You are currently browsing the tag archive for the ‘travelling’ tag.
Jeg skal på min første udenlandskonference i morgen. Turen går til Paris, og jeg har taget en fridag efter konferencen til bare at dalre rundt og nyde byen. Mens jeg går her og finder artikler og ordner rejsedokumenter og tænker over pakning, er der et par spørgsmål, der bliver ved at rumstere i hovedet…
- Hvilket/hvilke (for at være ærlig, er det sidste nok mest sandsynligt) projekter skal jeg tage med? En sok (eller to), Miss Beezy? Eller måske et nyt sjal med tynde pinde og tyndt garn (god underholdning i forhold til plads).
- Er der mon nogen der kender en god garnbutik eller stofbutik som man skal besøge?
- Mon jeg kan nå solnedgangen ved Sacre Coeur fredag og høre denne sang (min yndlings), mens jeg sidder deroppe?
I am going for my first conference abroad tomorrow. It’s in Paris and I have taken a vacation day afterwards to be able to walk about and enjoy the town. While I’m going about the work finding article, arranging my travelling documents and think about packing, I have a couple of questions running around in my head…
- Which project(s) (to be honest, the likelihood is that there will be multiple) should I take along? A sock (or two), Miss Beezy? Or perhaps a new shawl on small needles and with lace yarn (good entertainment considering the weight).
- Do anyone know a good yarn shop or fabric shop that I should visit?
- Can I make it into town to see the sunset sitting by Sacre Coeur on Friday, while I’m listening to this song (my favorite)?
I forrige weekend var jeg i Berlin med min mor på operatur. Sidste år var vi i Oslo, i år i Berlin, så gad vide hvor vi finder på at tage hen næste år – Wien, Barcelona, London og Milano er på den mulige liste.
The weekend before last my mother and I went on an opera trip to Berlin. Last year we went to Oslo, this year to Berlin, so I wonder where we’ll go next year – Vienna, Barcelona, London and Milan are all on the possible list so far.
Tilbage til Berlin. Det var en skøn miniferie. Vores hotel lå yderst centralt, men vi valgte alligevel at købe dagskort til de offentlige transportmidler. Det var en god investering, for man kommer længere omkring, når man bare kan hoppe af og på diverse køretøjer. Nå ja, vejret var heller ikke for festligt et par af dagene, og så er det jo rart at kunne komme tilbage til hotellet uden at blive gennemblødt.
Back to Berlin. It was a wonderful mini vacation. Our hotel was situated very centrally, but even so we chose to buy day cards to the public transportation. It was a good investement, as you get further around when it is possible just to jump on and off the available transportations. Oh and the weather wasn’t that glorious some of the days, which makes it really nice to be able to return to the hotel without getting soaked.
Vi besøgte nogle af de sædvanlige turisthøjdepunkter, gik gennem Tiergarten, ind mellem Holocaust mindesmærket og under Brandenburger Tor. Men vi tog også lidt længere udenfor centrum. Vi var bl.a. nede ved det nyrestaurerede “East Side Gallery“, hvor en god bid af muren står og fungere både som galleri og mindesmærke. Det styrtregnede da vi var der, men på en måde var det passende til det tungsind, der helt af sig selv lagde sig, når jeg tænkte over den betydning den simple betonkonstruktion har haft.
We visited some of the usual tourist highlights, walked through Tiergarten, between the collums of the Holocaust memorial, and under Brandenburger Tor. But we also went a bit further out of the centre. Among other things we went to the newly restored “East Side Gallery“, where a chunk of the Wall still stands and is both art gallery and memorial. We walked along it in a downpour which suited the feelings I had when thinking about what the meaning of this simple concrete structure is and has been.
Højdepunktet på turen var uden tvivl operaen. Vi så “Tosca” på Deutche Oper og det var fabelagtigt. Alt var perfekt, musikken, opsætningen og ikke mindst sangerne. Klart anbefalelseværdigt for operafans.
Der blev selvfølgelig også tid til at gå i butikker og ikke overraskende sørgede jeg for (jeg var kortfører) at vi kom forbi diverse kreative butikker. Dels gik vi ud til Frau Tulpe, som vist må siges at være en af de hyggeligste, mindste og mest inspirerende stofbutikker, jeg nogensinde har været i. Sikke en stemning, og jeg kom vist til at lade mig rive med og købe fire lækre stykker stof. Derudover ledte vi selvfølgelig efter strikkebutikker. Ved hjælp af Ravelry havde jeg lokaliseret nogle stykker, men det blev kun til et rigtigt besøg. Det var i LaLaine på Kantstrasse, som må siges at være en positiv overraskelse. Vi var gået forbi den, den aften vi ankom, og ved første øjekast lignede det mest en 70’er-agtig (på den knap så gode måde) butik med lidt for meget akryl i assortementet… Men som bekendt skal man ikke skue hundene på hårene, og butikken var virkelig lækker. Så lækker at der hoppede noget skønt pink strømpegarn og tre nøgler “pashmina” garn i posen helt uden modstand. Det var faktisk også den afsluttende butik vi besøgte inden vi gik i KDW og spiste tidlig aftensmad og fik champagne. God afslutning.
The highlight of the trip was without a doubt the opera. We saw “Tosca” at Deutche Oper and it was fantastic. Everything was perfect, the music, the production, and not the least the performers. I can only recommend most strongly for opera fans.
