tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82494288002309790112024-02-08T03:21:34.489+01:00vichaa - Viktoria's SPOTViktoria Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10135971076607618775noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249428800230979011.post-90202446940631161712012-07-22T17:20:00.000+02:002012-07-22T17:38:42.601+02:00Thailand, finally: First Days <p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left' style='clear:both;'>The flight and waiting was long, but we finally got to Bangkok around 1500 local time on Thursday.<br>Lars' father Tormod picked us up by car, and not long later we were met by Lars' mother Ellen. Tormod then popped a champagne bottle and apple cake with ice cream was served! A real nice Norwegian(/French) welcome :)</p><p class='bloggerplus_image_section'><div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='center' style='clear:both;'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvTR1hncRYgn8_6045VzSqEFxen3x_f-M3ceSTKXUsTKT3CfC9YPpnuYY_RLp44bRVNEprgQGCbQK-8cEZDMFS0OtO0gAIexrqxgQ9S3CWMscSTJuVcIdGaeYXH8FmxiV3OvJgMveT4s/'></div></p><p class='bloggerplus_image_section'><div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='center' style='clear:both;'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgioKp1kWzpCvcjToKJYZ9YlcBLANwk5G9QYUrgNBdpy3ochUUz-fmKn8lKmhE8u5-nXX_6Vvy6dT6dRhlZDKNLwBB2QAD3nWiyoqyqFonwd_pJkX9RmNAtmpQEwkDiDsDaqkPf5RsQFPw/'></div></p><p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left' style='clear:both;'>Since Thursday we have already seen and done some stuff. Friday me and Lars bicycled all around Jomtien and Pattaya all day, and also visited a Buddha Hill where you can overlook both towns (if all the trees around were cut). My first impression was that this country is very chaotic and has a lot going on in the streets at the same time. You can probably get a whiplash trying to see everything and everywhere.</p><p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left' style='clear:both;'>Over the weekend we have spent time with Lars' parents. We've eaten good Thai food in various places (pictures of the deliciousnesses will come when I have some) - we have visited crazy Walking St. in Pattaya and seen too much for my eyes and psyche (that being the life of certain ladyboys and prostitutes), getting to know quite a different world than where I'm from, - I have witnessed the differences in the country between the rich and poor, as well as seen a bit of religion (more Chinese than Thai actually), - and we've ridden on elephants!</p><p class='bloggerplus_image_section'><div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='center' style='clear:both;'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl2iMY-k0BIK_DAgbdliXX3J3u1d98mJUqt15-nw8GT15iGCRDiNbtBBR27TsdEWoJRbIdC_hyphenhyphenzoliH8AqLiIVTumE0p540mBH1iuypsB_VcN5AQjMWLBiSrM-Vnm3jZweJzbEx4KX3MQ/'></div></p><p class='bloggerplus_image_section'><div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='center' style='clear:both;'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLaar-Zuq6JSj1C0NQDy6sJmwk9wZpoyQQFqmiFjNlmDC-uUUa1JCm3P3XxAa03bwt3iRgzrwujSizyM_ccMWeKGUjMiw5m2XNdmB0UBy50gv7k5B7tzXxea1aucLe-PiMYszZFfwvTA/'></div></p><p class='bloggerplus_image_section'><div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='center' style='clear:both;'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcy9J2YVY24-X9QTMjEpuFxlJeeA-Bi_BZvIeV0uEU4FH-UG1FW-FKfkH19n-XGqmtxlPc5i932nEiN23jXVr4WE5mRXPpZ9zIzWHbvw9DM3VQS08DQgfEUAVaYXuO464MkUl0fJu_Tc/'></div></p><p class='bloggerplus_image_section'><div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='center' style='clear:both;'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvSXq1SW9nYTGb45Jqf18uk1ZZdvTMLJkE1O6yxAthSL-dB2Py-e-2sZObFTRJyJl2E8_S3CWkO1AzgYL64hDMKBn8RTPCL7_Ckv_9A5fX-NQGFTx_i9L2r41IZhij9F0r9-9tDWtiIbI/'></div></p><p class='bloggerplus_image_section'><div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='center' style='clear:both;'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvpiTE59moN0tegjuztvOutCUQq-SgTgtjtOR3BOR-2t9J-xOq2g3rgP6h5Th5DrUVbIRDhVPBctTa6ya1Ne_iHDltLubGdeJ9jFgPdxQUt-IrKrJ9ZZ7i7uNk1uI0ctcG8gcmsQT_Vo/'></div></p><p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left' style='clear:both;'>Other than that I have so far understood that it's much cheaper here than I first anticipated. I do not know what I will spend 10 grand on here, except blowing of some of it on a upcoming scuba-diving licence (which I absolutely can't wait for!)</p><p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left' style='clear:both;'>Oh yes, we also visited a place where a giant golden Buddha was placed on a great mountain wall. Picture says it all.</p><p class='bloggerplus_image_section'><div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='center' style='clear:both;'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bah0vTPB-C_Y_rlCgH22DB5mC76ue2u8CkHEnzTac85InDQXqD9ao-tOgeu_NiswVzoRYyvbX84oxWwpIjqxkqctD6FsO1gneRRemD5XCM-DCiG-caBAyNdWTUme3mKmd772wFTUZ1c/'></div></p><p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left' style='clear:both;'>That's it for now. Three days down and so many to go! This upcoming week we will meet some friends from Trondheim and hang out with them.<br><br>So long.<br><br>- vic -</p>Viktoria Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10135971076607618775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249428800230979011.post-46405641702697501952012-04-22T18:21:00.001+02:002012-04-22T18:22:40.981+02:00The Big Apple Part 2!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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First of - I think we were in West Village a couple of times, and I absolutely fell in love with it! I didn't take so many pictures there, because this place works this way: if you go into a shop, you stay there for at least an hour, and also if you go to eat, you stay there as well for at least an hour. We managed to get stuck at Juicy Couture for two hours I think, because there was a great seller there, hehe.. It was actually really fun to have a personal shopper.</div>
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It's a shame I don't have more shots from this part of the city, because it really was a nice place. Loads of cafés, restaurants and unique shops here, and we also found the "Friends" (the TV-series) building here!</div>
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While I'm talking about dining a little bit, I just have to mention that we visited amazing TAO in Midtown Centre. The place was beyond amazing, designed, literally, between two stories! So when we were downstairs the ceiling was probably 8-9 m over our heads! Also we met up with one of Eli's friends who lives in New York in TAO!<br />
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After visiting the library, the three of us took the subway to Grand Central Station. I remember I was extremely excited to see the Station, as I had heard about it and seen so beautiful pictures from it. So when we entered the _huge_ hall, it took my breath away.<br />
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We ended our visit to this fabolous city on Thursday. On this last day we decided to see the two of the "must-see" things to see as a tourist in NYC that we still had left; the Brooklyn Bridge and Central Park. Brooklyn Bridge was beautiful. We walked half-way over it, and then turned around to get another skyline view of the city. A great way to say goodbye to New York.<br />
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The stay in New York City was short in time, but long in activities. It was intense because of all the things we did and saw, and I definitely feel like I need to come back here for a longer stay sometime. Even though I did so many things, there are still loads of things I want to do in NYC, like experience Broadway and Brooklyn. Those are things at the top of my head, because it is hard to think about what to do in a city that has so much to offer. I'd definitely want to do all the things I've done, all over again!<br />
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For you who are interested, we stayed at Hostelling International Hostel. This is in the Upper West Side at 891 Amsterdam Avenue. As for transport, we bought a 1-week Subway pass for $29 I think, and it was a great way to get around Manhattan. I think we took a cab once, so I can't say much about those prices.<br />
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So that's it for New York.<br />
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</div>Viktoria Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10135971076607618775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249428800230979011.post-70990195554548507472012-04-17T23:01:00.000+02:002012-05-18T11:06:23.931+02:00A Serious Update!Look at that, I'm back!! It's about time I update you isn't it......<br />
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I feel so bad that I haven't written anything since February!!, and a lot has happened since then!<br />
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I'll try to update you the best I can without writing too much about everything, and I won't write everything at once in this post, so stay tuned. This will be a long post, but don't worry it won't be all text, there will be many many pictures for you to enjoy.<br />
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To start, I had a project during Christmas that I didn't work much with then to be quite honest, so when I came back after the holidays I worked my butt off every day and night to make it before due date!! I remember that week..God was I stressed out.<br />
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I had everything planned out in my head though, so all I had to do was to get it on paper.<br />
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I loved this project; YIDA - Young Interior Designer Awards. 5 out of 54 students in my class would go on to the YIDA competition which in the brief said that you were to produce innovative and unique design. I didn't make it to the top 5, but I got a great mark and like I said; I loved this project.<br />
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I did a Scandinavian design type of project, though I called it "A Northern Haven". This was more fitting as I didn't just use Scandinavian design and products in my project.<br />
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Here's my two boards with the result, and I must say I'm proud of it.<br />
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This project was a real challenge because for the first time ever I had to design everything from scratch. I didn't even have walls to decorate on the start of this project, so I had to be an architect as well as an interior designer and design a 450 square metre floor plan. Hard? Yes.<br />
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I was so relieved when I handed this in, though it wasn't the end.. I had a photography assignment due the day after as well. I've never really worked with photography and SLR-cameras, so this assignment was a challenge. But I believe I have an eye for photography, so I wasn't too worried.<br />
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The assignment was to capture an interior set, a location set and objects in focus.<br />
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Alright. For you who don't know, I was lucky to go on a study trip to New York in the end of February!! I must say, I am still struggling to process everything I did and saw, because I was there for 6 days and did about everything that is tourist must-see! (Except for the Rockefeller Centre).</div>
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New York is a funny city. On the first day, that is Saturday, we came in late (we being me, Eli and Rebekka). So we decided to see Times Square since it was evening, because we thought we wouldn't have the chance again. </div>
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What can I say about Times Square... It's not like in the pictures. In the pictures everything stands still. Times Square doesn't stand still!!! Times Square is the craziest place I've ever been at, crazier than standing on The Strip in Vegas. You can only look at all the flashy stuff for 5 mins, then you're outta there!</div>
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Don't misunderstand me, The Square was fascinating and very cool, but also a little too much.</div>
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And the reason for why I say New York is a funny city is because no matter where we walked in the city centre, we always seemed to find our way back to the Times Square!</div>
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After the memorial we took the Staten Island ferry to see the Statue of Liberty.<br />
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We explored SoHo that day, and we took a long stroll up 5th avenue and did some shopping (mostly window shopping) (except for when the other two girls went nuts in Victoria's Secret, haha).<br />
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Another evening we decided to visit the top of the Empire State building. I think this was the best experience I had in the city. Standing on the roof to see the city 360 degrees was _amazing_.<br />
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Just amazing. Here as well the photos can't describe the amount of amazingness I felt standing there on the 86th floor! And don't you think the views are georgeous??<br />
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While we were in New York we attended a lot of school events. It was mainly a second year trip, so as third years students we could tag along to the second years' events and tours, and we did. As a school event, we went to the Design & Decoration building to get inspiration and input from American interior design. This building is 14 stories high and we started on top (thinking it would be easier and go faster??) and really, this place was incredible! So many great interiors and decoration! But by the time we got to the 6th floor we just wanted it to end, haha. Waaay too much information at the same time for our brains to process. I took loads of pictures though, so now I can go through what I saw again and use the inspiration for my Final Major.<br />
