On the 17th of May Norway celebrated its constitution day – a cultural, national heritage. I documented some of it in my May post of «The Changing Seasons».
17th of May
The Changing Seasons: May 2017
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The Changing Seasons: March 2017
«The Changing Seasons» is back once again…
Fuck Up Point in Oslo – my V2 this month
Maurizio’s Photos: Preikestolen, Kjeragbolten & Trolltunga
As you already know I went hiking on the West coast of Norway this summer with three Frenchies and one Italian. I’m still working on processing all my photos from the trip, so I asked Maurizio – the Italian – if it was OK for him that I shared his photos in my blog, which it was.
I think it’s an interesting experiment to share two photographers impressions from the same trip: even though we saw pretty much the same things, we have captured and processed the photos differently. I’ll share my photos later, but all the photos in this post is taken by Maurizio – except for the few that he’s in. Then it’s me behind the camera (but with Maurizio’s post-processing).
If you read Italian, you can check out Mau’s blog about his journey to Norway. If you don’t read Italian, you can have a look at the photos here and in his blog. You can also follow him on Flickr.
The photo comments in this gallery is written by me (which is quite obvious for those of you who know me). Enjoy Mau’s photos!
The first night we spent in tents.
The first day of hiking, we visited Preikestolen.
Marine and Aurelien
Preikestolen
Preikestolen
Aurelien from France
Viking and DILF.
The second night we rented a cabin.
Maurizio, Aurelien, the beautiful Marine, Marie and myself.
Aurelien, Marine and Marie are from France. Wonderful people.
The whole crew. Maurizio made spaghetti carbonara, because that’s what Italians do. Since I was driving, I didn’t have to cook and we voted NO to frogs legs, so the Frenchies were stuck doing dishes.
Aurelien brought his guitarlele. We were all playing and singing in the car and in the cabins.
The second day we went to Kjeragbolten.
If you want to meet beautiful girls, Norwegian mountains is THE place to go! Here represented by Argentina.
You can see our cabin down there…
DILF, Argentina and Maurizio.
Argentina (the name, not the country) in Norway, on her way to Kjeragbolten.
A bit foggy here. It got worse on our way down. At the worst we could probably just see 10 meters (yes, use the metric system folks) ahead of us.
I felt conflicted: “What’s more beautiful: the view or the girl…?”
Maurizio – on our way to Kjeragbolten.
Marie on Kjeragbolten.
Maurizio.
Maurizio.
Argentina.
Argentina.
Argentina.
Kjeragbolten is suspended above a 984-metre deep abyss.
On the third day we went to Trolltunga.
On the way to Trolltunga.
Trolltunga.
Mau and I had some hours to kill while waiting for the others after Trolltunga (we were walking fast).
Since we’re both photographers, we decided capture this waterfall.
The sign says that you should estimate 10-12 hours on the Trolltunga hike. We did it in 6 1/2 hours, including waiting at the top.
After 3 days of trekking, we checked out the local beach.
Perfect temperature: ice fucking cold! (but it’s all good, because a cold swim is good for the muscles).
Hurry up Marine. Take the photo!
Nice sunset on our last day.
A terrorist, silently measuring the opponents and planning the next move…
These sneaky bastards tried to hijack our car, but Marine used her ninja-tricks, I hit the gas pedal and we escaped. If she didn’t, they probably would have beaten us senseless and have left us to die up there in the mountains. That’s how the vikings went extinct… Of course I didn’t mention this to the rest of the crew when we were there, because I didn’t want to create a state of panic. The sheep can sense that shit. Close call though!
Thanks to Maurizio Ghielmetti for letting me post his photos and thanks to Maurizio, Marine, Aurelien and Marie for joining me on this rare adventure. It killed my Iphone, but it was totally worth it (it’s a shame that we lost the timelapse video though…). Iphones aren’t built for Norwegian climate – never trust a fruit!
Check out his Flickr gallery and blog:
Couchsurfing event at Hovedøya
A Couchsurfin’ Good Time
What happens when a bunch of couchsurfers meet up after dinnertime? A great party and a jam session, that’s what happens.
Couchsurfers in Oslo having fun in a jam session event on 14.04.16. The participants are from Norway, India, Peru, Spain, Portugal, Ethiopia, Iceland and Indonesia. (Screenshot from You Tube)
Statue Climbing
Yes, I’ve been up there. Yes, I’ve got pictures to prove it.
All photos by Helena Montes
Monthly Photo Challenge: The Changing Seasons 09
Autumn is here already, but I still have late summer photos to show you for «The Changing Seasons». All the photos in this gallery were shot in August.
August means the end of summer and back to work, so it hasn’t been nearly as great as July was, but I met up with fellow blogger Joanne Sisco and I’ve had a few Couchsurfers visiting, attended a couple of events, plus I went for a trip to Italy (of course I’ll post photos from this later and I still have more photos to share from my trip to Sandhornøya in the North of Norway).
The Opera
Monthly Photo Challenge: The Changing Seasons 08
Time for another post in my series «The Changing Seasons». All the photos in this gallery were shot in July.
July has been a fantastic month! Three weeks of vacation and plenty of things to do: I’ve had a lot of Couchsurfers staying with me, from different places such as: Israel, Poland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and Russia. Whenever I have Couchsurfers visiting, I try my best to show them the city and to socialize. This has also been a great opportunity to take plenty of photos: photographically speaking, July has been an extremely productive month – considering the number of photos taken (creatively speaking, perhaps not so much since most of the photos are just quick snaps). I’ve also taken my son on trips to both Dovre and to the North of the country (more posts will come from Sandhornøya shortly, I’ve already posted two). If you want to see mountain photos from Dovre, you should check out my Musk Ox Safari posts. (You’ll find links to all these posts in the end of this one).
You have probably forgotten about this, but throwing stones in the water is a lot of fun.
Cardinal Guzman 