Tromsø at dusk
Some photos at dusk from my arctic adventure in Tromsø with Harriet.
Harriet Geoghegan
Posted on 2012-04-24 by
Arctic adventure in Tromsø
Harriet Geoghegan and I travelled to the little city of Tromsø way up in the Arctic circle. I never thought I would travel that far north in the world, but it seems I was wrong!
Harriet Geoghegan. I took this photo whilst walking from our cabin into Tromsø city center.
The cabin we stayed in, just outside of Tromsø city
Harriet outside a very "Norwegian" looking shop
Posted on 2012-04-22 by
Kiwis in Kiwi!
So I moved to the other side of the planet, and one of the first shops I see is called “Kiwi”!!! So I walk in, expecting to see nothing but Kiwi paraphernalia, sheep, rugby crap, buzzy bees etc. and what do I find? … groceries. Groceries, groceries and a few more groceries. Why do they call the grocery shop “Kiwi”? No idea. Norwegians are weird.
In semi-related news, the word “Kiwi” in Brazil refers to a homosexual man with excessive body hair, and in many other countries it is used to refer to “Kiwi fruit”.
Kiwis outside a kiwi shop. The delightful Harriet Geohegan on left and me on the right.
Posted on 2012-04-20 by
Harriet and I in Tromsø
Posted on 2012-04-18 by
Unholy with Liz
My new friend Liz took me to her favourite hangout “Unholy” in Oslo. Good time had by all.
Posted on 2012-04-10 by
They said winter was over …
The locals told me winter was over and there would be no more snow. Then I awoke to see this outside my bedroom winter …
(this happened quite a few weeks ago, just took me a while to post it)
Posted on 2012-04-09 by
Frogner stadion
Skating trip to Frogner stadion in Oslo. The ice surface was super smooth, the temperatures were high and there was more ice than you could possibly imagine (for a rink). A complete lack of fitness and having not skated properly in around nine months left me pretty much dead at the end of my skating stint.
Posted on 2012-04-08 by
Northern Lights
Harriet Geoghegan and I headed north to the city of Tromsø in northern Norway. Our goal was to see the northern lights, and we duly did 
At first this seemed unlikely as Tromsø was shrouded in cloud, but our friendly northern lights tour guide drove us most of the way to Finland in an attempt to find clear skies. There was still cloud, and apparently what light we could see wasn’t as bright as it often is, but sure enough we saw some green lights bobbing about in the sky as can be seen in the photos below.
Mental note: Take a tripod next time!
Posted on 2012-03-29 by
Frozen waterfall
Oslo got darned cold for a while. A good demonstration of how chilly it got is this waterfall which was almost totally frozen over.
Posted on 2012-03-05 by