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Here's a photo from the DDBuilding. Interiors are so different in this country than what I'm used to in Norway. Very inspirational!<br />
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After that we ate Sushi and it was Rebekka's first time! I thought it was YUUM!!<br />
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Also as a school event, we visited Radio City Music Hall. The Grammy's and MTV's Video Awards have been held here, as well as basically all music legends have held concerts here.<br />
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<br />Viktoria Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10135971076607618775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249428800230979011.post-49955797873655808312012-02-05T15:51:00.001+01:002012-02-05T15:51:40.322+01:00Taking A Break <p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left' style='clear:both;'>Just writing to let you all know I will be taking a break from blogging. I haven't been active for long already, this because of school mostly; sorry about that. I'll be posting pictures on my Facebook account, so you can stay a little posted on my time here in the UK there.<br><br>Don't know when I'll be back; right now I have to write a long dissertation, so I don't think I'll be blogging on top of that at all.<br><br>See you.<br><br>- vic -</p>Viktoria Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10135971076607618775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249428800230979011.post-74675642823646951712011-12-01T23:17:00.001+01:002011-12-02T00:21:18.280+01:00Counting the days 'til Christmas!It's getting colder in Southampton, and today it was constantly raining as well. Which is kind of nice, because there was a lot of digging in our street because of some water-business - very muddy, and now hopefully the rain has washed it away.<br />
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On Tuesday me and Torun attended the Norwegian Christmas Party, which was held at <a href="http://www.grand-cafe.co.uk/home/">Grand Café</a> - check out the link and the gallery. It's beautiful there. (This is where the wealthy(er) guests of Titanic had their last dinner (or should I say the last supper...) before they boarded the ship on April 10th 1912.)<br />
We also stopped by a "vors" (pre-party) with girls only - a lot of noise there as you can imagine. At Grand Café I think we were 98 Norwegians who attended, out of 120, which is really amazing! We did not have the traditional Norwegian Christmas dinner, but as a main course we had a delicious lamb shank with mashed potato and veggies on the side.<br />
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I didn't take any pictures of the food or the seating area, I was too hung up on the delicious meal. If you know me correct, you know I LOVE food, therefore, well; I was distracted.<br />
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After the meal we went to two clubs and enjoyed the rest of the night! Sorry for not having more interesting pictures to show you.<br />
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Yesterday me, Torun and Unni decided to check out a store called <a href="http://www.therange.co.uk/?gclid=CM2P44354awCFVEhtAodz3bgog">The Range</a> which apparently was supposed to have an art section - which we all like. Torun left us early, but me and Unni stayed a bit more and bought some items. We stayed for quite some time actually, so it was starting to get dark when we got out to walk back home.<br />
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Now, walking back home wasn't so easy, as we decided to take another road from the one we walked to get there earlier. The sky was greying, but we thought we'd make it home before dark. We came to a point where many roads crossed and found out we had no idea what so ever of which road to take further - I wanted to go up a little hill because I found it promising, but Unni meant that that would be the wrong way. So we took another way, in the opposite direction and walked..............<br />
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The area wasn't all that light and bright, and it looked shabby and lost (at least now that it was dark). We decided to take the bus, no matter what direction; we saw familiar bus routes (18 and 17A) that go through Shirley, and we took a chance. Now guess what; the bus ride takes 5-7 minutes and <u>UP THE HILL</u> we suddenly go, and a little further, and we're at the Shirley precinct, by Sainsbury's. Whaaaaat do you know, and Unni; We should've gone up that hill in the first place!!!<br />
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You guys may not find this little story so entertaining, but boy was it an adventure for the two of us! Farmers in the city, as you could say in Norwegian.<br />
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Today I worked [hard] on my essay, and this is what I am going to do the following days until December 13th. After that I'm pretty much done with school here in Southampton before I go home to my friends and family for the holidays! I just can't wait, I looong for the break. </div>
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<br /></div>Viktoria Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10135971076607618775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249428800230979011.post-45601231604516986972011-11-24T11:21:00.001+01:002011-12-02T00:43:00.116+01:00Winchester, Norway and lots of school in between!School has recently been kicking my behind and I was drowning in work right before the past weekend.<br />
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I had my mom and Robert visiting me in the beginning of November, which was very nice, and that gave me some time to both explore restaurants and be a tourist. We went to Santo Lounge again and tried the tapas they offer, which turned out to be Delicious!<br />
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When my mom went to the hairdresser later the same day, me and Robert explored the city "behind the scenes" and strolled through the Old Town. Here we found a real local pub that we came back to, with great atmosphere, great people and great beer and food! I drank Guinness again for the second time of my life, the first time not liking it (when I was in Ireland), but this time I was sold. The pub is called <a href="http://southampton-pubs.co.uk/dukeofwellington/">The Duke Of Wellington.</a><br />
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Even further down than in the picture below, there was a marked out in the street, and you could buy so many nice things, many of which was vintage and antique furniture.<br />
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After having mom and Robert over, I had a lot of school to do before going home to Trondheim to Lars for a weekend. I was really looking forward to this and it was only around two weeks before travelling home, but those days felt sooo much more than that!<br />
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I had to hand in my first project early because I was going away, so I sat up until the wee hours of the last 4-5 nights there to get it done. Luckily I got done in time for my hand-in last Thursday, so that I could breathe and start to look forward to my trip back home to Lars!<br />
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I left for London and Marianne that Thursday and stayed the night there, before I got up veeeery early again to catch my plane at 9am over at Gatwick Airport. It was nice to spend a little time with Marianne again, it's been a long time since I saw her last and it's always fun!<br />
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The weekend in Trondheim I don't have any documentation of, only my plane and transport tickets. This is because all me and Lars did was just spending quality time together, laying on the couch watcing A Modern Family and other stuff, taking strolls in the city centre, and we also did a little bit of Christmas shopping!<br />
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It was unbelievably great to be in my own home together with him once again, and now we both just simply can't wait to get back to Sykkylven for Christmas!<br />
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I'm leaving December 16th, and I looking forward to it so much!!<br />
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So that's it for this time, again. Now I'm gonna to be working very hard on my essay on consumerism which is due Dec 13th, and the new project which is also a competition - <a href="http://www.yida-award.co.uk/">YIDA</a>, Young Interior Designer Awards!! I'm extremely excited for this one, as I've got tons of ideas for what I want to do already! I won't spoil it yet, as the hand-in is in January, but maybe I'll give you some hints in the near future.<br />
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Here's the brief:<br />
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You can catch some of the hints in my personal inspiration blog on Tumblr:<br />
<a href="http://vichaa-inspirations.tumblr.com/">vichaa's inspirations</a><br />
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I post stuff here all the time, everything from design to music to art.<br />
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I'm so sorry I haven't posted anything new recently. I can't seem to remember to write a post whenever I finally have time for it!<br />
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So what's been going on.. Well, last time I mentioned I was going to Bristol to meet a friend and to go to a Katy B concert. So; - Bristol blew me away, in every way. First off; the city is so vibrant, it's crazy. I mostly feel like this because of All the street art that's over there. I learned that Banksy, the street artist, is from Bristol, so no wonder the city was packed with graffiti from top to toe.<br />
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It was really great to see my friend Therese again as I haven't seen her since the summer! We lived in a hostel while there, or, I lived in two and she in the same one all her stay, and I checked in at her hostel for my second night. It was very hard to get a place to sleep there, some place decent at the least (female dorm...), since the season obviously wasn't over. (That's what the lady in one of the receptions said).<br />
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We walked around the city centre mostly and down by the harbourside. It was _so_ nice to relax for a while together with Therese, and the atmosphere was so much different than in Southampton. First of all you could feel the culture really swiping over you, and second the city centre had a lot more to offer than back south. Third, I remember live guitar and keyboard music in the streets while sitting on a bench, just listening and enjoing life. Oh Bristol, I liked you!<br />
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I visited the city from Friday to Sunday, and the second day we took a stroll uptown and walked into a a memorable street, Stokes Croft, where magic happens. I mean, not really, but I just felt so at home and so inspired here! This area of the city is very shabby and not particularly pretty, with, I guess, a lot of garbage laying around randomly. But here you could see more of the original street art part of Bristol - the origins. Here's another of my slideshows starting with street art in the city centre to the shabby neighbourhood of Strokes Croft.<br />
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I have to mention a café both me and Therese fell in love with in Stokes Craft. <a href="http://www.cafe-kino.com/">Café Kino</a>. This was just a little café hidden on a corner, but a charming place with with lovely ambience, good cappuchinos and lovely home-made kake! We sat there for like an hour, just mezmerized by the street and the people. Artists, retros and simply the core of craft in Bristol. Loved it!<br />
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In the evening on Saturday was the long anticipated Katy B concert! Before the concert, we ate dinner in a local irish pub, right by the Bristol O2 Academy, before queuing at 6pm. The doors were to open at 7pm, and we were lucky to be one of the first to get in to the academy, with a long queue forming behind us.<br />
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We got in and were lucky again to get some nice places amost in front and almost in the middle, before the scene. Before Katy, there was a line-up with different artists, among them DJ Zinc and P Money, which were both _amazing_!! P Money joined Katy on stage later as well, backing her up on some of her songs. </div>
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When Katy B herself came on stage the atmosphere got Electric, Energic and just Magic! I loved every second of it. And Katy turned out, not only, to be the most down-to-earth person you can meet, as we thought she would be, but she also sang as amazing as we had anticipated ever since we first started listening to her music. </div>
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Here's two clips from the concert - first a clip from Katy's song Whiches Brew, next Perfect Stranger (a featuring Magnetic Man (he wasn't there)):</div>
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Katy said herself that she makes music that just makes you feel good, and her tunes are a blend of R&B, dubstep, electronica, pop and house. The whole night we danced to the music along with her and just had an great time.</div>
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We checked out some nightlife in Brisol as well, and fell in love with a bar on the harbourside called, guess what, <a href="http://no1harbourside.co.uk/">No. 1 Harbourside</a>! A small bar, packed with people, good music and good beer. I absolutely recommend it to everyone visiting Bristol in the future.</div>
