Diary of Trine

Flowers in Bermuda!

2009-09-19T03:28:00.000-07:00

Braunshcweig

2009-05-01T04:56:00.001-07:00

Nordenham and Bremerhaven

2009-04-29T12:24:00.000-07:00

A Flower in Nordenham

And another one:)

Imke's House

Riku:)

Human versus Nature

Imke is almost as tall as an ice bear

A scary green little thing

Check out zie Zonnebrillen

Sweet Dreams

Perfect moment

Hamburg

2009-04-27T09:35:00.000-07:00

Buildings in Hamburg

A lovely night in Hamburg-Harburg with Sascha and Riku

Three Happy Friends

The harbour in Hamburg

Berlin - A City Full of Culture, History and Art

2009-04-24T09:43:00.000-07:00

I wonder why it looks so natural?

Xoooox, love it:)

Street Art

Sculptures

The City and I

Kristine in the afternoon

Schloss Charlottenburg

Contrasts to Reality

The Glorious Hostel Life

International Day in Eikedalen

2009-03-29T13:19:00.000-07:00

Not that I'm very international when I'm in Norway, but this was a great way to meet new people and go skiing which I haven't done in a good while now.

Cocktail Night With the Geography Girls!

2009-03-07T05:12:00.000-08:00

Last Wednesday (Yes, I know, in the middle of the week!) we decided to have a Cocktail night! We all made a drink each for everyone, so together we had 5 drinks! It was such a fun night, listening to 90s music, dancing, singing and all the rest of it! Got lots of good photos, so the night was a success! Definately!

Like a bridge over troubled water..

2009-02-26T09:26:00.000-08:00

Oh my goodness, what a depressing week I have had! It doesn't help that I have an exam tomorrow and due to the depression (strong words, I know) I have not really made an effort. The story made short: I was going to go to Iceland with my fellow geographers and was really looking forward to this. Then they chucked me out of the course, which is due to lack of spaces. I am convinced it has more to do with money however. What a disgrace. I don't get to go with them anymore and I am so sad because of it. I don't want to believe it. Thank goodness I have wonderful friends who cheer me up! :)

Valentinesday

2009-02-15T09:04:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was the famous Valentinesday and being single I had to fix a date! Not wanting to embarrass myself with a blind date, I decided to go with my single friend Sandra in stead! We had such a great date, starting with a cup of coffee at Bocca, followed by an opera concert and then a hot chocolate with whipped cream!

My Italian Buddy!

2009-01-29T14:59:00.000-08:00

I decided to join the buddy programme we have at my university, where they pair up a norwegian student (me) with an international student (Andrea). Yesterday we went to the aqarium and saw a lot of cute things, a few weired things and a few disghusting thigs as well!

A Wonderful Weekend in Oslo With My Girls!! :)

2009-01-29T14:52:00.000-08:00

Last weekend was amazing as I was in Oslo with some of my favourite girls! Amanda, Sandra and Evi made the weekend was a success and we had a lot of fun together! We needed to relax, do our own things and just be girls. I mean, in a true "Sex and the City" manner. Maybe without the sex part though. But you know what I mean. Check out these beauties anyway! :)

Rachael's Birthday!!!! :)

2008-12-26T05:01:00.000-08:00

Milano!!

2008-12-25T15:04:00.000-08:00

Christmas Holiday in Milan! Was amazing, only for a few days, but saw quite a few things in short time! The Duomo, the Castle, DaVinci's "Last Supper" etc. Love Italy!!

The Beautiful University of Glasgow!

2008-11-25T07:33:00.000-08:00

Bjarnis and Børgis visiting! :)

2008-11-25T07:23:00.000-08:00

Went to London Quite Spontaniously! My mum was there on a business trip!

2008-11-19T15:46:00.000-08:00

Some of the Most Beautiful People in the World! And they're my friends!!

2008-11-19T15:34:00.000-08:00

Fieldtrip to a volcano in Edinburgh!

2008-10-27T05:19:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I went on a field trip with Earth Science to Edinburgh. Oh my goodness, it was amazing! I had no idea there was an old volcano in Edinburgh! Definately a place I would recommend anyone to visit! http://www.dynamicearth.co.uk/

This is the volcano!

A small summary...

2008-09-30T06:58:00.000-07:00

Here is a small summary of what I have been up to in Glasgow since I moved here.

