13 May 2011 7:13 PM
March 30, 2011 After another late night blogging session it was hard for the author to get up at 5:30. All the luggage had been prepared in the evening, but the kids were very difficult to get up and we ended up running short on time. In addition I suddenly read more…
5 May 2011 10:46 AM
29 mars 2011 Nous passons une grande partie de la journée à faire du travail scolaire. Dans l’après midi, nous décidons d’aller faire un tour dans le centre. Nous nous garons près d’un arrêt du vieux tramway et partons à la découverte des rues du centre. Le City Circle Tram read more…
4 May 2011 11:17 PM
Dear blog readers. We are sorry for the long delay in updating the blog. We are back home in Oslo now and have had a hectic 10 days since we came home. I’ve also had a light case of writer’s block the last days. It has been hard getting back read more…
22 April 2011 3:53 PM
March 27, 2011 After a good night’s sleep life continued on the farm. Sofia, Teddy and Tessa had to leave in the morning because the kids were going to birthday parties, but John was kind enough to stay behind with us and took care of us for the day. Viktor continued read more…
17 April 2011 1:03 PM
March 26, 2011 It was great to see John again. I met him in 2007 through my work. At that time he was Executive Director at a large US investment bank and living in San Francisco. At one point he was flying over to Oslo for a very important meeting. read more…
15 April 2011 5:16 PM
25 mars 2011 Notre semaine sur Hamilton Island est passée très vite, il faut déjà repartir… Destination: Melbourne. A notre arrivée à Melbourne, nous sommes surpris par la température: 14 degrés! Il est vrai que nous avons traversé l’Australie du nord au sud, ou presque. De plus, il a fait read more…
14 April 2011 7:29 PM
March 24, 2011 Finally the day had come for our expedition out to the Great Barrier Reef, our reason for choosing Hamilton Island as a destination in the first place. The island is about 70 km (45 miles) from the reef. We covered the distance in a little under two read more…
14 April 2011 7:25 PM
March 23, 2011 Schooling. Relaxing by the pool. Nothing to see here. Carry on, carry on, please. Eirik —–
11 April 2011 11:35 AM
22 mars 2011 Nous sommes prêts pour une nouvelle sortie en bâteau. L’une des excursions qui s’imposent quand on est aux Whitsundays, est celle qui va à Whitehaven Beach, la plage “du havre blanc”. Il s’agit comme son nom l’indique d’une magnifique plage de sable blanc. Aprés un peu de read more…
10 April 2011 6:07 PM
March 19-21, 2011 Hamilton Island is a tropical vacation paradise. The atmosphere and the pace of life reminded us a bit of Lanzarote on the canary islands, except there were far fever fat Germans and drunk English and Scandinavians. We had our breakfasts outdoors: We spent our first three days read more…