Megan and I have been staying fairly busy here in Stavanger. We have been getting logistics figured out slowly but surely. We are both starting to know where all the important stores/shops are located and about how long it takes to walk or ride the bus to them. One of the greatest finds in Megan's opinion is Hersey's Chocolate Chips while mine is regular processed peanut butter, JIFF (sorry the organic isn't as good).
The first weekend we were in town the FIVB Beach Volley Ball World Tour. Through Megan's work we received two tickets to the Men's Championship Match. However we were able to watch the second semi-final and third-place game with our tickets. The Norwegian team made the second semi-finals and lost so they ended up playing in the third place game, which they lost to Germany. The Final was Brazil versus Poland, and Brazil won the whole shin-dig.
Next weekend is the Tall Ships Festival/Race is next weekend (http://www.tallships.no/). One fascinating thing about this is that Megan entered us into a drawing to board a ship that will take us out to the start of the race. Well as it turns out we won!!! So, on June 31st we will board a ship (******) and have dinner and drinks on our way out to the start of the race! Once there we will witness the start of the race and then return home. Should be a blast!!!
Lets see what else is happening... We joined the local gym because its hard to stay motivated by ourselves. The gym is very unique because it is located in an old bank! Some of the workout room are located in the old vaults, which is pretty neat. But besides that it is just a normal gym in a bank. This weekend is the food festival so there will be more on that in the future...
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| Ship that we will be for the Tall Ship Races. |
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| One of the wooden ships that was in the harbor the other day. |
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| A few of the sail boats that are usually docked in the harbor. |
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| Night view into Old Town Stavanger from our balcony. |
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| Just a rainbow with no leprechaun. |
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| On the side of the SHIT shop (don't worry it is a t-shirt shop) |
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| One of the numerous statues that around town. |
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| Megan and I waiting between the semi-final game and the third-place game. |
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| The Brazilian Team starting to celebrate! |
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| Award ceremony where the German and Polish Teams received mugs and the Brazilians received swords! |