Moved into this flat

Penny came over from Aberdeen to visit us ad we danced in the windows

Jennifer (Sheena's cousin) came over and we danced in the windows

Sheena turned 19 and we went out on a Tuesday

Malene came over from Norway and we danced in the windows

Night out in Banff

2008-09-07T14:52:00.000-07:00

My first weekend back in Scotland happened to be the weekend Sheena was leaving the Golf Club, where she's worked for the past 5 years. This is how the night turned out.

It started with a family meal at the Golf Club

Then the drinking games started as friends came to join us

There was tan applying

And Tequila shots

And then we headed off to the Castle

After that we went to the Seafield and just had a great time,

(No pictures from what happened after)

San Francisco!

2008-08-30T23:55:00.000-07:00

Spent the day in San Francisco and had an amazing day!!

Muir Woods

The Golden Gate Bridge

Moon Bridge in The Japanese Tea Garden

Lombard Street

Chinatown

Pier 39

Monterey & Carmel

2008-08-25T22:30:00.000-07:00

Beth & Trine outside the San Juan Mission!

Soulmate friends

A shop in Carmel

Feet in the Pacific Ocean

Bob & Beth outside Monterey Bay Aquarium

Last weekend the Jensen Family took me to Monterey and Carmel which is further South than San Fransisco on the coast of California. In Monterey we did some shopping, I bought so many souvenires it's beyond funny. We also went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which was amazing! It was so big and there was just so many things to see. The highlight was definately the Jellyfish exhibition which is actually closing next month. I would recommend anyone that is in the area to drop by the aquarium because it is unlike any aquarium I have seen before, also a great place to take kids.

On Sunday we got up really early and went to Pebble Beach in Carmel, the neighbouring town of Monterey. Carmel was such a charming place, it really did have a unique style to it. It is a village full of art, and there are possibly more dogs than people there. It was strange to see how all the dogs ran around without a leash without bothering each other or humans. Naturally I couldn't afford anything in this town but chocolate, but never mind that, the shopping can be for celebrities and rich people, all the rest of us can enjoy the scenery and the charming houses.

On our way back to Sacramento we stopped at the San Juan Bautista Mission, where a Catholic church was built in the late 18th Century and is one of many missions of California. It represents the arrival of the Spanish. If you are interested in California history you should visit one of the missions as they are important pieces of the California history.

Point Lobos State Reserve was also one of our stops last weekend. You pay a small fee to drive in compared to what you see. There is a neatly done path that takes you around the area which is amazing to look at. You have to stay on this path, but there are places to stop and have your lunch or a coffee break. Everywhere you look there is something pleasent to look at, weather it is the ocean, the trees or the sky. If you value walking and nature then this is a must see!

The weekend inspired me to write a little extra, because maybe whoever read this one day might go to these places and remember the places I recommended.

Sacramento, California

2008-08-22T14:54:00.000-07:00

Still having a great time and enjoying the sun in California! Did a lot of shopping and took many pictures. Here are some of the best!

Trine & Beth

The Capitol in Sacramento

Roadtrip!! :) Trine, Mike & Beth

Gold Mine, Trine & Beth

Beth, Trine & Alligator

CALIFORNICATION... :)

2008-08-13T11:05:00.000-07:00

I'm in California now!! Yeah! I'm visiting a friend, Beth and I'm about to show you some of the things we have done while I've been here. It has been quite a dramatic holiday so far. It all started with the journey. It took about 24 hours to get here, I had to go on 3 separate flights. On the last flight a woman took an overdose of medication for 'restless leg syndrome'. Fortunately this was close to our destination, Sacramento, so the paramedics came and picked her up as soon as we landed. In the short time I have been here I managed to fall off a horse and lock myself out of the house while everyone was working. Thank goodness Beth's here and that her family is lovely! Beth's boyfriend, Mike is also really nice.

The house!

Beth filling petrol!

Beth & Mike making icecream

Trine eating icecream

Summerfun in the park! Look at the sky, look up!

2008-08-03T10:09:00.000-07:00

Summertime.... and the living is easy!

2008-08-03T10:06:00.000-07:00

What we do at work!

2008-08-03T09:59:00.000-07:00

Thought I'd post a blog to give you an insight to a normal day at work for me. This is our hot chocolate break that we have most days at 13.30.

Me and Mary Kay!

2008-07-11T11:41:00.000-07:00

I hosted a Mary Kay party that turned out like this:

A Night out in Bergen!

2008-07-11T11:27:00.001-07:00

Last Wednesday I went out with these lovely ladies in Bergen! It didn't start well: My shoes were sore and I got blisters, so I chucked them in the bin and bought new ones. I don't even like shoes. Then we went to Jeanette's house for a few drinks before we went out! It was nice and funny, we were crazy! Then we went to the city centre and just as we stepped foot into a pub, I had to leave because I needed to catch the last bus home. I could have slept at one of the girl's, but as I was working at 7.30 the next morning, it was a good idea to go home!

