Pulpit Rock, and a day in the Sun...sad to leave Stavanger

Yesterday was a great and sunny day!! We think that we may have to come back here and stay a lot longer next time! Even living here is an option...its sooooo amazing and pretty! Mountains, Sea, city life, and such great company! Stavanger seems a lot like Bellingham in many aspects. We hiked with Agathe yesterday to the famous pulpit rock! It was one of the most AMAZING sights that we have seen! A sheer cliff down to the beautiful fjords below us. We then came home and got even more spoiled than we have been so far. Agathe's boyfriend, Arve, took us on his friends boat out on the ocean, was not a little boat either, it was 46 feet! Very very nice yacht! We stopped at a nearby small town and got fresh shrimp off of the dock, and we peeled and ate many! After crusing the sea, we rushed home to get ready for our dinner at Aunt Agathe's house! She served us beef stroganoff, and it was soooo good!! After dinner, we enjoyed some of the night life in Stavanger with Agathe and Arve, even got to go back on the boat and hang out with the Norwegians!! Hope all is well, we will blog again soon, so keep watchin!

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Kelsey the True Norwegian

Hello again everyone! Its about ten thiry AM here in Stavanger, and we are getting ready to go to town with Kirsten! Kelsey is in getting ready, so I thought I would do a quick blog and show you some pics from last night....After dinner we were all sitting around talking, relaxing and Kelsey came walking down the stairs, in a Norwegian Costume!! ha It was so funny, she asked if she could try one on so of course they were happy to let her! I thought everyone would enjoy these pics, we are true Norwegians over here!! Kelsey is soaking up the culture :) Hope everyone has a good day when you wake up I guess....weird to think you are all sleeping! Thanks for watchin our blog and sharing our adventure with us! Love you all! Keep leaving comments, its great to hear from you!

Stavanger- Andys Relatives!

Today from London we headed to the airport to catch our flight to Norway! Our flight was short and sweet. We landed in Stavanger, got our luggage, and walked outside to see our relatives holding a sign with our names on it. It was great feeling to be welcomed into our next adventure of our trip. We headed from there to Kirsten, my Dad's second cousins house with Kirsten's daughter! The house is so nice and in the center of town, very cute, and home like! It seems as though we have known them all forever! Very easy people, they served us a great lunch, walked to the highest part of Stavanger that looked over the beautiful city. We then walked a nearby beach which was also great! We came home to such a great home cooked meal, pork, rice, salad and a delicious gravy type sauce.....mmmm best meal so far! Cant wait for tomorrow- we will head to town and truly see Stavanger! We also have plans this saturday to go and see the famous Pulpit Rock in the depths of a nearby Fjord! Those of you whom have not seen the pictures of this famous rock, wait for our pictures, it looks amazing. The weather is supposed to be great this weekend as well! Love to all!

PS John and Sue\Mom and Pops- we are learning so much about you !! :) Check out the sweet pic!

Day 3 in London!

Our last day in London.... however we are ready to move on, we have seen the sights and are excited to see Norway starting tomorrow! We sort of relaxed today, headed to the famous Kew gardens, which is outside the city so it was a long train ride. We walked several miles through the gardens, the sun even came out for us! On our way back into the city we stopped in Kensington and got to see the Kensington palace and say hi to the royal family! Hyde park across the street from our hotel, has been busy today with the sunshine, and we soaked it up just like all of the locals! We are off to get fish and chips and a beer down the street! Cheers and hope all is well!

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CHEERS! Day 2 in London!

WOW! We are tired already! Our legs hurt every day and every night, so much walking, but its all well worth it. We are definetly sleeping well. So yesterday we caught the Tube, which by the way we are getting very use to we are like pros now ha. We got off in Westminster, and headed to the Westminster Abbey and wow are we glad we did! We paid like 20 pounds to get inside and were guided by a cell phone like device that showed us inside. Inside was so amazing! We did not realize that so many famous people were buried inside the church, we definetly would not want to be in there at night, seemed kinda spooky or haunted. We took the beautiful tour throughout the church and lit candles at the end and said a few prayers. It was very fun! We then walked nearby to the Horse Guards, and happened to be there at noon so we got to see the changing of the horse guards which was great too. We walked through the National gallery which was fun, kinda boring though, lots of art.... We also went to see the British Museum, very boring. We may not be musuem people after all. We went and got tickets at the famous square where they are half price. We decided to see Chicago! We went to our first pub and got a cold beer and some delicous bruchetta. We then saw Chicago, which was ok, fun to just experience a theatre show while we are here but may not have been the best pic...live and learn!

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Day 1 LONDON BABY!!

What a trip so far! We survived the dreaded plane rides, and they turned out to be fairly smooth and they went by fast! Arriving in Heathrow airport we headed to baggage claim after going through customs, and both our bags were there waiting for us! Then we had the fun time of finding what train to take to Paddington station, following our hotel directions. We of course asked a local who seemed to look like he may know, but we got on the wrong train, and headed deaper into the airport instead away from it and towards London. Stressed, Tired, a bit anxious, we got off the train and asked some one else and were led in the right direction! From there it was simple to find our hotel and we went straight there to check in and leave our bags. Exhausted, but knowing we have to push through until nightfall, we got a pass for a tour on a double decker bus. Fun, but it started to rain! We were definetly true tourists sitting on that bus with ponchos on. We kept getting looked at and people would point and shake there heads. We took the long bus ride around central London, and hopped off at the tower of London. From here we rode on a boat on the Thyme River, going under the many London bridges. We saw pretty much all of the major attractions in a matter of three hours! Getting off at Big Ben, we walked to Buckingham Palace, through Hyde Park, and to the famous marble arch. The city is beautiful, and full of many different people and cultures. We are definetly looking forward to tomorrow when we wont be so grouchy and tired! We are headed to Portobello Market while the sun is out, which happens to be very close to our hotel, and we will see if there is something for dinner there! Hope all is well at home!

Packing, Packing, Packing....

2 more days until we head out! We can't wait to get to London. We have all of our stuff laid out and we think we're all ready to go! We will find out this weekend when we put our stuff in the backpacks and start hauling them around:) We both can't believe that our trip is finally here after planning it for over a year!