Skip to main content

Stavanger, Norway Day 1 & 2

By
We left Bergen after breakfast and took a bus to Stavanger! The bus did go on some ferries since there is a ton of water all over the place

And it was nice to get out of the bus for a bit








Once we reached Stavanger we got checked in then went out to explore. I really liked Stavanger even though it was kind of an odd place. It is a cruise port so was busy on cruise days, but the people that lived there all seemed to be incredibly angry. People would glare at us as we walked around, they seemed to glare at everyone, we saw so many fights for no apparent reason, it was odd. But I still really enjoyed our time there. We had scheduled in more time there because we were hoping for a good weather day to hike Pulpit Rock, but we didn't get it. Probably just as well since my knee was not good. 

So colorful!



We noticed right away that there was street art everywhere! Note: there will be a lot of street art photos from Stavanger. Like mostly pictures of street art/graffiti. Because they love it there. They have a street art festival every year and we would definitely go back for that. So enjoy!

And we found a weird industrial park on the water that was pretty cool










































We went to an asian place for dinner and had noodles. 


Then went for some tea at Efendi. I loved this place. The guy who owns it seems to open whenever he feels like it, but he was so fun. He would talk your ear off and joked with everyone and knew people who had been in before. It was great. 


The next morning - another grey day


We explored a bit os Stavanger old town where all the buildings were painted white













We got some lunch at Cafe Diem as we couldn't find much else open. A sandwich with roasted veggies that was okay. And it started really raining while we were eating so we decided to go see a movie - X-Men Apocalypse has just come out. The theatre's systems were down so it was a bit chaotic, but we got popcorn and the movie for way less then it would have been! They were just doing cash and made everything even numbers so win!

After the movie it has stopped raining so more exploring


I was looking up the street art festival once we got home and how it works is that you can donate a wall and someone will put something on it during the festival. You don't know what it will be, but most of these huge pieces were from past festivals. The only rule is you have to keep it up for at least a year (though most of these are older than that)














For dinner we went to Mama Africa which I really enjoyed, but Raymond was just so so on. Dinner came with veggies, black eyed peas, sauce, plantains, and noodles

or rice. I thought it was delicious! I would definitely go back. Raymond not so much...






Then back to Efendi for more tea! The guy remembered us and was joking that our seat was taken because where we had sat the day before was indeed occupied. I loved this place. 






Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fall is here!

By
So not a whole lot has happened since I last posted. On our anniversary we were going to go on the boat tour of Berlin, but it was rainy and overcast so we decided to wait for a nice sunny day to do that. We had a few errands to run in the morning and then Raymond said about going to a museum. I saw the natural history museum and since I loved the one in Denver we decided to go there. You walk into this big room with lots of fossils and Dinosaurs! They didn't have a lot of things - this was the main room and is maim attraction of the museum. It was a tiny place, and they were doing renovations on a lot of the other exhibits. Apparently it is famous for having the largest dinosaur skeleton in the world! They also had these fun viewfinder things you could look through and if you point it at a dinosaur it would show this animation that filled them in and then showed them running around or eating or whatever. I thought it was fun. There was also a large room of rocks and m...
1 comment
Read more

Den Haag, Netherlands Part 3

By
Our last day in Den Haag we wandered around just a bit more First stop - the Antique and Book market The ground was all seashells Mondrian on the water by the government buildings We decided to get lunch at Cafe Zeta which was in Grote Markt where they were having a free music festival, Sinester. Though we were there on the last day which was the kids day. It was fun as we were sitting outside and at the stage people were teaching kids how to play things and DJ and stuff.  I got the Hippie Buddah Bowl (Bulgur, sweet potato, bald, roasted chickpeas, tahini dressing, avocado, black sesame seeds) with the Fennel mint pear juice And Raymond had the Apple Pear Ginger juice and the Veggie Roast Bowl (mushrooms, red onion rings, rocket, Parmesan cheese, olive oil). Super tasty lunch! A stop at More Pastry for more treats - Peanut butter chocolate tart - so good! And the...
Post a Comment
Read more

The final days in Paris

By
Our second day of our museum pass we used to go to the Louvre. It so huge - we spent from open to close there and just managed to see everything. It is also very confusing how to get from point a to point b - so many stairs and up and down floors just to see the one floor....good thing I had Raymond or I would have wondered aimlessly forever (but by the end I had the hang of it). We started with the medieval Louvre, Greek, Etruscan, Roman and Egyptian Antiquities. When we first walked in we were right behind a few tour groups, but somehow we lost them pretty quick and we able to walk around and brows without tons of people. I cannot imagine going during the summer when it is super crowded. I liked the different colors of stone on some of them After that we got some lunch nearby then headed back to look at the paintings Then my favorite part - decorative arts. So much fun pretty things. Replica of Napoleons apartment. Then ...
1 comment
Read more