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Sunday me and Therese parted although we really didn't want to. Unfortunately I had school waiting, but Therese was lucky enouth to stay in this great city for a few more days. We're definitely go back together some other time.</div>
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The second project is a 6000 word practice dissertation with an additional practical part. I will be writing about how people should avoid using too much white in their interior spaces, and rather use colours that really reflects who they are and their perspoalities. I don't like a white wall.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'd rather have a red wall.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Or at least drown my white wall with art, books and photography, and add colours in furniture etc.<br />
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I've not come very far with ideas and sketching, but together we have many ideas for changes whithin the apartment, like tearing down some walls, hehe... So far I'm on a retro inspired idea when it comes to the concept, and I get a lot of muse and inspiration from this picture:</div>
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Other than that the girls and I went to the movies the other day with two german girls from their class, and saw the movie <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atLg2wQQxvU">"Midnight In Paris"</a> which was _amazing_! I recommend it to everyone who are interested in litterature and art, and Woody Allen - who is behind it. It's beautiful and charming, and it takes you through the streets of Paris in a way that makes you fall in love with the city even more, if you haven't already. At the same time makes you feel like you for a moment go into this sweet and magial world.</div>
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Finally, here are pictures of our house. It is of course of real british standard with wall-to-wall carpets in all rooms except for the livingroom, kitchen and bathroom downstairs.</div>
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The furniture, lamps and curtains in the house came with it, so luckily we didn't have to spend a lot of money on that, on top of everything else. All us girls live upstairs, but we have a spare room downstairs for family and friends too, which we use as a storage room for now.</div>
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Before the weekend, actually when I was in London on Tuesday and met Marianne for the coffee, we talked about me coming back for this weekend for 100%DESIGN. That's basically a huge event where a lot of designers and companies gather to promote their products and prototypes. I really wanted to go, but didn't know if I would really be in shape for it after two days out in a row. BUT, I found myself up and running at 8 o'clock Sunday morning, sat on the bus to the Central Station at 9, and had my butt placed in the train to London at 10! I'm very pleased with this achievement.</div>
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I met Marianne at Earls Court, where we later met Runa (from my class in NKF). I really didn't know that Earls Court was as big as it was, I had only heard about the name. </div>
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I've made another slideshow for you, (I think I'm gonna stick to this when posting loads of pictures...), and they show some of my favorites from <a href="http://www.channelsdesign.com/home.php">Channels</a>, <a href="http://www.darestudio.co.uk/">darestudio</a>, <a href="http://www.idogi.com/">Il Vetro Dei Dogi</a> and Melin Tregwynt.</div>
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I stayed in London for the night with Marianne. On Monday before she left for her first day of school, she showed me a place called Brick Lane. Basically this street is a designer/artist/musician street, and you can find many cool vintage shops, not-so-known-(yet) designer stores and a great music store called <a href="http://www.roughtrade.com/">Rough Trade</a>. I loved this little colorful strip.</div>
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When we said our goodbyes for now, I went to the <a href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/">Victoria and Albert</a> museum that I had heard many great things about. Sure enough, this place was filled with amazing art and design from different periods. Divided into different styles and countries, it was way too much for my head to see absolutely everything. That is why I stuck to checking out the Asian part with beautiful decorations, handmade furniture, ornaments and amazing and colorful textiles. I am very fascinated by the Oriental art and culture. Maybe this is something I can use in my coming dissertation later on this semester?</div>
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I also checked out the iron section, the glass section (mostly window glass paintings), and last but not least the performance and theatre section - something that I'm also very interested in. I love both the stage part of the theatre and the costumes. I love colors and patterns, and think the idea of forming a role or a character's clothing is very exciting, with all the different textiles and masks and what not.</div>
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There were extremely many cool things at both 100%DESIGN and at V&A that I will take with me in future projects. I gathered very much inspiration before school-start, and think that when I've digested all the impressions and sights, I will be ready for this coming year. And it's all starting on Monday October 3rd!</div>
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After everything I'd seen and learned I decided to go be a real tourist before I headed back to Southampton. I'm not going to tell you much about that, because everyone who's been in London have probably done the same things as I did, which was seeing Picadilly Circus and take a stroll through Chinatown and Covent Garden. After that my head nearly exploded, so I took the next train at 1635, 1 1/2 hour earlier than planned. </div>
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When walking in Covent Garden, I stumbled upon this place, a dear memory from the days back in high school, when visiting London for a week together with my dancing class.<br />
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<br /></div>Viktoria Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10135971076607618775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249428800230979011.post-56545594450868543812011-09-27T22:41:00.000+02:002011-12-02T00:47:16.616+01:00Induction week and LondonSo the induction weeks have begun and there's been a lot going on. These weeks are really only about getting to know the school, the teachers and fellow students, and so far we've also been going through how things work, such as loaning photo- and videocameras and the IT-system. We haven't gotten our student ID's yet, and won't get them until this thursday. Pity, because all around the city there's 20% discounts off on clothes and shoes! Who doesn't love discounts...!<br />
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Last thursday I met up with my course leader, Sarah. She showed me and another girl I'll be studying with, Rebecca, our study room. It is pretty modern, spacious and light, and we got to see previous student projects. (Everything that's hanging along the walls and some dissertations in the picture under). Very inspiring and great work.<br />
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I'm really looking forward to start school now. Sarah told us that this Thursday we're going to meet the rest of the interior design students and pretty much start the course, and than next week we will be going full speed.<br />
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On tuesday the same week we went to London with the international students to visit Tate Modern. Me, Torun and Unni walked around for about three hours; the museum was so HUGE. There was very much exciting to see, everything from interior and sculptures to paintings and textiles.<br />
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I also met up with Marianne very quick. Our bus back to Southampton left at 6 and we had to meet up half an hour before, so I felt a little stressed not having any idea what tube to take to where. But I made it for a short cup of coffee at <a href="http://www.caffenero.com/">Café Nero</a> in Leicester Square, and it was so nice to see her!<br />
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Here's a short slideshow with pictures from the London trip early in the week. I don't have the patience to upload 13 single pictures here at Blogspot, hehe.<br />
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This was a short post, but many pics. I'm sorry I still haven't posted pictures of our house, it will come soon, I promise!!<br />
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So hello again. I hope you are ready for a (long?) breakdown of the past week - moving to a new country and getting to know the city of Southampton a little better!<br />
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You all know what happened Tuesday so I'm gonna go straight to Wednesday. On this day we had a viewing booked with <a href="http://www.southampton-property.com/">Marques Letting Agency</a> and when we got there at noon, a slightly pale faced agent welcomed us to sit down and tell us that they almost didn't have Anything suitable for us three girls, which would be; central, furnished and 3 bedrooms. Luckily, going through their list of what they still had available, there was 1 house suitable for us, about 10 mins away by car, in Shirley, and long story short - we took it!<br />
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We did a lot of shopping of course, and we were at the hairdresser <a href="http://www.sanrizz.co.uk/">Sanrizz</a>, me coming out looking like Jesse J, and my mom having a completely new, modern haircut of the decade! We also treated ourselves with some Tropical Paradise Pedicure at <a href="http://www.vikkipink.com/">Vikki Pink Beauty</a> saloon. That last one right there... It was magical!</div>
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The saloon was down in Ocean Village, the high-end part of the city. It's very pretty there, and not so much people like in the city centre. We had a glass of very good white wine that I unfortunately don't remember the name of, at <a href="http://www.bananawharf.co.uk/">Banana Warf</a> before we headed north again to the beautiful and relaxed Oxford Street, not far away from Ocean Village. Here we had yummy lunch at <a href="http://www.olivetree.co.uk/">Olive Tree</a>. </div>
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During the week my mom and I went to many different restaurants and learned that there's lots of great places to dine out in Southampton. Here's a quick recap for you if you ever visit the city; go to <a href="http://www.zensouthampton.com/">Zen</a> for fantastic Japanese cuisine (as mentioned in my previous post). For sensational Italian food you go to <a href="http://www.lalupa.co.uk/">Lupa</a>, and trust me; you'll get blown away. At <a href="http://www.corianderlounge.com/">Coriander</a> you'll get, just, breathtakingly good Indian meals, while at City Beijing in High Street they have tasty chinese cuisine. </div>
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What I've learned so far living here for a week, is that it's perfectly normal to have pink hair, 70% of the people in Shirley are polish (and so are the supermarkets), Always look to the right when you want to cross the road unless you have a deathwish and for crying out loud - stand on the left side of the road when you're waiting for the bus too!<br />
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<span id="goog_213140406"></span><span id="goog_213140407"></span>Viktoria Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10135971076607618775noreply@blogger.com0111 Imperial Ave, Southampton SO15 8, Storbritannia50.920140200000013 -1.435415299999931450.919752700000011 -1.4356392999999315 50.920527700000015 -1.4351912999999314tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249428800230979011.post-36047463188068565122011-09-13T23:04:00.001+02:002011-09-13T23:04:24.917+02:00Time to fly <p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left'>It is finally time to leave Trondheim for new adventures. As I write I am on the plane from Trondheim to Gatwick airport in London. I figured I might as well write an update up here since this really isn't a place to do much else but sleep.<br><br>I think I see a ship all the way down there.. <br>Imagine if we just dropped down, right now.</p><p class='bloggerplus_image_section'><div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='center' ><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hmjL_ut1TjTGtUQq1gfWfWo2QqvKS_13yZgEsZXb0fdIBHbeaztxcauMZw1A3cZTQA1iG4WSEdQ4_HvhocCxngIjef-PEGV5Yea4NKIHqoYvyCepoaV_0UXQquRpeEakX4L-L9j5BVo/' ></img></div></p><p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left'>This weekend I finished up packing early so that I would have time to spend with my dear Lars before I left. I'm happy we got a lot of time together, because our goodbyes when I was getting into the bus earlier today to the airport was quick and brutal, I think. I'm also glad that it's only 3,5 weeks before he will be here with me.