EnergiRike Haugesund!

2008-06-24T14:48:00.000-07:00

Some photos from a business trip, I guess I can call it that. Students working in the Energy sector between Bergen and Stavanger were invited to a conference in Haugesund last week. We were 6 students from my work travelling down by boat on the Thursday. We came about lunch time and had our meal. Then we listened to people talk about our opportunities in this region and its potensial! It was very interesting. We also had a case competition about CO2. My group didn't win, but we still had a great time and learned a lot! I made lots of new facebook friends (haha, how sad am I?) and at the end of the day we went to a concert with Susanne Sundfør. She's a local artist and she has an amazing voice! We had a few drinks, we found some t-shirts in a pub and went to our hotel when we were out of drink cupons! We used these t-shirts for sleepwear as we had all forgotten to take ours! The boat on the way home the morning after was not as pleasant as we had hoped! (Long story short: Waves, dog spewing and me lost my ticket!)

Out with my work (ESS and other companies)

2008-06-13T15:24:00.001-07:00

This was with my other work, bowling! Of course I was brilliant, a shared 1st place with the guy in the first picture! (Of course I am not telling you anything about how I was crap in the first two rounds). :)

Out with my work (StatoilHydro)

2008-06-13T14:52:00.000-07:00

Oh it is just so nice when the weather is good! And my collegues being so nice as well, it makes it extra fun! We had a great time, and no, I didn't win the archery or the axe competiton, but I'm definately an axe girl!

Wurzburg with Kathi & Aina

2008-06-06T10:28:00.000-07:00

I am so happy that we managed to meet up this time! Kathi is the exchange student who stayed with The Smith Family in Scotland the year before me. We've only met once before, but we've kept in touch by letters etc! When I told Kathi I was going to Germany, we decided to meet up, because the last time I was here we couldn't manage. Wurzburg was the lucky city who got to entertain us this day! It was so nice to see Kathi again and Wurzburg was lovely! :) It was a happy day for all of us I think! :) Just look at the pictures!

Germany's Next Top Models;)

2008-06-06T09:59:00.000-07:00

At the moment I am in Germany, visiting Aina. The weather is as you can see wonderful! These pictures are taken when we had a picnic in Mulfingen, the town where Aina stays. Of course we had to check out the standards of the water too! :P

Possibly the Best Cake in the Whole World!

2008-05-22T12:11:00.000-07:00

This cake deserves a place in this blog as it is the best cake I have ever tasted. I love cakes but never have I had a cake that could be compared to this one. I have no idea what gthe special ingredient was, but I am definately going back to Kinvara, in Ireland to have some more of this piece of art! I can't remember what kind of cake it was, I think it had something to do with cheese, but it was not like normal cheese cakes either. It's been almost a year since I had this masterpiece and my need to taste the beauty is getting stronger every day. Mmmmmmmm! Ps: It is not just me, Kelsey who was with me and had the same cake loved it as much as I did.

Fishing in a Norwegian Fjord

2008-05-16T08:03:00.000-07:00

A few hours ago me and my cousing Pål went fishing in the Fjord right outside where we live! I got 2 fish and he got 4! Just another ordinary day in the life of Trine!

Estonian Supper

2008-05-16T06:21:00.000-07:00

We woke up that morning and decided it was a perfect day to have Estonian supper at Fantoft! Siiri was the chef and me and Kylie her hungry guests! After the lovely meal we went for a walk to discover the many secrets and sights of Fantoft! Sadly these exchange students are going home in not long and it really doesn't feel like they've been in Bergen for half a year already! But I can't really say anything, I'll be leaving for Glasgow soon anyway! Man, it's a good thing there are mailboxes!

Over the Hills and Far Away!

2008-05-10T07:27:00.000-07:00

Once upon a time there was a busload of young geographers who travelled to Eidfjord in the famous Hardanger to explore the landforms and reconstruct their origin! For a week the only things that mattered for these students were things like glacial features and other landforming processes in the environment around them. The food was wonderful and all in all the field trip was worth the money the poor students had to pay!

:)

2008-04-27T11:41:00.001-07:00

Today we celebrated my cousin's confirmation! This is a tradition most Norwegians do the year they turn 15! You get lots of money and pressies and all your family is there, it is great! :) So here are a couple of photos! Our national costumes are called Bunads.

Water Pipe on a Friday Night!

