STAVANGER!!!!!!!!!

long awaited & delayed by a 20pg paper, but here it is.... my adventures in Stavanger (on the west coast of norway) last weekend!! my goodness - ive seen a lot of beautiful places in my life... but this place was seriously amazing!! maybe it's the west coast'er in me or something... but i am now SERIOUSLY IN LOVE WITH THIS COUNTRY!! =) hehe.. well check out these pictures and you'll see why!!


our weekend started off on overnight train to stavanger...

got there saturday morning... to our AMAZING 5 STAR (well im not sure, but it was pretty darn beautiful!) hotel courtesy of debbie's boss getting us a sweet deal... and right in the middle of downtown stavenger overlooking the lake!















there's our hotel... Thon Hotel, right behind us!!!

we toured the town and found our way to...





sverd i fjell... "sword in mountain"!!






i dont remember the story behind it... but its cool & viking-like so we took lots of pictures!! =)


hehe.. we had a super nice evening, dinner by the lake...




and me & debbie working on our norwegian!!



okay and then it gets better, when SUNDAY comes along... we got up super early (almost not, because we didn't know there was a time change hehe!!) and took a ferry en route to our destination, Preikestolen...




... welcome to Prekeistolen!! YAHHHHAAAA, WELCOME!!! (very excited at this point! our sweet smiles, debbie's norwegian, and a very kind lady with a car (!) got us a sweet ride to the base of Prekeistolen by 8:30 in the morning... a good 4 hours ahead of when we thought we'd get there by taking a bus closer and walking the rest of the way!)


... we are ready for the hike!!









scary icy-ness!!! =)







stopping of course for a couple kodak moments!!












soaking it in... WOW!!







WE MADE IT!!! TOP OF PREIKESTOLEN ("preacher's chair... "Pulpit Rock" in english)!!





wowsie, it's mighty high up here!!!




yay, debbie!! =)



probably my favourite picture... haha.. or at least one of the funnest ones - Kvikk Lunsj at the top of Preikestolen just to make it THAT much more authentically norwegian!!

it was a beautiful hike back down... a couple scary just-hold-on-tight-and-dont-look-down icy sections but we made it!! AND a guy taxi-ing back gave us a ride for free... sweet deal! =)






a little swing dancing on the ferry...



... and a little in the gazebo back in stavanger...




... where, by the way, debbie, karin and i are officially getting married haha..

and eventually...


a scenic train ride back home to our little town Ås... =)

hope you enjoyed the all the pics... they don't even do justice to how gorgeous it really was in real life!! here's the last picture - the REAL picture from the teaser in my last post!! =)







there's no words to describe this, so i wont! =)

im off in an hour for the airport to meet my parents & my sister nessie in europe for my 10 day easter break! =D til next time... happy easter and talk to you all when i get back!!

much love!
rainbow =)