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Norway 2011 Part 3 | Trondheim, Molde, Trollstigen, Geiranger, Lillehammer, Oslo, Asker

shashank — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:51:34 +0000

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Final post!!!

We made our way to Trondheim, checked out the famous cathedral and had sushi for lunch. Spent the night at Molde in a students hostel. Next day we drove through the amazing Troll road also knows as Trollstigen. Then we got the insanely touristy Geiranger. From here it was back to the boring E6 to make our way to Asker…passing Lillehammerand Oslo on the way.

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stopping for gas and some burgers

breakfast at the best western we spent the night at

got to Trondheim

which was quite a nice city

saw the beautiful cathedral

tried to find a sushi place for lunch

most of the places where closed or yet to open as it was a Sunday

luckily we fond one which had just opened

had some decent sushi

and made our way to the car

to drive on to Molde

where there was some football match happening

and some jazz festival

heading back to the hostel

back on the road, Trollstigen is this crazy twisty road which goes over a mountain?

waterfalls

and tourists

some high class photography in action

we came across these strawberry fields

we bought some strawberries…best ones EVER!!! i am not kidding…they were that good

these cows would agree

we got to Geiranger…as beautiful as it is…its full of tourists

had some food

we got to Lillehammer where it was raining…and also had a rainbow

oslo…and more rain

finally at eiriks and saras place at Asker

next day i took a train to Oslo

nothing much has changed

met up with the insanely talented Per

met up with friends at the usual hangout…Tekehtopa

it was great to meet the ever beautiful Maja

next day said goodbye to oslo

took a flight to Helsinki

and then finally the last flight

back to Frankfurt

thx Eirik and Sara, for making this possible.

next stop…BERLIN

frankfurt oslo frankfut oslo frankfurt

shashank — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:12:34 +0000

the tale of the German residential permit

Frankfurt

Oslo

got to Oslo at 11pm and stayed at a hotel in Grünerløkka

nice start to the day…sunny

people failing to get my name properly once again…met up with friends at Tekehtopa. This was the place i had my first drink in olso…about fours years ago.

Frankfurt

had curry with friends

and took the bus back home

next morning at the main river

kris must have taken this one…or not

on our way to Sachsenhausen

French Canadian couple who are right now in India

Oslo

goto oslo at 1am and stayed at a place in Bokstaveien

yes…i did get my residential permit

blue skies

shashank — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:17:57 +0000

monday bought the fog with it

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3 frames from christmas

shashank — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:38:39 +0000

…outside my window…major vignetting on the 50/1.4

i am off to Helsinki tomorrow.

See you guys on the other side of the Decade.

left

front

right

yashica electro 35

shashank — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:59:46 +0000

scans form the first roll shot with the yashica electro 35…its not as easy as i would have liked it to be. The focus ring is positioned badly…which means i cannot grip the camera properly when i turn the focus ring…the same problem i have with the shutter ring on the OM. But got some interesting frames nevertheless

lets start with dinner with claire and guillaume

had a haircut…got rid of most of it…4mm right now

she is closing shop…next visit will be the last one…sigh…her clients include one of the prime minister of norway

on the tram…failing at focusing…

from my room

took at walk at the town center

does not work in bw

like this one a lot

i was looking at the couple at the top of the stairs…but the rest is pure luck

waiting for the bus back home…

Akerselva

shashank — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:51:40 +0000

Did the yearly Oslo tradition of walking down Akerselva with frinds…the most healthy thing done in ages.

Had some drinks with the gang at BLÅ as we said goodbye to Grant who goes on a 3 months vacation.

Watched UP at the Colosseum…the last third was a let down. Then had some steak for dinner.

view from my room
quite an old photo..shot at 6am…i am back to my old habit of getting up at 6 in the morning

rest of the photos are from Akerselva

trivia…most of majas photos are with her eyes closed

there were some ballet performance

it was pretty dark expect for the candles…no wonder some people had a tripod…as for myself, i could not be bothered

our art director Stian Dahlslett

24th worldwide sketchcrawl

storøya and halden

shashank — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:17:01 +0000

another weekend another beach(s)

We first went to this beach at storøya, which was supposed to be awesome. The only thing i saw, was the awesome number of people(and kids) there. As we were there we took a dip in the water anyways…that done we decided to head to the beach at halden brygge. Nice beach…ok not a sandy beach but less people(and kids).