<br><br> We've been busy finishing the stairway-room and now it is almost as good as done. <br><br>The wall-colour is called Macchiato. It's made the room very calm and it makes me feel like reading a book, sitting on top of the stairs. </p><p class='bloggerplus_image_section'><div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='center' ><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4o3TO8NLsHIdaj70n2260FFFn2q7JjUKTZXkrCH4eAlCO0aKche699WYThkqWyjgpv_o0Kja6h7QKVSUqIVFHD2kh_d2CAEos9m2JM-k9Plck9tLSG8KU-XFnLoivUPnwtNOX3_8NUoI/' ></img></div></p><p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left'>We have further plans for the room; we're going to decorate the walls with paintings, photographs and other decorating objects we find. I'd really like The Cucú clock from Diamantini & Domeniconi (without the coo-coo. That would just be annoying in that tiny apartment!). Also on top of the stairs there are two doors; one to the loft and one to a small storage. We want to paint the door to the loft in a pale blue that compliments the Macchiato tone. The door to the storage is very old and it has deep profiles, so on this one I'd like to lay a flower-print wallpaper on the two big profiles, in pale beige with green, blue and red tones. I think when we are done with all that, the room will be complete.<br><br>I continue my writing after a looong day travelling. I met my mom in Gatwick and then we took a train to Southampton, which arrived quite fast I think. My first thoughts about this city is that it is a very nice place, and the atmosphere seems very similar to Trondheim, a place that has really grown on me over the last two couple of years. <br><br>Me and my mom checked in at Premier Inn, a hotel that is right by the school I'm going to attend, (Southampton Solent University). We went there first to unpack and relax of course, then later we went out to eat and of course landed in a sushi restaurant. (It wad actually a Japanese restaurant, but we had to have sushi!!) We ended up eating a buffet; sooo much good stuff, as you see in the pictures:</p><p class='bloggerplus_image_section'><div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='center' ><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWC5XubLL3MXSlHChc4dqMMr0p2yo4oxeefD94CBM6NWEIOVUYN1cQWv_HO9U44QKSlyiN_zQN3V6B6T5Ny8sIrhZ4ShOeRog6ad2viN6_7KFBRG7n79AJni02cd1FwyZPp6nJ_D-mzdk/' ></img></div></p><p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left'>This is just the beginning. Later on we had hot dishes, green tea and rosé wine on top! Loved it all!</p><p class='bloggerplus_image_section'><div class='bloggerplus_image_section' align='center' ><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Mi_0EB3vOQwDZjcn_0VT3Wds4ZM4WQ3LXd9yVm-JkkxQ0-bGK0zQ0W3neoa3iRUqXEm5SZGstkKD_QhnEFAG1yWPRgpzla05BQM4A5jTayTOwV7zMsPWeOEtuWQeE0v7h3MVTukc6UI/' ></img></div></p><p class='bloggerplus_text_section' align='left'>That is it for my one-way journey to the (big) UK for now. Tomorrow apartment viewings await; hopefully we'll have a deal by the end of the day!<br><br>- vic -</p>Viktoria Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10135971076607618775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249428800230979011.post-33631627884120609292011-09-07T12:58:00.000+02:002011-09-07T12:58:48.272+02:00I've started packing...Only 6 more days before I leave for the UK - it's surreal.<br />
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I've been packing a little, because as I've mentioned, my mom is coming with me. She will take some of my stuff in her bag, but she is travelling from our home in Sykkylven - that is why I'm packing to send a small back to her this week.<br />
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This is just the beginning, because as you can see, I have a little folder right there on the floor with lists of what I need to pack. What you see is only one list. I have three. This room will eventually pile up with clothes, shoes, electronics, make-up and all sorts of goods and chattels. Can't wait for the chaos.<br />
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I have three folder with lists, diplomas, insurance-documents, travel information and other important documents, so i'd say I'm pretty organized, but I still feel like I'm not ready to move _at all_.<br />
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As the days go by I don't really do much now that most things are in order before take-off. I spend a lot of quality time with Lars and I see my friends. Marianne is back in town so we've hung out a bit, and tomorrow (thursday) we're going to have a homemade sushi-night at another friend's place. We're also gonna invite our former interior design teacher and some other girls. I've never made homemade-sushi, so I expect it will be an interesting experience.<br />
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Yesterday, myself and Lars met up with Runa, Magnus and Torgeir (from the road trip in the US), and Torgeir's girlfriend Ida. We ate some real restaurant made sushi, at Kyoto once again (the best place in Trondheim for sushi). It was really nice to catch up with Runa - I haven't seen her for a long while!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What a great group of people, and great food. Unfortunately Lars turned out a little weird in this picture! He's not weird usually, you know, only sometimes :) (I just noticed he actually looks like he's got a shiner, but no - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it's not!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today I'm going to do a little work in the stairway room here. We've done some remodeling by taking away some old wall panel and we've put on a layer of wall covering to fix the wall behind the late panel, which was a little cracked after removing it. </div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now we want to paint the room and I honestly haven't had any ideas for what we should do with it since the living room downstairs has beige and grey tones, the stairs have an ugly green tone, and the loft is kind of white/black. I want the whole apartment to have a unified whole, and so what we've decided is to go for a safe (...) brown/beige tone in the stairway room, and then add colour in details, like the door to the loft, carpets and so on. I think it will be very pretty when it gets done. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- vic -</div>Viktoria Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10135971076607618775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249428800230979011.post-30912978544397864912011-09-01T09:53:00.000+02:002011-09-01T09:53:01.112+02:00The clock is ticking..<div align="left" class="bloggerplus_text_section" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Well hello again! Time flies and it is now down to about two weeks _only_ before I leave for the UK! It is craaazy!</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">The living-situation has changed a bit; we are now three girls instead of two! The newcomer Unni will also attend Southampton Solent University, and she will be studying the same as Torun - Graphical Design.</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">The three of us have been looking for apartments lately, and I'll sure tell you; it's hard to find some place that meets our criteria. Not that we have so many; only that we wish for a decent and contemporary place, where we will, after all, spend the whole of a year!</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">I've booked us some viewings for the 14th of September, and if we are in luck we will have a apartment by the end of that day! Oh wouldn't that be Great!</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">I realize now that time really goes by so awfully quickly, and I feel like I have to make the most out of it together with Lars. I have only one day left at the restaurant, so at least that won't keep us apart these last days.</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">I am very excited though, because Lars has already booked a flight to come visit in October, and he will be with me in Southampton from the 7th to the 11th! I can't say now that I can't wait since I got him right here with me at the moment, but it will be so nice to have him over! He will come with me to school since it's not only weekend when he will be there, and I am looking forward to spending time with him in small and short, vacation-like times.</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">There will be only a two week space after my mom leaves before Lars comes over. Then when he leaves, another two weeks and Therese will pay me a visit! (And with her comes two tickets to a particular Katy B concert in Bristol!! Oh my god I'm really looking forward to that one!)</div><br />
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While the clock is ticking I have been spending some great time here in Trondheim with my friends. Therese was here and we hung out a lot. I miss the time we spent for hours looking into Mac screens at school and our occasional strolls for a coffee in our breaks. <br />
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I was also on a little blueberry-trip out in the woods with the girl that lives downstairs here, Elin, and her friend. They found many blueberries; I didn't, and ended up with Cow-/Fox-berries. <br />
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On our way down back home we met four beautiful and nice horses that were enjoying the sun. Of course we had to stop to cuddle, and we stayed for about 20 minutes! Oh adore!</div><div class="bloggerplus_image_section"></div><div align="center" class="bloggerplus_image_section"></div><div align="left" class="bloggerplus_text_section">This is becoming a extremely long post, so I'm going to quit before you start to snore!<br />
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Speaks,<br />
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- vic -</div>Viktoria Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10135971076607618775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249428800230979011.post-59648770218420619522011-08-17T20:43:00.008+02:002011-08-20T11:52:03.017+02:00A quick update on Southampton.Sooo my mom and I have decided that she will go with me to Southampton to help me move. That way I won't have to move to a whole other country, All by my self. Hopefully, if I don't find a place to live before we get there, we will spend the week she's there with me to find a place.<br />
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I have actually gotten to know this girl from here who will be attending Graphical Design at Solent, and we figured we should try to find a apartment together. That is very nice I think, because I find comfort and safety thinking about living with someone from Norway, and not a Complete British stranger..<br />
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Mom has bought flight tickets for us both; her's from 13th to 20th of September, and mine from the 13th, one way... That's kind of crazy..<br />
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I finally got my unconditional letter from Solent University, so I won't be ripping my hair out as I thought I was going to, waiting for it. I also got my first official timetable! It's basically induction to the school; workshops, meeting future fellow students and doing a introduction project. I start the 19th of September and already the 20th we are going to London on a excursion! Woho I'm digging it!<br />
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<div align="left" class="bloggerplus_text_section">The friend of mine that I said I called to confirm my result in my previous blog entry, Marianne; she is also going to the UK this fall and will be studying in London, at London Metropolitan! I'm so excited that she is going too, and hopefully I will get to see her when I go on the excursion with school. Here's a piece of her work, and you can see more on her blog <a href="http://blogspot.honestlydesign.com/" target="_self">Honestly Design</a> .<br />
I'm so proud of her, and her work is so amazing. I'll probably update you on how she, as well as myself, is doing. The furnitures are from Dare Studio.<br />
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Until next time.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">- vic -</div></div>Viktoria Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10135971076607618775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249428800230979011.post-69105949883889898042011-07-12T20:34:00.085+02:002011-09-04T18:06:41.919+02:00I have _B_ig news...<div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/S-TvmCZxc38?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Demi Lovato - Skyscraper.</span></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">It's been such a long time again! There was SO much to do in school the last 3-4 weeks before the holidays, ("holidays" - at that time I didn't even recall what this word meant or understood the concept of having spare time, and time to enjoy the company of my boyfriend, or others). Holidays, or the synonym vacation, would be something new to me, after these weeks.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
I was soaking wet, drowning in schoolwork. Basically I sat from 8am 'til 11pm at school this period, and the last, around 10 days, I did the same, only I to went to sleep at 12pm and then got up 2 or 3 in the morning to start working again.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">_Never in my life have I worked my ASS off this much, and for so long!_</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I didn't have a social life, lost friends, I smelled cause I didn't shower for days and didn't have clean underwear.. Okay, that's taking it a bit too far! But really, I was Exhausted. Or you know what, I wasn't - because I didn't have feelings. I was a robot, a workaholic.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Finally I was finished with my portfolio and was ready for my oral exam. Only one mark I was going to get, for all the hard work this last semester, and this mark was depending on my devotion and long hours of work.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">These weeks of work were lying in the hands of the decision of my future;<br />
