So what have we been up to...
Since the last update there has been two different "festivals" here in Stavanger. The first was the food festival, otherwise known as Gladmat. There was just about any type of food you wanted, mainly from local vendors. We bought two fresh cheeses a smoke cow milk and a specialty goats milks and one sausage that had mustard seeds, dried tomatoes, and bell peppers on the outside. While we were there with some of the other expats we decided to go to Lervig beer tent. After I talked to one of the brewers, who happened to be from Jackson, Wyoming, our friend got a text about the bombing. After that Megan and I split about 10 sample plates from different tents and walked home stuffed to the brim. Luckily we went that night because due to the tragedy in Oslo, the festival was cut short by a day.
Last weekend was the Tall Ship Races. The harbor was just PACKED with what I heard someone say were "old school sailing ships." The ships started to arrive on Wednesday and stayed in the harbor until Sunday. During that time some of the ships "open" and allow people to tour them. Just like you might expect the biggest and neatest ships had the longest lines so Megan and I went to the smaller of the large ships and got to walk on two of the decks! Sunday when the tall ships left, we were fortunate enough to take a ship out to watch them go out to sea. On the boat we were served a lunch buffet and drinks, which made the trip even better. Some the ships had the crews line up and sing sea shanties. It is kind of hard to describe exactly what it is like so I hope the pictures give you a good idea.
Besides the festivals we have just been living life!
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| Picture I took of the memorial for the victims of the Olso tragedy. This was on the cathedrals steps. |
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| One of the ships for the Tall Ship Races. |
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| Another one of the ships. |
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| Mural on the back side of a ship. |
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| Who ever said that the a doesn't have courage? He is on front of the ship! |
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| The large Russian ship on the way out to sea. |
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| Some of the ships on their way out sea. They had to watch out for the 'pedestrians.' |
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| The only ship with sails that are not white. |
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| The coolest ship here! Possibly the only all wooden one too! |
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| The intricate detail on the back of the coolest ship! |
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| Just handing around waiting to go out to sea. |
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| East side of the harbor. I have the other side but am having problems uploading it. |
