Summer 2010: travels and 3x Muse Live

Summer have ended here in Norway. Right now its about 9 degrees celsius and rainy! So looking back on a very hot summer home and abroad, and in addition meeting a lot of nice people and experiencing good music, warms a northern heart!

In may we went to New York, mostly to the experience of the "big Apple" with my daughter and to visit my friend Jim. See my previous blogpost on New York.

Relaxing outside Macy´s and Victoria´s Secrets

My own admiration of NYC was shared by my daughter and her friend!

This summer I discovered some very beautiful places in Norway. Our visits to Utsira, Røvær and Sandane was so nice and refreshing.

Utsira Lighthouse far out west in the North Sea! A small island about 1 one hour with boat from Haugesund

Røvær a small island and a community 20 minutes outside Haugesund. In the afternoon on Friday 13 October 1899, 30 people were killed (all the men on the island) when a boat with a funeral procession on its way back from Haugesund coal sailed.

The friend gathering in Sandane (a small community in Sogn & Fjordane, the longest Fjord in Norway) was a big success with a lot of outdoor activities. Thank you Ole-Tom & Helga :-)

 Glastonbury festival in june 2010 was a very nice experience (You se some pictures in my previous blogpost). Glastonbury is a small town in the Somerset area with about 8000 inhabitants. Every summer more than 200 000 people come there for a week to the festival on Pilton farm. We come there to listen to music, relax and have a great time! I will alway want to go back..........

They said that it always rain during the Glastofest, but this year it was sunshine all the time!

Social tenting! My family in their small and sweet tent!

This summer is the fourth summer I joined GATLA summer residential, and it was super as usual. Gestalt training is my hobby. As a clinical psychologist I learn more from these courses than any other training I´ve had. I learn about my self and about therapy. I also meet people from all over the world. Interesting people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. And all are there to train and learn to know each other. Great people and great friends!

When training is over, its time for social activities! This year we played soccer in the warm summer evenings in Poland. GATLA 2010 took place in the town Ryn and our confrerence place was an old restored castle from medieval times!

In august it was time for relaxing times with family at the adriatic coast of Croatia! And a trip to Bosnia & Herzegovina. Beach stretching and easy living. Sunbathing and cool swims in crystal clear waters. The trip to Mostar and the "stari most" (the old bridge) was impressive.

In the small town Pisak, we found our small beautiful family beach

Nevreta, the river runs calmly trough Mostar. The old bridge was totally destroyed by bombs during wartime in 1993. They restored it by picking up the bits and pieces from the river and put it together. The bridge has become a symbol of co-existence between muslim and christian people living peacefully together in the same community

Live music is alway an important part of my summer, and this summer. Glastonbury, Muse on Koengen, Bergen and A-ha at Brann stadium in Bergen have been the highlights. And there is more to come. Now, the 10. of September we will see Muse live at Wembley Stadium. So this year I´ve seen Muse at glastonbury, here in Bergen and at last in London. 3xMuse. I´m beginning to be a fan :-)

My friends thinks I´m travelling a lot. I probably do. But I work hard too. So maybe my next post should be something like "the art of travelling cheap" or "the secrets of time and travelling".