If I would get in to my last year of my Bachelor degree at Solent University in Southampton, UK.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I tell ya very short: </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I got in. I got a B. </span></b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">I am going to print a "B" on a A4 page and frame it, and put it on my wall, because this - this is a new era for me. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">I was really speechless. I know that in life, only hard work pay off. But boy have I never known this for myself until now. Without bragging (I hope), I tell you I am _so_ proud of myself. I don't think I've ever been This much proud of myself. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">When I got the news of my result, I had just been to work, and had just gotten to know some results others in my class got. D's, E's... F's.. People I admire so much for their intelligence and knowledge, people that Did Not deserve the mark they got. And I got so nervous and scared that for my own mark, that I rode my bike so fast I almost soared off the ground like an aeroplane. I was home in 3 mins, I swear, I RAN to my mac to unveil my mark....... - </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">B</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">B? What? .. Is this the right page for reading my result.. Where do I go to see the correct result from my oral exam.. B... Does it say E? ..... I really wasn't able to read it. Was it really a B? My heart was pounding. Blood was pumping. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">I had to call my friend from class who I look at as the Best of all. She actually won two awards in school for her amazing work, which she absolutely deserved! (I always call her when I have a question...). - She thought I said "E". Again I said "B". - "B!? Wow thats great!! I cried so hard of happiness that night. And Lars was right there with me, telling me I deserved it so much.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So it is a B</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I'm gonna be a bit cliche and say - it's the </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">B</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">eginning of a beautiful year.</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">So that's the big news. I'm leaving Norway for a year, to go studying in Southampton, UK. The university is Solent University, and I will be attending Interior Decoration BA. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">I can't wait!</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I will be writing about my year in Southampton so that you can follow me and how I am doing. I also have another blog, </span><a href="http://the-daily-inspirations.blogspot.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">thedailyinspirations</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, which is about, well, my inspirations. I'm definitely going to fill this one up with stuff as time goes by, knowing I will come across So much amazing interior and architecture bits and pieces, along with music stuff and other fascinations. So check in there as well as here to follow my to be splendid year in the UK!</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">- vic -</span></div>Viktoria Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10135971076607618775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249428800230979011.post-65313622414633929432011-02-23T12:27:00.011+01:002011-02-23T12:58:19.967+01:00T.G.I.F (But Sh.. It's just Wednesday)<div style="text-align: left;">Heyyyyy it's been a long time...</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Song of the day -</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://open.spotify.com/track/3oHNJECGN3bBoGXejlw2b1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><b>Katy Perry – Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)</b></span></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I just love the way this song makes me feel. It's like no matter how crazy the night was, good or bad, or how bad of a headache you have and you're telling yourself (for the 71th time) you're NEVER drinking again; this song is a reminder of how you should just chill and relax, and just _Live Your Life_</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>It's also one of my favorite summer songs! Just picture yourself riding in a cab along Freeway 1, through Carmel, CA... I miss it.</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDcMTDI5OtbtGtNt-eibBLMuwfqT6feN0HynvoLspLpFMlngNUeBLyzVSUFiNtT7QZWyrBGR955yOl3DxteuJidCGo-CkEOdzbo44q1cLwEzs5Fq6MOExN9T5bWEdhPqprmnhgQV2w23s/s400/47583_10150354474955176_63+copy.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576851424847871586" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>"There's a stranger in my bed,</i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i>There's a pounding my head</i></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i>Glitter all over the room</i></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i>Pink flamingos in the pool</i></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i>I smell like a minibar</i></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i>DJ's passed out in the yard</i></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i>Barbie's on the barbeque</i></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: georgia; "><i>There's a hickie or a bruise</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: georgia; "><i><br /></i></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i>Pictures of last night</i></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i>Ended up online</i></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i>I'm screwed</i></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i>Oh well</i></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i>It's a blacked out blur</i></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(101, 101, 101); line-height: 23px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i>But I'm pretty sure it ruled"</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">- vic -</span></span></div></span></span></span></div></div>Viktoria Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10135971076607618775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249428800230979011.post-75041679849851675992010-11-10T23:21:00.012+01:002010-11-10T23:52:24.866+01:00Autumn Leaves<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-g57RiQbaLoYaRSKyK2KsAW6b4wL1T6m1G4JGJFPzd7Z18jxqq3u3AVOFgAknnwmaSXpUzDhFn2yJKYntJBK4-G5ynfw5XwuLeAUyVhTfryK3eLh93LoULYnAg53I8LBbcIPFDkpBwU/s1600/Skjermbilde+2010-11-10+kl.+23.35.43.png"><img style="text-align: right;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-g57RiQbaLoYaRSKyK2KsAW6b4wL1T6m1G4JGJFPzd7Z18jxqq3u3AVOFgAknnwmaSXpUzDhFn2yJKYntJBK4-G5ynfw5XwuLeAUyVhTfryK3eLh93LoULYnAg53I8LBbcIPFDkpBwU/s400/Skjermbilde+2010-11-10+kl.+23.35.43.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538053563541764306" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's some for the melancholic and nostalgic,</div><div style="text-align: center;">drinking a warm cup of tea in the fall (winter) weather</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Taylor Swift - Last Kiss</div><div style="text-align: center;">Keane - She Has No Time</div><div style="text-align: center;">P!nk - Fuckin' Perfect</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rihanna & Eminem - Love The Way You Lie, Part 2</div><div style="text-align: center;">Robyn - Hang With Me (Acoustic)</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Pretty Reckless - You</div><div style="text-align: center;">Taylor Swift - Ours</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">More than that I won't give you!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">- vic -</div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Photo: Chris McDonald</div>Viktoria Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10135971076607618775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249428800230979011.post-12090081846790484852010-11-01T16:24:00.002+01:002010-11-01T16:31:44.116+01:00The Ending, Part 2 - I Was In Miami B****<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC0utkI-jr21zP7zFcfEKM370OXa0uUZxBT_h4tw2ZSwDrpfsgQHBpVqQavkZxlqlPIZaOW_vutEDd0yUogk3aoeBWdiLzFyQu2ZuycSWqlPaKdyAnWDydp8fFGgd9tlv5QaPyKrDXEyI/s1600/DSC01149.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC0utkI-jr21zP7zFcfEKM370OXa0uUZxBT_h4tw2ZSwDrpfsgQHBpVqQavkZxlqlPIZaOW_vutEDd0yUogk3aoeBWdiLzFyQu2ZuycSWqlPaKdyAnWDydp8fFGgd9tlv5QaPyKrDXEyI/s320/DSC01149.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534592116132669730" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"...Party in the city where the heat is on<br />All night on the beach till the break of dawn</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Welcome to Miami and Bienvenido a Miami</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Bouncin' in the club where the heat is on</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">All night on the beach till the break of dawn</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I'm going to Miami, welcome to Miami..."</span></span></span></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">...thats what Will Smith said as we came in over the</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">brid</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ge on 41st St and turned on Collins Avenue and Miami t</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ook our breaths away. We were finally there, Oh God had we been waiting for this</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Already sweating, sunny, palms, summer breeze, shorts, skirts, the smell of the ocean - </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jacksonville was great but Miami was about to be better!!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We didnt have any reservations here in Miami, so the first thing we did was park our SUVs and the went straight to App</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">leStore. LM bought an iPad, Lars bought an iPad and Runa bought two</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">macs and while they did that i checked out some hostels and motels in the area.</span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGtd6k1Rds70JiS9ha4i9zQuam6Y-iq4O3_bJZ4RIvc4IpihZk4EHDlJbt6PJSGuUGHzh09rGyiwe8wgAJI_7mnd22psaq1c1l8RUJKrpIad5DDYRRQD3SYYbPcXSOP7nrZEHLgqycvQk/s400/DSC00778.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534590695302628370" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We called a few places but they were fully booked. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My friend Linda from scho</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">o</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">l was staying in Miami for 3-4 more days, and i knew she was staying at Clay Hotel&Hostel, so we figured out we could give it a shot and Guess what; we got ourselves a 12-bed dorm! NICE!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The dorm was kinda stinky but we could live here for a bit</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">! Haha.. Linda stayed in a girl-dor</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">m right under us and we all hung out with her several times before she headed for a cruise to Bahamas!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I have to say, living together, 8 people (soon 9), in a small dorm; it looked pretty much like this:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78HdETl8lFdCQXqiF6dkG5ynsRFGNOwf5OdOj7aT79NTgZXu0v3lKA8DvfkGwWI410nSDewvgu9TeeAGdQ4Z5NZU6R0FzZvA7Pdj-ZjpweM5CuNhsB84Ye6dYdWXBKIjq62Oc-L56ENQ/s320/IMGP5462.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534581578334395618" /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Clay Hotel's location is right on the corner of Espanola Way and Collins Ave, right in the center of South Beach; Everything was right before us, shopping, clubs, the beach. Oh, can we stay here forever?</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We came to Miami on the 8th of July and our stay was very chilled. The first or </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">second day people went to see downtown, while me and Lars just hung out in the area. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Runa met her friend from her exchange-year in Australia, Raquel from Mexico. She was the 9th person to stay in our dorm.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Other days everyone did their own things and then we usually hung out together in the evenings. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Heres a pic from when we all ate together at a Italian restaurant in our street.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVSTwtI8G7cd552UvUA49JSSZFGtBw8Mw1zYUY_MJg3yp1fi5mBqzrU5SMixL7LTprGUiu7S-qrw0pp-M0cNYmCae0h0vLLZT9gpoVBbdJliLXUeBuTwG-Xir6r5IUD3enFLaq8WY750/s320/DSC00796.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534581592057324386" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And another funny pic. We were planning on going out this night, but most of us werent in the mood except for Runa, Raquel and Linda really. So they went to this beach thing and had fun!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROxHZJyW5BcijN2elBpZssuSvCZ-51GI1_JwZAvVO6osE5jVlkfH3QcATSu27W-6vGRfsFdDBy5g8PiR6bXNcHCRKdeNVg5JIY7ZoJ16knzQo-_4pFJYaImP7XV9j1q8NwD2HMMNJrd0/s320/DSC00833.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534586442490241058" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The girls went out a few times. I joined once together with the rest, trying to get in to Mansion once - one of the hottest clubs in Miami. Unfortunately, the sec</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">urity was also the hottest; Not letting me in. Oops.</span></span></span></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Me, Lars and Linda went on to another club, Love/Hate, owned by Ami from Miami Ink for you who dont know who he is. Of course on that saturday he didnt decide to show up!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The club was very characterized with different tattoo-drawings by the artists over at the tattoo-studio. Pretty much amazing. The DJ was also great!