Spring is slowly arriving in Bergen

My teacher of Norwegian announced that we have a wonderful Spring this year... well... Of course she has been living here for 25 years already so she knows better...

Anyway, have a look at the weather forecast:

But on my way to work I found first snowflakes :-)

And the ducks in the nearby pond are hiper-enrgetic and super loud in last days :-)
Yep... Beautiful or not - Spring is coming!!!! :-)

Mum in Bergen

Long time no writing, but I have a very good excuse: my MUM was here!

Her visit went fine, but, as usual, thousands of questions had to be answered, including:

- Oh, aren't you tired of following courses and passing exams in your age?

and:

- Do you feel the age difference between you and other students from your group?

...

TBBE also survived the visit :-)

on the top of Floyen

North from Bergen

completely unimportant paradox

When I change a battery or a bulb in our car I am asked: why TBBE could not do that?

If I bring home 10 huge and heavy sacks of wood, some people say: oh, it is not for woman! Leave it for men!

After digging our car out of the deep snow people ask: you did it yourself? Oh where was your man?

Really? Can you drill? Do you really know how to change a wheel? And what pressure should be in the tires? Man should take care of that!!!!!

Right... It looks like I am a woman all year long except of the International Women Day!

Just two men remembered me...

Anyway, to all the Women: Happy Women Day!!!!

Model of happiness

Let's summarize:

- our flat looks like after tornado (no cleaning in last 3 weeks),

- kitchen looks like.. well, without dishwasher probably we'd have to eat from plastic,

- fridge: not too many things, except of light and a couple of things, that we were not hungry and/or brave enough to eat,

- reserves of pasta, rice, sugar, coffee etc. - gone (including "Chinese soups"),

- wood for fireplace - just about to be finished,

- our Polo - covered with 40-60cm layer of snow (we still haven't bought shovel!),

- my leg depilatory is broken,

- I have just turned 30,

- TBBE left me alone with all that mess and flew back to Poland......

- I am very, very tired....

And it feels so GREAT!!!!!! Marvellous, excellent, just perfect!!!!

I have been waiting for this moment for so looong time!!!!

TBBE is handing in the draft of his thesis on Friday,
this Friday :-)

Chances, that our life will come back to normality, are growing.....

Snow.... big snow...

Some days ago, probably last Friday, the snow in Bergen beat its own record in length of staying: more than 62 days.... It was 1986 when it lasted so long last time...

Maybe that it why expression 'de-snowing of sidewalks' has its own, very special meaning here. Or maybe I should say: has absolutly no meaning here :-)

Main sidewalks in the city center, around University:

and... our terrace:
This item in the corner of the terrace, very well hidden under snow, is our garden table :-)

Valentine flowers!!!

TBBE, as you probably don't know, is very romantic. He shows it extremely rare, but once it happens... :-)

So yesterday, being again back home, I found these beautiful flowers on the table....

I think that they maybe considered as flowers of the year!!! I mean, it is almost a year since I got any other flowers ;-p

Anyway, I was all happy about the tulips, smiling and thankful and than TBBE said: "Well, actually, who told you that they are for you?" Romantic...

Buona Estantes!

In order to stay close to the agricultural issues I came to the Eurocow 2010 workshop :) organized in Castelldelfels, 20 minutes from Barcelona, starting tomorrow.

The temperature is 'only' 20 degrees higher than in Bergen...

and it is so good to see some palms again instead of rocks, rocks and other rocks...