive at Malmö where I was meeting my friends until around 11 pm. The night bus to Oslo ended up being 20 min delayed as well.
It was really nice meeting my friends. They were funny and very nice company all together. They acted quite childish towards each other, but that was just super entertaining. We did spend the first night just sitting and trying to sleep as much as we could on the bus. We arrived in Oslo at 7 am on the 9th.
Our first plan was to head over to my friend’s aunt, who lived around 1h away in total from the central station. We walked to the tram and took that to the docks. Then we took the boat and ended up taking a bus before we were at our destination. She lived in a really nice house and had prepared some breakfast for us. We were all quite tired and hungry, so after we had eaten, we took a nap. We slept for around 3 hours, and when we woke up, we had some lunch.
Then we went to the beach where my friend decided to go for a small dip in the ocean. We stayed there for around 1h before we headed home and ate some spaghetti with meat sauce. We had ice cream for dessert. Then they drove me home, and we hung out at my place.
So the plan was originally going to be that the 3 of us would do something in Norway for a week, but then something came up for my friends so it got changed so that they would only stay over the weekend before heading back and I would stay in Oslo and spend time with my family until Tuesday, but it didn’t really go as planned. My friends hadn’t found a place to stay for the weekend due to life get in the way and that they were still quite tired from a trip they had done a week ago, and after spending the entire day with the aunt they weren’t really feeling too good so it kind of ended with them driving home to Sweden that night. They also were having an unexpected guest coming to visit for this weekend. So that was that. Although I’m a bit sad about the entire situation, I understand it, and we decided to just do it another time at a later date. This way, I at least get to spend more time with my family, which is also very important for me since my dad just got home from almost 6 months in the hospital.
Fast forward to yesterday. I just woke up at around 1 pm. and had some noodle soup with baguettes for lunch together with my dad while we just talked and hung out. Then, we had a cronut ( a mix between a doughnut and a croissant) for dessert. Then when my mum got home from a small shopping round.
We walked all the way from our home to the nearest small mountain. That was really exhausting since I’m quite out of shape xD My left hip was hurting together with my right ankle, my back and just my feet in general, but it was a nice walk and I had really miss the nature in general. After we got home, we just hung out on the terrasse before dinner was served.
For dinner, we had sashimi with rice, which was great. Then we watched some tv before heading to bed. So even though things didn’t go as planned, I still had a lovely time with my friends, and I had a great day with my family so far.
Today we went to visit Nathan’s mother. It was a really nice visit. We caught up with each other about what had happened and also had some awkward
We woke up 30 min before we had to leave so we didn’t have much time to prepare, but it was enough. When we arrived we rang the door bell twice, but he didn’t hear it cause they were sitting in the garden. We headed to car and then we were on our way.
When we arrived to the mother’s place we were met by the step father cause the mother was picking up the grand mother. We just hung out in the living room and even started to watch the new Mario movie. A while later the other guest arrived and we all just sat around and greeted each other. The grand mother gave us a nice box of chocolate and the mother gave us another giftcard for food.
When it was around 5 pm we gathered around the table for dinner. Our menu consisted of cucumber soup for starters. Then as a main course we had both chili con carne and pig cheeks stew, served with white rise, crocets and salad. It was all quite tasty. We had some intereresting conversations around dinner. At some point we talked about sex toys and at a different time we talked about me having childeren…
We stayed until around 7 pm. The brother droped us off so we didn’t have to walk which was nice. We also got some left over soup and stew, which Nathan will be in charge of that. We just spent the rest of the evening playing games and hanging out with friends online.
I hope everyone has had a great weekend. It’s getting closer to summer and the weather is getting warmer 😀
Yesterday, I travelled up to Rotterdam to meet up with some of my Dutch friends for the first time. We had made plans to go karaoke singing cause we all love that.
The day started pretty normal. I just woke up, showered, and waited until I had to leave. Thankfully, I only needed to take one train. The trip took a bit longer cause when we arrived in Rotterdam we had to wait for almost 15 min cause they were working on the tracks.