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Heres a link to a picture gallery of the club from the inside:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><a href="http://www.lovehatemiami.com/index.cfm?page=gallery"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.lovehatemiami.com/index.cfm?page=gallery</span></span></span></a></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Another night some of us went out on Ocean Drive, the famous ArtDeco street in South Beach. I dont remember the club's name but it was very fun! </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggajUXApA4UMH3Md_-HtR0A-7Sl9-AqRzAN1XZ73tTS0xpQHLrVHeCFUUaH6_twLkWu2-OogHICQ3qTnA0AsiYKBr3IhCGz1gBRI-ZBmlP2L61SAibf2B6gEhq4GeOa5_TxBhawRFPenI/s320/DSC00786.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534581583534385698" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We all slowly started to part. Magnus, Mats and Kristoffer were going to New York city, Torgeir was going home on another vacation with his girlfriend and Runa and LM were going home to Norway, via Germany and England. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Before everyone split up, we got to experience something sooo cool. During the FIFA World Cup, we lived, like i said, on Espanola Way. You cant even imagine the excitement in that street as Spain won over the Netherlands!!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJjoHEAovpUFLPCNBVHLU15yE2FF7NGvn8iyZVXAYFMfNiNwcYXEBsiMlYQ_NgyVCYGBQVMH-sGG9oob9YHxOtpVqdqKu5KSJz3eFkVApXkBWFuEb6Y5ummDrwZHbOKOlAOOZGWtMxSE/s400/IMGP5472.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534589515887748946" /><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho5wDC_g7f6dbmszRHrAqtbHUUGjwkNWB8TcGDR_CKSQ4JPC0TgM9BygDNUIhU-NwRx1N9T6E0dERE_gnJMxniafkSJ1Is5rx0nk9olIWREJHMB7Rzv8YCnbGrlcQyW_SQ9gCSGOvRLeM/s400/IMGP5475.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534596263704124690" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">People were screaming and dancing and the atmosphere was out of this world, im Serious!</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ive Never seen or been thro</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ugh any thing like it, it was just SO amazing to see the joy in peoples faces and to just be there and experience the happiness!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSvMaUWioHTQV2ZyOjZmlCRdQSvXzkQl9kHIpoML-uL23l0ksdcDnKkhXm87p84YTLVrDY5XVEFqdbjEx6wusZUNLl4Q8q__mRYEd-6k5emrKNCyaP0MSBsWBLkEctG1SEmc_aWEJtPhQ/s400/DSC008132.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534590691122145650" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A man also decided to celebrate by climbing a palm!</span></span></div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So thats about it from the long trip! It has finally come to an end. Well it ended a long time ago, so its more about me finally ending it on the blog. Sorry.. But here it is, and i hope you've all enjoyed reading about our journey!:)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">USA Roadtrip 2010 has officially ended!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">- vic -</span></span></div>Viktoria Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10135971076607618775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249428800230979011.post-57274033482973367722010-09-27T17:07:00.001+02:002010-09-27T18:19:45.535+02:00The Ending, Part 1 - Finally Florida<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times">Soooo sorry for not posting this one earlier, but here it is!</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times">Our goals in Atlanta werent that much, only to be in a place, a big place, to celebrate the 4th of July. It sure is a huge city, but we didnt see much of it. We came in on Saturday night and just chilled and Sunday we relaxed again before heading to Stone Mountain Park to celebrate the 4th of July! We were all really tired cause of the long roadtrip and were actually looking forward to it to end, even though we knew it was going to be sad.</p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; "><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times">We took a taxi towards the park and everything was fine, but then there were waaayyy to many cars wanting to enter the park. So we got out of the taxi cause we didnt want to spend money on just waiting, and thought we could get in by foot, but then we were stopped by a guard telling us that we simply cant enter without a car. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times">Luckily there was a pickup waiting in line right next to us and the two gentlemen driving it were nice enough to let us tailgate so we could get inside! Haha! We got a lot of weird looks...</p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; "><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; "><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjFryANEoPn8QfVABt-SGEiXsMC4vthYAAm_xwqG8afrcGlPcFvzSQvR_2akZFcmNSbOUg5pXLGkwHZQp8mNpzhOT9Pi0iiBXiU8GowACA4z-E4Bt2JGQ2I8yqFty88p0QKTHWy6eP-8/s320/DSC00574.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519999407296379250" /></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; "><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times">When we got to the park we found a restaurant at a hotel almost straight away and there was a buffet with so much good stuff (God, do we like buffets!), and so we dug in. After a nice dinner and very nice dessert(s) we went downstairs to the bar and started our journey to space once again and then headed out to the hotel garden as a laser-show and the fireworks were about to begin.</p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; "><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times; min-height: 19.0px"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglY35qKUXL2Ykab4weeEaAvPHdBfcJ9Ov178GqCFPsJDDjn0GVytGzXuk7fwfd5M72V0c52_fbs5SXU2-Wu6HZKsHLeJFgJF6iuH_8xQVyicmarqR1oQabAYnI3IAnCQjmnJG4DalDCLk/s320/DSC00588.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519999776313074002" />First of, the laser-show was amazing!!! On the mountain wall, there were carvings of three persons riding horses, some historical thing, and the lasers made animated pictures and a show of the history of the three riders. It was veery cool, ive never seen a lasershow like that.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times; min-height: 19.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times">Over to the fireworks; Ive Never seen anything like it. We don't have that kind of firework in Norway, no way! If im not mistaken i remember a UFO and a smiley too? It was so amazing and cool. (there will be pics of the same kinda fireworks later...)</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times">We left Atlanta with more patriotism in our minds and headed for Jacksonville. All we new</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times">about Jax was that we would finally see the ocean again and the</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times"> white sand embracing the coast of Florida. When we got there, it was Exactly like that…!</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times">We came into town in the evening. The sun had just set and had painted beautiful colors in the horisont and we parked our cars and Ran down to the beach. It was magical! We had waited So_Long for this and when we finally felt the sand between our toes and the water splashing on our legs, Nothing needed to be said. Just; Finally.</p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; min-height: 19px; "><br /></p> <img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lISNV7wfpg2ESc8JhsOShbIVLiyCWFAAJ3E5UjmdmaJmbFT9bEgmhvuix2XpHbdY46qQgnprovL8z3Z9hGGWPDPLK5xtoMUGtp7yfGwc-dIiZfhiaWhUIlQv3ZqjDTdV_UZDcMYMvfw/s320/DSC00620.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520002387622173138" /><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times">We stayed in Jacksonvile for 4 days i think. We stayed just outside of downtown and had to drive every day to Jax Beach(es). We basically hung out on the beach every day and then went downtown in the evening or just hung out in the motel. One night we ate at a fine restaurant downtown. This was in the dining district The Jacksonville Landing. A great area down by the water with beautiful view to the famous bridge in blue.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times"><br /></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbmktFtV01TCfYJZtu7iFpix1pcVVmTQiyxh7HkBXYVlO0TcP9NVXilnMfOhlkaesXG_ANO5d78r_fScOeL3b9LbqE1oxzFd4q3NC2v9VSgQUozH9V4T8Zm1tqzQhoIrUWpEUsW9A_xn4/s400/JacksonvillePano1114-9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521607687606907298" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiUaQgCNWofImSGxRQVOln7fmHKQlhTd1cZ0Ksd2V0H4HD3UcDmxOOPeMGE2zrzAfb9m90j1F63vYCiukdMSSxLU-OOhUILmzOZCWykxO89kpmACEOwcXkNilZKqVq4OmVATeba45lZcE/s320/328074576CngqbH_fs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521612762972277314" /><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; min-height: 19px; "><br /></p> <img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Kh5Y9EOJk6n1LP73UYM12wqftNY2QqZoe7hTitON96zYIgjiUMHT1dIfiMmcqot-G0U4QbLv-s0w3FFrE-dX61AqSc7UhuzaxfznyUyyCgrZMjU2p_4jo59Az_89qrbei8sBG5cBJxw/s320/IMGP5455.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521608304206126498" /><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times">On the beach on day we rented surfboards!! </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times">This was a highly anticipated activity that we had talked about for a loong time and that we had agreed on doing in Miami, but then we couldn't wait, so we did it in Jax. The condition for surfing was beyond perfect, big waves (not huge); perfect to get a great surf-experience. Runa was the only one who had surfed before (in Australia) but Lars managed to stand up on the board the first time he tried too! (I think someone else made it too, but i dont remember who, sorry!)</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times">Me not so much, but i did get up after a long struggle with the waves! </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times">So surfing was GREAT, its definitely a sport that both me and Lars agreed on that we would like to be doing as a hobby!</p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; min-height: 19px; "><br /></p> <img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieay4YdanvWYqTiWz7S6tvWzTjKwWx5ZEkCNBXk_7-fJeX0wM7B-ELyfkZJjaJMo368vyQ16G8Fs6XQzdnCaGjX3oarNrOWqJHkP1ImVYw1DAfcCpW8ZI6-coWoS3FVmoxH88IgLvD2uw/s400/IMGP5447.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521608663130238818" /><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times">So now we were finally back by the ocean in the final state; it really felt incredible after everything we had been through, driving trough _18_ states! Our next stop was going to be…. Disneyworld?</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times; min-height: 19.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times">- vic -</p>Viktoria Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10135971076607618775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249428800230979011.post-9207485131935477722010-07-10T05:15:00.000+02:002010-07-18T16:17:19.290+02:00Memphis - The Music Capital!Mmeemmpphhiiss, wow what should i say! I didn't have many expectations at all for this city, but it sure turned out to be one of the most vibrant cities we've visited! We arrived during the day and didn't do much really. Everyone was tired after a long drive from Dallas so we just hung out by the pool and got some tan and bathed for hours. The next day was pretty much the same except for some of us who went to Bestbuy for a while.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvi2uXvxRb71NCNDGy3mk0XjYA_rSxLLj7N-xN_RC4NNVS5Vjna-kgwTpnFhIGljRAue6gCZapXCVtQ53kwNO43F9W8Qe_CWaKtHoPEUPzC2fK1wTwOEaW-5gGO5nu_h5X3qvKE0bOEg/s1600/DSC00417.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvi2uXvxRb71NCNDGy3mk0XjYA_rSxLLj7N-xN_RC4NNVS5Vjna-kgwTpnFhIGljRAue6gCZapXCVtQ53kwNO43F9W8Qe_CWaKtHoPEUPzC2fK1wTwOEaW-5gGO5nu_h5X3qvKE0bOEg/s400/DSC00417.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491757557314837842" border="0" /></a>In the evening the same day we went downtown, which is very nice. Clean and a lot of nice buildings. Since 4th of July was coming up there was a lot going on in Baile St; it was all closed off and zoo many people were out in the street drinking and having fun! We went eating in a great bar/restaurant, got completely stuffed and then headed for Baile St.<br /><br />Me and Torgeir didn't really feel too good both during and after dinner so we all didn't really do much out either. We walked the street up and down a couple of times, looking at all he people actually, because that was very fun. One guy did this craaaaaazy trick, check out the vid: (Im trying to post the vid but theres a problem. Check in later)<br /><br />After a while me, Lars and Mats went back to the motel, all worn out. The rest of the group stayed out partying.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Sun_Studio.jpg"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLBK6J5PN_63Y3VOnkZtp_zm4B0VVxO8nvbYT8lqsKYhoDU27WCwCL8Pub25fGcz7U_Osiqvbgnyuz3_D4NZ4Smod5bnHfOtKYlIVOU2O-QxCpwDTdFKhT0rNr2Nlyg1EXhnqBDlr5TE/s1600/IMGP5355.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLBK6J5PN_63Y3VOnkZtp_zm4B0VVxO8nvbYT8lqsKYhoDU27WCwCL8Pub25fGcz7U_Osiqvbgnyuz3_D4NZ4Smod5bnHfOtKYlIVOU2O-QxCpwDTdFKhT0rNr2Nlyg1EXhnqBDlr5TE/s320/IMGP5355.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494158743457632386" border="0" /></a>The next day was sightseeing day! What a GREAT day this was as we first started our tour at the legendary Sun Studio: Where Rock & Roll was born. Memphis is the home-city of Elvis if you didn't know, which is why Sun Studio is so special. This is the place where he first started his legendary career, paying 4 bucks to get to record the first time and after him, a lot of many big artists continued to record in the studio, stars like Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison and even U2.