2008-04-27T11:23:00.000-07:00

I's been a while since I last wrote, my only excuse is that I dind't have a camera! What's a blog with no picture? Now I got myself a new one, so I'll write two blogs while I'm at it, just to make up for not writing in ages! Let me start with Friday Night! I had an exam, a really big one on Thursday so I needed a day to realaxe and hang out with friends! What we did is we went to Bergen to visit the hairdresser as Sandra had had a bad experience with dying her hair! After this we visitted Christine and smoked some waterpipe! This is a normal event for us! :) This is how great a time we had!

Now I found my way out of Egypt!

2007-12-22T15:25:00.000-08:00

I am just back from a spontanious December holiday in EGYPT! Had a lovely time, fell in love with the place. We stayed in Hurghada, which is a typical touristy place under development. We also had a day trip to Luxor which was fabolous! The great things they have built there, amazing! If it hadn't been for Christmas I would have stayed longer! <3

Trine is a student now!

2007-11-16T13:14:00.000-08:00

Yes, it is true. Trine is exploring the many aspects of being a student! This includes late mornings (apart from Thursdays), drinking lots of coffee (Only Mocca), going to pubs on weekdays, not being able to buy drinks (Skint) and reading!! Isn't it great?? The only bad thing about it is the nerves before the exams, which by the way are not far away. I have one exam next Friday and another on the following Friday. Aw man.

I'll include a photo from a field trip we had! :) It was great!

SURPRISEEEEEEE!!!!

2007-09-28T04:49:00.000-07:00

I just had to come over for Sheena's 18th Birthday. There was no stopping me!

What a surprise it must have been for her. She had no idea! Suddenly I was there, in the doorway of the flat! You should have seen her face! I've never seen anyone that confused before!

The first picture is of when we went out to celebrate Sheena's birthday in Banff on the Saturday! I must say I had a great time, not drank that much for ages, and I don't think Sheena had either! Of course these things must come to an end, so now I'm back home, but I'll be over in November again to party party again we the quines! :) xxx

We're Home!!!!!

2007-07-31T03:52:00.000-07:00

After a month in Ireland we are home in bonnie Scotland! We feel clean and our tattoos (Yes we got tattoos) are healing! It's time to go to the Seafield to celebrate Kelsey's 18th Birthday! :)

Is it yourself there!

2007-07-08T07:40:00.000-07:00

We're still doing great in Ireland! Here is a picture of the lovely house we're staying in at the moment, with friends of Kelsey's. They have been very nice to let us stay with them for a few nights:) We love it here, Kelsey is thinking of buying a bar, and I'm going to sell Vodka Smoothies© there!

This next photo was taken yesterday as we were walking in the hills of Burren. Have a look at this incredible landscape of limestone! I've never seen anything like it!

Feel free to make comments and show you've been by.

See you later guys.

Ireland!

2007-07-04T13:58:00.000-07:00

So here we are. In Ireland. Flew from Aberdeen and landed in Dublin 30th June. This first picture is of me and Kelsey in a pub in Dublin. On the door of this pub there was a sign 'Strictly 23's' but as we are such nice young ladies the bouncer couldn't say no;)

This second picture was taken this morning as we left Donegal for Galway with our heavy bags dripping with rain water. We've already met a lot of great people and been invited to... Australia, Colorado, Manchester & Germany, the list goes on and on and we're not even through our first week!

I'll try to post more blogs as we go along. The plan so far is to travel down the West coast and round the South coast to end our journey where we started, in Dublin.

Trine & Kels xxx

Prom <3

2007-06-25T11:12:00.000-07:00

22nd June is the date of the Banff Academy Senior Prom

I arrived at Aberdeen Airport at 2 o'clock in the afternoon on the 22nd June. Thank goodness my flight wasn't delayed because I had prom at 7. I never really had time to do my make-up but I did have time to put my dress on.

These are my ladies and Robert who was Sheena's date for the night.

My prom date never showed up as he mixed up the date and couldn't make it. There seems to rest a curse on me when it comes to Proms in Scotland.

I did get a few guys for the photos though, so it's all good. This one is called Spud. He's nice:)

It was great seeing everyone again and the food, well I liked it. So yet another successful prom, even without my date. It was probably better this way though, because it meant I had several dates! I'm not complaining.

Summer is here, yes, but so is Nora! :)

2007-06-17T14:27:00.000-07:00

Now let me introduce Nora to you. This is her:
And yes, you are correct in thinking that she's mad. [A good kinda mad - like I am]
She's half American, half Norwegian and even though she stays in America, she comes to Norway every summer just to see me. [Ok, I might have been exaggerating just a little bit there]
Anyway me and Nora are hopefully going to spend a good couple of days together after I come home from my holiday in Ireland! :)

Summer is here!