Upon arrival, I met up with my first friend Jo. She gave me a really nice greeting and we got to know each other while we headed towards the place we were going to eat. We had booked a table at this Korean bbq restaurant, which was a part of the karaoke place. It was my first time trying out Korean bbq, but it was really good. It reminded me a bit of Raclett that you can do at home.
After we had eaten, we headed up to the karaoke place. Jo had booked a room for us. We sang everything from Celine Dion, Disney classics, John Legend and it was super fun. The others really know how to sing. One of them even does covers on YouTube. The Karaoke thing had a scare system, but it was a bit off. I did however get the second highest score on my last song “All of me” by John Legends, which I found pretty funny. All the other scores were around 40 and one with 54. We had the room for 2h
When our time was up it was time to head home and pray that I wouldn’t get stuck again like last time xD. I arrived home at midnight and I was super glad to be back. I spent the rest of the night just chilling and playing some games with friends before eventually heading to sleeps.
Hey everyone. I know it’s been a while since my last post. It’s just that there hasn’t been anything worth writing about for the past few months, but yesterday I went out for the first time since January.
The day started as normal except that I had to wake up a bit early because there was a guy coming over at 9 am. We are having all the windows in our apartment replaced from single glass to double glass, so the guy was here to take the measurements he needed. After that I just waited for my boyfriend to come home so we could head out.
We had ordered concert tickets for a band called “Beartooth” in Brussels. They were preforming together with “Motionless in White”. Both my boyfriend and I really enjoy both of the bands and decided that this was a great opportunity to be able to hear their songs live. Since we didn’t care about the first band we decided to head to eat dinner instead since we wouldn’t have to be there until 8 pm.
I had found a really nice Vietnamese restaurant not far from the venue. It was located on small side street and the staff there was really nice. The food was also really good. I ordered “Roasted Duck Noodles,” and my boyfriend had “roasted duck with pineapple sauce.” The duck was really crispy and tender at the same time, and the veggies were also really tasty. I added to chilli oil, which made the dish even better. After our nice dinner, we headed to the venue.
There were a lot of people there which wasn’t surprising since both bands that were left are quite popular. We found a place to sit because I’m never a big fan of standing during concerts and the thought of standing on the floor where people creates “mosh pits” and “rides the crowd” seems both exhausting and kinda scary. So if the place have sitting arrangement I rather choose that.
The first band was “Motionless in white,” which was the one I was most excited to see. I have been listening and enjoying a lot for their music recently and was super stoked to see them perform live. In one of their songs, they even invited the singer of “Beartooth” (the second band) up on stage to sing with them, which was really nice. My favourite songs were definitely “Another Life” and “Masterpiece” since those the ones I knew from before, but I also enjoyed their other songs except for the really heavy ones. They played for around 30 min, which was surprisingly short. In the end, the singer was throwing roses in the crowd when he suddenly got hit by a letter in the face he just looked down with such a disappointed look that it was kinda funny to witness.
While we were waiting for the main band to start they played “Livin’ on a prayer” by Bon Jovi and the entire crowd was singing along to the course. They even muted the music so you could only hear the crowd which made it so awesome
Beartooth’s performance was a really banger. The singer was the most athletic one I have seen. He kept jumping, running, dancing, and headbanging on stage. It was really great to witness. Their songs were also really awesome. My favourites were “Riptide,” “In between,” and “The lines” for the same reason as previous. The crowd was even more wild this time around. Multiple mosh pits and crowd surfers, which just reminded me how happy I was that we didn’t have to stand on the floor. We had to potentially leave the concert early cause we had to make it back home. Thankfully, I got to hear all of the songs that I wanted to hear them perform.
When we got home we watched a couple of episodes of our anime show and then just headed straight to bed since we were both quite tired from all the headbanging (mostly my bf) and singing (mostly me). It was all in all a very successful concert and definitely worth the money and the trip!
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