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3TrbSjfSxCdV2uFFMC5ov2Z_qsYykMnKJFvak19QR7W9BaXRfmzL_NAqmQMu4Cs3___A4VPTV-25X1l7hpTKdwsZkzTlvU-cq4po_JcpFUFQKAEZO8BFmWiiiByfPTQZWNSJUuKWNyU/s1600/DSC00427.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3TrbSjfSxCdV2uFFMC5ov2Z_qsYykMnKJFvak19QR7W9BaXRfmzL_NAqmQMu4Cs3___A4VPTV-25X1l7hpTKdwsZkzTlvU-cq4po_JcpFUFQKAEZO8BFmWiiiByfPTQZWNSJUuKWNyU/s320/DSC00427.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494154398459180226" border="0" /></a>Sun Studio is also where history continued to be be written, as Elvis, Cash, Lewis and Carl Perkins united into The Million Dollar Quartet. Another historical moment was also when Perkins, Orbison, Lewis, and Cash met up and became the Class of '55.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPKvMJR-0eiu_O4PuVxNHHT-QbxiZ4zbGfoIlw3veUfwE2ifJx863mKVzJkQAmqrcHJa5qF_w-XmuOhBPMlRgEfjoB5ujQ37SenY51NevKMTirPtO4_E8il-x_RDDPjssbJNLn0LJP4k/s1600/IMGP5353.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPKvMJR-0eiu_O4PuVxNHHT-QbxiZ4zbGfoIlw3veUfwE2ifJx863mKVzJkQAmqrcHJa5qF_w-XmuOhBPMlRgEfjoB5ujQ37SenY51NevKMTirPtO4_E8il-x_RDDPjssbJNLn0LJP4k/s320/IMGP5353.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494158625219719026" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmM-QXGrA4bPzckJR0iIRVekXp0fGmZcpZZMBCVQ5UltdE6_i57gv4JOG10tAqN_SVPCLLOI8L9oNCSSPnKpPuIADVVHMi7OwH2h6cm1CWFL4ZhG7U0aBi87D9KnetrbZ0rM_7y4W64Y/s1600/DSC00426.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmM-QXGrA4bPzckJR0iIRVekXp0fGmZcpZZMBCVQ5UltdE6_i57gv4JOG10tAqN_SVPCLLOI8L9oNCSSPnKpPuIADVVHMi7OwH2h6cm1CWFL4ZhG7U0aBi87D9KnetrbZ0rM_7y4W64Y/s320/DSC00426.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491759528364254818" border="0" /></a>Beeing at Sun was such an amazing experience, especially for me, as music is the air that i breathe. The guide we had was also fantastic because he told us all this history in such an incredible way, a way that mesmerized the whole crowd; waking up the teenager in the older audience.<br /><br />I just didn't wanna leave, and then he told us that the studio is still a functioning recording studio. in my dreams im recording there…<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRFssDbmw_tUuSmgS09agbhUJohCAY5jc-6lEOxBSTr5bbiNNuhPJXxdikYWeny0-_oyIoHBrz3qQi9ldas0Nddd2RtQvB8aYEVJF3uGhCFFlqn1kWmHrLgMhiZ7gwgOmWyEXCOiMaaCE/s1600/IMGP5351.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRFssDbmw_tUuSmgS09agbhUJohCAY5jc-6lEOxBSTr5bbiNNuhPJXxdikYWeny0-_oyIoHBrz3qQi9ldas0Nddd2RtQvB8aYEVJF3uGhCFFlqn1kWmHrLgMhiZ7gwgOmWyEXCOiMaaCE/s200/IMGP5351.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494160585000229666" border="0" /></a>Anyway, haha i got a little dreamy right there. We got to touch and use the mic that the King himself had used when he was there, so many years ago. Just a GREAT experience!<br /><br />Right after this, the wonderful journey continued as we drove over to Graceland: Home of Elvis "The King" Presley.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtV8fi22uEGggC7dCCpPxNS2YGy3VSlCkV6ABWGmZ-Dgcx2gxz7W6QR7zeEqvr8g00jxXiyb0hnTcRY_1cO3IQqKzSHGDxmV6jMA4QrKMXtaRIJvyh_huSNWXn6bOENaJs98GRcEU93mo/s1600/IMGP5396.jpeg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtV8fi22uEGggC7dCCpPxNS2YGy3VSlCkV6ABWGmZ-Dgcx2gxz7W6QR7zeEqvr8g00jxXiyb0hnTcRY_1cO3IQqKzSHGDxmV6jMA4QrKMXtaRIJvyh_huSNWXn6bOENaJs98GRcEU93mo/s320/IMGP5396.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494158857474591970" border="0" /></a>WHAT A LIFE did he live. The mansion was huge with so many rooms, so much variety from one room to another and so much furniture and decor and all sorts of things that just wow'ed you away. He had everything you wanna have in a house, and he had a big-ass carport wish siiiick sick cars. One of them was actually meant for Frank Sinatea, but he got the hold of it, after sweet-talking with the boss. So much cool stuff, and also motorcycles. We also got to see his private jets where he had gold-buckles in the seats!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhBRUabAK1bWHuTcfYCrtvVAwWPtclBX_ReHRn7Ul4DyzmDbFKnpD3qGIU_tlsy90zY4Grl78lvKrXupd3w10q9iszHIrCOHlBF_gYZyYFsBE67otk5IiynTBPAbzLZWpHF02S8HkG1Bo/s1600/IMGP5368.jpeg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhBRUabAK1bWHuTcfYCrtvVAwWPtclBX_ReHRn7Ul4DyzmDbFKnpD3qGIU_tlsy90zY4Grl78lvKrXupd3w10q9iszHIrCOHlBF_gYZyYFsBE67otk5IiynTBPAbzLZWpHF02S8HkG1Bo/s320/IMGP5368.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494158808529965618" border="0" /></a>We got to listen to a lot of old recordings, at both Sun Studio and at Graceland, all of his Golds, Platinums, Diplomas and trophies of all sorts were there, all his costumes from the shows and from movies.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTy9TLdtDnHfrooFtyX2C89FzTYTKkyMXslx9u-AQ_uZrU6uds-oGXZ7P9ldCEC3eOSaAMXdUyHp0HTgQL09medIPOST6_OOUJwwllH0GzLvMpE6PwrUHOq1iD1UQwmxv9gVstBsnPPcY/s1600/DSC00439.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTy9TLdtDnHfrooFtyX2C89FzTYTKkyMXslx9u-AQ_uZrU6uds-oGXZ7P9ldCEC3eOSaAMXdUyHp0HTgQL09medIPOST6_OOUJwwllH0GzLvMpE6PwrUHOq1iD1UQwmxv9gVstBsnPPcY/s320/DSC00439.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494152520314035714" border="0" /></a><br />All of his life is gathered there at Graceland; everything, even his death and his grave. The grave of Elvis lay beside his parents and his grandmother in a area out in his garden, designed for meditation and relaxation. It was very pretty and peaceful there.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWDmzCR7KnBTWcXUdn3L8QOvprY3YvyZ3Z1fb7WbVCMlG31kQ6ntQ54LNaHzazmiYsRA6-8dcIzyZt_RFv5oDyzcX613pbHoiFNfikOIZCsfhKV66kbCVSraoi5ZquZY-K8x1YhQkJ40/s1600/DSC00517.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWDmzCR7KnBTWcXUdn3L8QOvprY3YvyZ3Z1fb7WbVCMlG31kQ6ntQ54LNaHzazmiYsRA6-8dcIzyZt_RFv5oDyzcX613pbHoiFNfikOIZCsfhKV66kbCVSraoi5ZquZY-K8x1YhQkJ40/s320/DSC00517.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494152914431969746" border="0" /></a><br />So we walked in Memphis with Elvis on our minds, and we left the town with so much more knowledge and so many memories.<br />I don't wanna leave, Memphis is the music capital; it should be my home.<br /><br />- vic -Viktoria Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10135971076607618775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249428800230979011.post-78314459693945232672010-07-09T05:19:00.008+02:002010-07-09T06:19:05.830+02:00Howdy Texas!So we're finally humans and civil again, living at Motel 6 every night, ever since the horrible camping in Danton. We hit the road towards Dallas and personally, i coudnt wait to see those skyscrapers again, pretty fed up with no beds, no air-conditioning or no showers for days.<br /><br />The trip to Texas was pretty much the same as before Lucas, only in the day, so we got through the driving with almost no problems. On Monday we went downtown first to check it out and then we tracked down the mark where John F. Kennedy was shot. Then we wanted to go on a roof on a skyscraper and so we asked the security at Thanksgiving Tower or whatever its called, because they usually let people on the roof. But that day they were actually shooting a TV-show called The Good Guys. Thats pretty cool. The fact that they were shooting!<br /><br />We went on to a shopping-center outside Dallas and i actually got water in my mouth by walking around with all the stores, GOD what a long time ago, i thought!! Shoes <3 haha. We used some bucks over there and i think everyone appereciated it a lot after beeing so long out in the "bushes"!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUl90F50aTAS51eY5Yks6XFwDfxXsFoPeXjL-eEnERIcVZ4fKtc224y1zez_MQuTK8fRfbN2RNNnwGT5mXWOLc5zrKqPUXMChVayiDNsBstQ9C_1PMUxH3nDOE5p0oxKzYRpgfckBoBmg/s1600/DSC00359.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUl90F50aTAS51eY5Yks6XFwDfxXsFoPeXjL-eEnERIcVZ4fKtc224y1zez_MQuTK8fRfbN2RNNnwGT5mXWOLc5zrKqPUXMChVayiDNsBstQ9C_1PMUxH3nDOE5p0oxKzYRpgfckBoBmg/s320/DSC00359.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491741564051100418" border="0" /></a>The next day we headed to Fort Worth, which is, i think, a part of Dallas because on the Weather Channel they write Dallas/Fort Worth.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_bCOakBL-ftl7FnZNBZ2lWJoyWmCrwg3InXpDo-wr7IiIqPHO0TU2U4Z4WpNp4MhFWR5vB1-wIQSI3c6VbZsGxZ-Njoc636HQxeGtbJiuqQd9kowMy1B9sqM8XtaMUkAfrIxk81wnIU/s1600/DSC00366.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_bCOakBL-ftl7FnZNBZ2lWJoyWmCrwg3InXpDo-wr7IiIqPHO0TU2U4Z4WpNp4MhFWR5vB1-wIQSI3c6VbZsGxZ-Njoc636HQxeGtbJiuqQd9kowMy1B9sqM8XtaMUkAfrIxk81wnIU/s320/DSC00366.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491741734487727442" border="0" /></a>Anyway, we were in Stockyard first and this place is like almost all original from the western time, with real cowboy saloons, shops with real brands like Stetson and we saw actual cowboys too! They werent cowboys like before but they looked like people who live in there and work in the saloons and stuff, and they were wearing worn-out cowboy-boots and hats so i guess they were modern cowboys of some sort!<br /><br /><br />Me and Lars checked out a real rodeo arena which was open for visitors to see. It was pretty cool, heres a (bad) picture!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5BRY0QfV1cUP04-ZtAN8vAL7OIuLk-JYnW23EmfDmxvbeh1P5k2cAnnr47tboCNLgDbRPBI2ePpZHgHVTDnX762OmpnuYvvYXCPbhR8AsfzqVFAlv2PIWlOQdULT5OS_H0EI69CWb8sY/s1600/DSC00379.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5BRY0QfV1cUP04-ZtAN8vAL7OIuLk-JYnW23EmfDmxvbeh1P5k2cAnnr47tboCNLgDbRPBI2ePpZHgHVTDnX762OmpnuYvvYXCPbhR8AsfzqVFAlv2PIWlOQdULT5OS_H0EI69CWb8sY/s320/DSC00379.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491749590624953010" border="0" /></a><br />Back at the motel we checked out the weather by coincidence and learned that there was a tropical storm called Alex, later referred to as a hurricane, coming over the South Coast. Luckily we were gonna go to Memphis on Thursday so we werent gonna have all that bad weather (again). In the afternoon, 6 of us went to a sports-center and me and Lars drove downtown. We didnt really do much, only looked around, and then it started raining so we hung out on a cafe. It was really nice though. I liked Fort Worth a lot because it was very pretty and clean there, is that what i always say?? But really, it was! And i like the western look about the city and the shops and bars and all :)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxri5pzamIylrM12L9M0UH3ah8PtL4eFtbYwaMWiTw6CjM5cIduMykBYKYckWxFS_3AbcS4RbVoucrENdVINUw8ms_Im9LGsKuwk5hHCOZxWO-LHcUB_jM12Li5LFTvH6sMTS2NPfr8l8/s1600/DSC00385.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxri5pzamIylrM12L9M0UH3ah8PtL4eFtbYwaMWiTw6CjM5cIduMykBYKYckWxFS_3AbcS4RbVoucrENdVINUw8ms_Im9LGsKuwk5hHCOZxWO-LHcUB_jM12Li5LFTvH6sMTS2NPfr8l8/s320/DSC00385.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491751082391702898" border="0" /></a><br />Then in the evening/night we went to a Irish pub downtown which was called Durty Molly, yes, with a U, and boy did we drink too much haha. We havent had a time like that since Las Vegas so yeah, we took it aaaall the way out! I dont have much else to say about that night because i really dont remember much. Only a lot of tequila.........<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_eFkI_3t5l29VDXFH9inHNF0oJKQF-a-M8bbDO185aLri5f5OkMttCiE8-_r6z_a5b3WpiiVc0HLpozCY6zfvNRuVpIEsxgwhAYkpwlmwQaWNJ5fkpQiLgGjLQbZLqScZq9WDtS6YTQ/s1600/DSC00405.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_eFkI_3t5l29VDXFH9inHNF0oJKQF-a-M8bbDO185aLri5f5OkMttCiE8-_r6z_a5b3WpiiVc0HLpozCY6zfvNRuVpIEsxgwhAYkpwlmwQaWNJ5fkpQiLgGjLQbZLqScZq9WDtS6YTQ/s320/DSC00405.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491751477624654274" border="0" /></a><br />The next day we were all pretty hungover, some worst than others. We started with breakfast at Denny's and then the boys went to a shooting range and fun there while me and Runa got mani- and pedicure! That was sooo good, you cant imagine!<br /><br />The trip goes on towards Memphis!!!!!<br /><br />- vic -Viktoria Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10135971076607618775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249428800230979011.post-87299724261844137462010-07-05T19:17:00.014+02:002010-07-05T20:29:14.153+02:00Patriots, Weird Roadtripping and Our Last Camping!South Dakota is the Mt. Rushmore state which was our first stop here. We drove in to the Black Hills Forest; beautiful landscapes on green hills and in to Keystone, where the mountain is. On the way we drove trough a place called Deadwood, that just like Keystone, is a western town with cowboy-themed fasades, it was really cool.<br />There was a lift up to a little top that advertised for a great scenic view over to Mt. Rushmore and it costed $8, and the ride up And down was really nice but we all felt very ripped off when we saw the view. Basically we didnt see anything, just 4 faces faaaaaaaar far away. When we got down i complained, the sunnmøring as i am haha (a norwegian thing if you english readers dont know).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96g265LEGTtNE_z1c7QB0Aw3ZzWg9w2JsD4Bq-3OJCqk3F8nMUUxc_e484nJJLWj5I5CtMxHrjSWHTFdD137fCNPYTjS81AxBjQm2Eo9r_9c21bPyE8TgrFaQ5fUl9-Y-P4f3RVUuM7g/s1600/DSC00201.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96g265LEGTtNE_z1c7QB0Aw3ZzWg9w2JsD4Bq-3OJCqk3F8nMUUxc_e484nJJLWj5I5CtMxHrjSWHTFdD137fCNPYTjS81AxBjQm2Eo9r_9c21bPyE8TgrFaQ5fUl9-Y-P4f3RVUuM7g/s400/DSC00201.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490485873402310722" border="0" /></a>So we drove a little further and got to see the mountain up close over at the Mt. Rushmore monument park. It was really cool to finally get to see it. The four presidents are, for you who dont know: George Washington, USAs first president, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Its amazing that theyve been carved out in a mountain. At 9 PM a show started where they were suppouse to light up the mountain. The time is set back or forward for every state we come in to so we rushed over around 8.20 PM to get good seats before the show was supposed to start when the time was actually 7.20 PM. Yeeeeeeeey. We sat there and waited for over 1 & 1/2 hous..