I dont know how to swim…yes there are people like me. Luckily i have friend who insist i learn how to swim…and thats what i did…not swimming…a bit of floating. It reminds me learning how to cycle. All good.

So i have been here for three years now…and finally i went for a swim. This shows it all depends on the company you keep.

This will probably be the last post before i head to India for vacation.

so we goto Fornebu and found this

there used to be a Airport here

now its just bad architecture

made our way to the beach

found the beach…and a million people and two million kids

back to the bus stop to head to halden…the girls were dressed in green

goto halden and we were happy…

helene bought a 500d and a sigma 70-300…i threw up a bit when i saw the BIG lens…and decided to try it @ 300

the french did not let me down…they made tasty food…not sure if i like the 50/1.8…the 28/2.8 renders better

Helene Wessel

the ~~beach~~ at halden

guillaume bonamy

olve askim

maja bugge

birds

midsummer redux oslo 2009

shashank — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:33:31 +0000

So we had a second midsummer. Apparently Norwegians do not celebrate midsummer on the same day as the Swedes and Finns. Better for me…get to party more. Its all good.

Plan was to goto Majas summer cabin at Nesodden, chill out and see the bonfires along the coast.

Ferris wheel at Aker Brygge

on the catamaran

it was quite sunny…but got pretty cold by the time we got back

saw the same ship last time

the french couple

got to Nesodden and started walking to the cabin

i wish more things were hand painted…like walls and stuff

this place stank real bad…

this cat followed us but at same time completely ignored us

a view from the road

got to the cabin and found this hat

love this one

as you can see i was testing out the zuiko 28/2.8…comparing it to the ef 28/1.8 which i used earlier on this trip

the kitchen

loved the house

one of the many beds

maja found this doll…took this at 1/5…very surprised how well it turned out…

the house

the people

all the mosquitoes made us go to the ~~beach~~

guillaume taking photo of the green stuff along the coast

like the hands…details you notice later

making our way to the sunny side

the zuiko 2.8 renders very differently to the ef 28/1.8

the lens is quite low on contrast which means better shadow detail…which means less digi look

got to a restaurant and saw the sunset

this frame does not show the other million boats which were there

heading back to Oslo…eating chocolates…as always…i love having french friends

Midsummer Oslo 2009

shashank — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:59:13 +0000

As you can see the site has a new look. Been working on this all weekend. There is one more tweak to be done, but that can wait.

Its getting pretty warm here in Oslo, i am glad i am heading to Indian in a weeks time. Speaking of which i will be Delhi for a week or so.

Did some more work on my Quake3 map.

Weekend was spend with friends enjoying the midsummer.

got off at the wrong stop, got drenched in the rain…but finally made it

i found son’s good friend

ville was sporting some fancy H&M socks

while Riikka was cold

jussi got the barbecue going

all the rain meant we got a rainbow

like this one a lot…there are people who cant be photographer…ville is not one of them

it was that time of the evening

per joined us later

stuart was being very english

all in all…a very good evening

a non people entry

shashank — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:34:12 +0000

Booked tickets for India. I will be in Bombay from 5-29 of july, if you are around and would like to grab a drink, let me know. I usually travel by Finair, but as they now fly to Delhi and not Bombay i had to switch to Lufthansa. Not a big fan of Lufthansa. Not a big fan of flying as its boring and i end up next to an old fart or annoying people. Need to make money and travel Business Class.

Watched Terminator Salvation, which started out good and ended bad. Better than Star Trek though. Started watching True Blood.

picked up some take away from Nam Fah, “MOO GAAB” – roast pork with crackling bacon rind on rice, w/ ginger and black chili dressing

as i have been busy in the kitchen for the past few weeks i decided to be lazy and made noodles, this one (Gonbuto Tempura Udon) has to be most complicated one i have ever made

this is the final product

had dinner at Ulfs with friend and fries

proper chillies

was a fantastic view, biskop jens nilssongate

and a nice garden

not being a big fan of fish i was pleasantly surprised by this