2007-06-17T14:15:00.000-07:00

Exams are done, no more school, summer is here! Could it be any better?
No it could not! :) These are the best days of our lives! :)

Sheena is over in bonnie(?) Norway

2007-05-31T07:13:00.001-07:00

The weather has been lovely and we're having a great time in Norway. Even though this is in the middle of my exams it's good to have Sheena over. This girl always has a story to tell which basically means late nights dominated by laughter and rolling on the floor laughing our asses off. Sheena had a little trouble getting to Norway in the first place though. She actually, believe it or not, managed to miss her flight!!!!! And it was all James' fault really. But she jumped on another plane and I had time to clean my bedroom floor and also the bathroom! (Plus the stairs and the lobby) These are the best days of our lives!

Have You Ever Felt Like Walking 7 Mountains In One Day?

2007-05-21T05:24:00.000-07:00

That would be insane, you say. Who would do such a stupid thing?

What is it that makes thousands of people walk those 7 mountains that surround Bergen every year?

I am one of them. Let me tell you about my day yesterday.

I started at in Gravdal at 07.45. My sister and her friends also started, but I quickly walked ahead of them.

Mood: :s (Not too keen.)

I was at the top of the first mountain, Lyderhorn (396 meters above sea level) , at 08.55.

Mood: :) (Ready)
Weather: Misty

I was down again at 09.20. I had 2 falls on the way down, but none that hurt too bad.

On the way up to the second mountain, Damsgårdsfjellet (350 m.a.s), I met an Irishman and his crew. It was really motivating having someone to talk to on my way up there, I almost forgot to have my lunch. I was at the top at 10.35. Mood: Good. Weather: Windy

I was down again at 11.00.

I was at the top of Løvstakken (477 m.a.s), the third mountain at 12.25. Mood: :s (Not so happy) But, did meet Irishman again, so that was good.

I was down at Yrkesskulen at 13.20 where I had some lovely soup. It was truly amazing. I did need the toilet, but there was too many people in line for it, so I just walked along. Couldn't wait too long or my muscles would get cold, which would have made it harder to start walking again. Mood: Ok, not too bad. It was good to hear that my sister and her friends were far behind, actually an hour behind me. Weather: Pretty good.

Now next mountain was the highest. Ulriken (640 m.a.s) I was there at 15.15, but on the way up I met my cuz, Pål so that was a motivating factor.

We walked together down Ulriken and saw a crazy guy. He was all alone and singing out loud. He also screamed out that he loved Norway. Drunken tourist?

We were down at 16.30. Our faces looked like this:

And our legs like this:Now we only had 3 mountains left. Pål went ahead of me, even though his knee was very sore, but he had to finish in good time before 20.30.

I was on top of Fløyen (400 m.a.s) at 17.30. All I could say was: Auch! I met a neighbour though and he promised me a lift home:)

I was on top of Rundemanen (560 m.a.s) at 18.30.

Seventh mountain, Sandviksfjellet (417 m.a.s) I was on top of at 19.10.

I finished at 20.15. This means I spent 12 and a half hour walking yesterday. Oh dear. What an idiot I am.

And just for the record; my sister and her friends finished at 22.00.

Now why did I do it? I guess it's like giving birth. Not that I've given birth before, but as I've heard; You're happy and ready when you decide to get pregnant (You're happy and ready when you decide to walk 7 mountains) You regret it once it gets going, I mean late in the pregnancy and when you give birth (Of course you regret doing it after a couple of mountains) and then once you're on the finishing line, once you have the baby you're happy and you forget all the pain you've been through. And then you decide to do it again next year;)

Russ 007

2007-05-19T07:58:00.000-07:00

I have just been through a time of being what we call Russ. It is a bit hard to explain for those who aren't Norwegian. It is a celebration of being seniors at High School. It means we have only a few exams yet to sit before the summer and can enter university next.

In this rare occation, we do a lot of silly things. I'll show you.

Some of the things we did:

1: We had a party inside a telephonebox, drinkin
beer (eeeewwww, it didn't taste nice)

2: We sat in a tree for an hour before we went to school.

3: We took off our trousers in class and never put them on until the class was finished.

4: We sat underneath our desks in class for a whole period.

5: We kissed police officers

6: We ate disghusting things

7: We invaded the MacDonalds Drive-In

8: We did fundraising

9: We wore shoes made of bread

10: And we generally just enjoyed ourselves! Party Party!