<br /><br />Anyway, as we waited, an american flag was lit up the entire time and when the show started everyone said a prayer for it. Then we saw a movie about the american history and the role the four presidents played. Then for a finale, as they lit the mountain in Slow Motion, yeees thats right, slow motion, everyone sang the national anthem. It was a nice, um what should i call it, seremony maybe, but it was kinda heavy we think. We all know that americans are patriots but we didnt realize they were that much patriots until we saw this. Wow, thats all i can say!<br /><br />We slept in Keystone for a night and the next day we went on to the Crazy Horse memorial. The memorial isnt finished so once again we felt ripped off as we payed $27 for a carload, (over at Mt. Rushmore we payed $10), BUT this place was AMAZING.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHqJd-hnwvg17evJhCLTQLMbtJS6jX2zn5iL-jYv5GvM4kBO-Sy7n6Ic5SAgwPqDR2kURUtGZJ4vjwL_LzQ4wZmCT_osTHMLBEpVsKSVLbvGiwjABxI39ty9nX6khncAqSLHSwG09K50/s1600/DSC00239.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHqJd-hnwvg17evJhCLTQLMbtJS6jX2zn5iL-jYv5GvM4kBO-Sy7n6Ic5SAgwPqDR2kURUtGZJ4vjwL_LzQ4wZmCT_osTHMLBEpVsKSVLbvGiwjABxI39ty9nX6khncAqSLHSwG09K50/s400/DSC00239.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490486425101011682" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSUFku2fQ4YMNMnO934Kh-t3uZrRJfXb-g9l2wXJPhW5OhyphenhyphenjvqQvVsLoA-pEiHnvVAFwWwjX3NlZaxVAhpBUREKqlBK7FdhLLPACAY9q7xhJcVaxLebfjIACYotq4UdYLmR3YtlTUY25I/s1600/DSC00224.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSUFku2fQ4YMNMnO934Kh-t3uZrRJfXb-g9l2wXJPhW5OhyphenhyphenjvqQvVsLoA-pEiHnvVAFwWwjX3NlZaxVAhpBUREKqlBK7FdhLLPACAY9q7xhJcVaxLebfjIACYotq4UdYLmR3YtlTUY25I/s320/DSC00224.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490487351383329874" border="0" /></a>Personally i fell in love with the native americans which ive always loved, but this place showed their works over the years and all the incredible arts and crafts theyve made. Crazy Horse memorial is a tribute to all the indians all over America and Crazy Horse was their hero. One of the reasons why are because he turned down the opportunity to alliance with the Americans. Until this day, and the reason for why the memorial isnt finished is because the people who today are working on it, Still havent accepted anything from the government. All the money they have are donations from anyone who wants to donate and well, i think its great that they still dont accept. (The pic on the right is a miniature of how Crazy Horse is going to be like when its finished).<br /><br />After all this we continued our trip down to a place called Hot Springs, not far from the border to Nebraska. We spent a night here and at the time there was a little arts and crafts festival, so we saw a lot of pretty little things people had made and there was a little music too. A very nice little place with great people and delicious China buffets!<br /><br />The next day we hit the road for a looooong trip through Nebraska. Not far from the border we did a pit-stop at Carhenge which basically is a copy of the Stonehenge, only made of cars. Pretty cool and i dont know who on earth had it so boring that they did this project. Fun for tourists though!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4A_c581N08_O_LrfcmPaXbOna_MokpN1nVEshHY3bGGfnACDTVjxIY2vr68WC5o_oTkCSxmjEgeW9SFGqlr0VnsbRNbjb0t1dMQJZ4lhTJBZPRX3-4chlqt2aVJHpbIwWTiyx5c03zs/s1600/DSC00291.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4A_c581N08_O_LrfcmPaXbOna_MokpN1nVEshHY3bGGfnACDTVjxIY2vr68WC5o_oTkCSxmjEgeW9SFGqlr0VnsbRNbjb0t1dMQJZ4lhTJBZPRX3-4chlqt2aVJHpbIwWTiyx5c03zs/s320/DSC00291.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490488278355843122" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKO910ivbQ_VhqTBKMP90AvhoLuSZt7Bhb1qwqEQKReKbCBoFVQlwfMmL6bkO7ir9YnI_ctAztIJNLxReJxHZVCQAkJRVVQ5W_djB8HrrBqAE3jrDIXVl7DHQ9i8TbhJp-oqC6jv6o6k/s1600/DSC00300.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKO910ivbQ_VhqTBKMP90AvhoLuSZt7Bhb1qwqEQKReKbCBoFVQlwfMmL6bkO7ir9YnI_ctAztIJNLxReJxHZVCQAkJRVVQ5W_djB8HrrBqAE3jrDIXVl7DHQ9i8TbhJp-oqC6jv6o6k/s320/DSC00300.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490488681246284114" border="0" /></a><br />After a long and narly drive with craaaaaazy thunder and lightning and rain, we stopped in Kansas, in a tiiiny place called Lucas to camp. The bad weather didnt come after us, thank God, but it was really creepy there because we met some people, two older guys, who seemed nice enough, but they were drinking, and when they were done talking to some of our guys they just lingered and hovered over us, not saying a word. We waited like forever and they never went inside their RV and i refused to go to sleep until they did but in the end they FINALLY got in. It was hard to fall asleep but in the end we all did, and well we're all still alive. All the boys had knives with them in the tents, just in case. Haha. We did a pit-stop at the Garden of Eden, another weird place, then we got the hell out of that town.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxh3PqdlmfMgTDrfEMeebw-Bg9uCSVbTBExUBttXXMFUvUgZGe6pwWANFoUyEtlUesww_mEECNgRXyfX0pldiTby2xvtc5VjiX_wBaqkHWLNMw2RWAJeokIEuYblMvCBQwzgz80nhNJYg/s1600/DSC00312.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxh3PqdlmfMgTDrfEMeebw-Bg9uCSVbTBExUBttXXMFUvUgZGe6pwWANFoUyEtlUesww_mEECNgRXyfX0pldiTby2xvtc5VjiX_wBaqkHWLNMw2RWAJeokIEuYblMvCBQwzgz80nhNJYg/s320/DSC00312.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490489337500687010" border="0" /></a><br />Heres a random pic from Lucas.. weird place. Just weird!<br /><br />We passed trough Kansas the same day And we passed through Oklahoma and we didnt stop before we got to Texas. We got to a park around 10 PM and got a campsite in the woods. This was in a place outside Dallas called Danton. It was very warm and humid and it was way too many mosquitoes out there so we didnt bother to go all the way inn to our campsite; we just put up our tents on the road where there werent too much vegetation so that we wouldnt get eaten up by all the insects!! This was officially our LAST time tenting because it was sooo horrible and because we were finally in a city again: DALLAS!!!<br /><br />PS: i kinda did this one in a hurry so sorry for not too many great pics or a weird text or whatever; ill try to make it up to you guys in the next one from TEXAS!!!!!<br /><br />- vic -Viktoria Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10135971076607618775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249428800230979011.post-26077331461125122442010-06-24T18:22:00.020+02:002010-06-25T17:57:06.966+02:00Yellowstone - A little piece of Norway<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwijT6J_gSl-e21dlwlAMgx1QXhA9zLnoxT913jvMMbuadxtHjdUIg1Nymo0_dGSypt2E9PltQHJvYwMnV2rTP3t9KOFw-I_eqkHnASCfkBktMuAf0HLfdttQ6OsIFfDgvRpAzqvOxKcQ/s1600/DSC00038.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwijT6J_gSl-e21dlwlAMgx1QXhA9zLnoxT913jvMMbuadxtHjdUIg1Nymo0_dGSypt2E9PltQHJvYwMnV2rTP3t9KOFw-I_eqkHnASCfkBktMuAf0HLfdttQ6OsIFfDgvRpAzqvOxKcQ/s320/DSC00038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486734867111409314" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicfCtzboCVn3wAAPj0gmCvGe8ZDHKWmtwLJKfGQAmIZGUCpVsvQwkc7bnmyWgNiOcIWllWcF9tmh0z8isO4gnM-TUq9xvtajgDZUZoNpUsrpooQF5qJBpd2GWCzuXKQElnK3CBmtS9tDk/s1600/DSC00072.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicfCtzboCVn3wAAPj0gmCvGe8ZDHKWmtwLJKfGQAmIZGUCpVsvQwkc7bnmyWgNiOcIWllWcF9tmh0z8isO4gnM-TUq9xvtajgDZUZoNpUsrpooQF5qJBpd2GWCzuXKQElnK3CBmtS9tDk/s320/DSC00072.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486734101845180930" border="0" /></a>After a long but nice trip trough a few states we finally arrived to Yellowstone National Park. As we were driving in we actually went throughout Montana first for about half an hour, yeeeey another state, and then we came in at the west entrance to the park.<br /><br />Everyone wow'ed a little bit as we drove in because this place is exactly like Norway, only PACKED with animals. Theres a lot of bears and buffalos here, and almost everywhere you look you can see a "Do not approach buffalo, stay safe, stay away" or "Bear Country". We saw many buffalos and then we saw an actual wild bear!!!!! Cool.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCfo37xIVKKjexLFqVfRvAp4GoJfhkJrk5DKvGLPOJfQGwxQL8IxjCUx2Mj8UFlNwVrcLVf0feo-M-kxqvkrJ7Bchw5lwDy4rY_u7tTe-_y-TGkosQYuMrG4yc1PS3uTPttE5xVxjVos/s1600/DSC00030.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCfo37xIVKKjexLFqVfRvAp4GoJfhkJrk5DKvGLPOJfQGwxQL8IxjCUx2Mj8UFlNwVrcLVf0feo-M-kxqvkrJ7Bchw5lwDy4rY_u7tTe-_y-TGkosQYuMrG4yc1PS3uTPttE5xVxjVos/s320/DSC00030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486732933701814034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />So everything was just like Norway and we felt close to home or at home. We stayed in a nice little place called Bridge Bay where Lars had made reservations for us. The first night the weather wasnt too nice so we ate out and in the evening we all gathered in one tent and played cards, except for LM, who wanted to be a badass and meet the bad weather that came in over us. First there were dark, dark clouds, then thunder and lightning. Then it started to rain and then it actually started to hale!! It haled for some time and things got a bit wet but then the sun finally came out. Crazy, cause we experienced all four seasons in like 10 minutes, haha.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwltHDBViJFv_sP1_C3NJCBHxRm6c9BN8Ihs89mXWqvRGooT2ttn_91Fq3DE894uOCLlllcv63e0aaWjM8qSad-WjQHk_i-3PxBPhxFVoa0thS-1usL-bKePcv9hNosFDsf7tETE_5-2o/s1600/DSC00040.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwltHDBViJFv_sP1_C3NJCBHxRm6c9BN8Ihs89mXWqvRGooT2ttn_91Fq3DE894uOCLlllcv63e0aaWjM8qSad-WjQHk_i-3PxBPhxFVoa0thS-1usL-bKePcv9hNosFDsf7tETE_5-2o/s320/DSC00040.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486735407862022482" border="0" /></a>We weren't too prepared for the nights out here, i think we all agree on that. The first night we all almost died, im totally serious haha. It was soooooooooooooo cold and i was wearing tights, pants, a top, polo and a sweater and it still didn't help. So to you guys, if you ever go here or anywhere up north like here; bring WOOL and many smart clothes, and for Gods sake; don't sleep in a sleepingbag that holds down to 6 degrees (celcius)………………<br /><br />So Yellowstone is beautiful. We've seen many animals, and buffalos are as common here on the fields as cows like we know it. They weren't so many as cows though, but we saw them frequently. On Monday we went to see the Old Faithful geyser, the most known and popular attraction here in the park. Every 60-90 minutes it erupts and it lasts for anything between 1-5 minutes. It was cool to see it and it went high. At the average it can go as high as 130 feet, which is about 40 m. Pretty cool.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAIPi64MqBccXgIdsItNghx3Uo6djlzK-7D8mx0jTBK4dizkEJHfIZOIR6KVqwvvahXgjTJy-j1Krp2UCO3PUKjHt3SJ630AVC0BmsU6x-X1MQyZD5aFOzWGAwzsyQ20QHzQ2Nb1uxKc/s1600/IMGP5058.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAIPi64MqBccXgIdsItNghx3Uo6djlzK-7D8mx0jTBK4dizkEJHfIZOIR6KVqwvvahXgjTJy-j1Krp2UCO3PUKjHt3SJ630AVC0BmsU6x-X1MQyZD5aFOzWGAwzsyQ20QHzQ2Nb1uxKc/s400/IMGP5058.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486737943125140914" border="0" /></a>After that we went for a walk around in the Old Faithful area and there was more geysers and hot springs. Then we went for a hike up a trail. Again; bear warnings, so i sang and clapped all the way up and down to scare any bears away, haha.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggAn0MipCcV_U47fPwG7cDNSfS7PL5HdmH5bY02f2hD7mrJoXLWimLrt59PoddzrozdMOD7uz4y56nauGwztLxhrzzitn6y3uznmBQfFswEga3LV-jlX4UNFZaCXHSkWMudOJJ-ca4nvk/s1600/DSC09988.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggAn0MipCcV_U47fPwG7cDNSfS7PL5HdmH5bY02f2hD7mrJoXLWimLrt59PoddzrozdMOD7uz4y56nauGwztLxhrzzitn6y3uznmBQfFswEga3LV-jlX4UNFZaCXHSkWMudOJJ-ca4nvk/s320/DSC09988.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486730434398120162" border="0" /></a>In the afternoon and evening we grilled as it was very nice outside. We met a few guys from, i think Washington and Seattle?, and they were alright. Before they came over we played Beat for Beat by the fire, which was very fun!<br /><br />Tuesday we didn't doo much. The weather was horrible so we just went to another camping to wash a lot of clothes, and then we hung out at a hotel and played cards for hours! Fun enough! :) it was nice to sit in the hotel because we felt sivil again.. sleeping on the ground in a tent for days is a biiiig contrast to being inside an actual house with hot water in the taps and showers! Were we in Las Vegas, really?? With luxury and marble anywhere you looked lalala... <3<br /><br />Back to the cold. Wednesday was check-out day. We went to the Mammoth area, which is in the north-west part of Yellowstone. Here we saw the hot springs that are really cool because they lay in a terrace formation or whatever. Im really bad in explaining things like that, um, youll just have to see in the pics again haha.<br /><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdnOn8FjZbnjQv_k074xheTjIWF_GS6PxuKlnwLTjR8cKcstWIrE5HpWplrgAuoXvkrIA2c3ZLDNoOrazNI6IzBwE9guwtJGqb4I9n9FflAb56RvodUKiOHR23pK07dOzq-Pj05mg29o/s400/DSC00094.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486740159339410370" border="0" /><br />You can suppousively bathe in the springs, though it didnt look like you could. But that day we were told that it was closed anyway so we only got to see it.<br />We didnt do much else here, we were gonna go horseback-riding but that never happened. Im kinda hoping that we'll meet someone cool in Kansas with a big-ass ranch who will lend us some horses!<br /><br />Next up is South-Dakota - Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Jewel Caves AND and a place calld Hot Springs with Actual springs that we can Actually bathe in!<br /><br />Hey, please feel free to commet, i will appreciate it!<br /><br />- vic -Viktoria Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10135971076607618775noreply@blogger.com1