Of course we also had time to shop, and perhaps not very surprising I managed to steer us (I had possession of the map) past several craft shops. First visit was in Frau Tulpe, which I have to say is the most beautiful, tiny and inspirering fabric shops I have ever visited. What an atmosphere! I think I was caught in it and happened to buy four beautiful pieces of fabric. Otherwise we of course loooked for yarn shops. With a bit of help from Ravelry I had managed to find adresses for a couple, but we only managed one proper visit. That happened in LaLaine at Kantstrasse, which has to be said was a very positive surprise. We had passed it the night we arrived and had put it down as a 70’ish (not in the good way) shop with perhaps a tad to much acryllic on the shelves… Sometimes you should not judge a book by its cover, and that was clearly the case here, because honestly the shop was gorgeous inside. So gorgeous that some wonderful pink sock yarn and 3 skeins of “pashmina” yarn jumped into my bag by their own accord. It so happened that it was the last shop we visited before touring KDW and had early dinner and champagne before going to the airport. Perfect ending.
En lille hilsen fra fjeldet! Her er sne og sne og sne og atter sne, men et er dejligt og hyggeligt (i stærk modsætning til, hvad det ville have været, hvis sneen havde ligget derhjemme). Selskabet er godt og forsyningerne rigelige. Så jo, vi har det skam godt her i påsken. God påske til jer alle!
A little post card from the mountain. Here is snow, snow, and more snow and it is both lovely and cozy (in stark contrast to what it would have been, had this snow been lying back home). The company is good and the supplies are well stocked. So yes, we are having a great time this Easter. Happy Easter to you all!
Magen og jeg tilbragte sidste weekend (inkl. en luksus agtig forlængelse) i London, mens MM blev passet af sin mormor derhjemme. Børnefri rejser er måske ikke vores målsætning fremover, men hold da op, hvor var det dejligt. Tiden blev brugt fornuftigt, dvs. vi dalrede rundt og gik på restaurant og shoppede en smule. Det skal også tilstås, at jeg trak ruten “forbi” alle de garnbutikker, jeg havde kendskab til… det gav god motion, da et par af dem var ganske langt uden for den almindelige rute, og den ene endda lukket.
The Mate and I have just spent the last weekend (a luxury extended version) in London, while MM’s grandmother babysitted back home. Child free travels are not an actual goal in the future, but oh my, it was a bliss this one time. We spent our time well, which translates to wandering around hand in hand, frequenting restaurants and shopping a little. I will admit to dragging the route past all the yarn shops in my knowledge… it ended up being rather good excersise since several of them were a good way off our normal way, and one was even closed.
Windsor Castle havde ingen af os besøgt før, så vi legede turister lørdag og tog på udflugt. Det var spændende og flot og stort og guldbesat, men det bedste synes jeg alligevel var fornemmelsen af det store slot og besøget i St. George’s Chapel, nå ja, og så den “steak and ale pie” der blev fortæret til frokost. Man bliver ganske sulten efter et par timers kiggen på brokade, bladguld og balustrader.
None of us had visited Windsor Castle before, so Saturday was play-the-normal-tourist-day and we went on a day-trip. It was interesting, beautiful, big, and gold decorated, but the best part was, in my oppinion, the sensation of wandering around this massive castle. Other top experiences were the visit in St. George’s Chapel and of course the steak and ale pie we ate for lunch. You get rather hungry from going over brocade, leaf gold and carvings for several hours.
Nu er jeg tilfældigvis også temmelig stor fan af det tidsrejsende rumvæsen kendt som “the Doctor”, så da jeg for første gang i mit liv så en politi-telefonboks, måtte jeg jo liiiiiiige have et billede… bare ærgeligt, at indholdet ikke var det samme… eller måske godt, når man tænker på, at det var magen, der fotograferede!
I happen to be a rather big fan of the time travelling alien know as “the Doctor”, which meant that when I for the first time in my life saw and actual police phone box, I just had to have a picture… just bad luck that the content wasn’t the same… or that might be good luck, considering that the Mate was there too!
Det var ganske rigtigt Oslo, som jeg har muntret mig i i sidste uge. Min mor og jeg fangede et cruise+opera tilbud med DFDS for et par måneder siden og glædede os siden da helt vildt til en hyggelig mor-datter tur. At jeg så også fik lidt mig-tid på den konto gjorde det jo kun endnu bedre.
As some guessed, Oslo was the city that I enjoyed a couple of days last week. My mother and I caught a cruise-opera offer with DFDS a couple of months ago and had since then looked forward with glee to a mother-daugher trip. As a bonus I got some me-time at the same time, but that only made things better.
Vi vandrede byen tynd den første dag, sådan føltes det i hvert fald næsten, og så både operahus, Vigelandsparken, Bygdøy og Folkemuseet. Alt sammen i smukt, klart solskinsvejr med en god stærk brise der gav blus i kinden og appetit på lidt varm mad. Aftenen var helliget operaen, og vi havde fine pladser med godt udkik, omend benpladsen var ganske trang. Jeg kunne rigtig godt lide forstillingen, især på grund af den vellykkede opdatering.
We walked around the city the first day, quite a long walk if you asked my feet. We saw the new opera house, Vigelandsparken, Bygdøy and the Folk Museum. The sun shone from a clear though windy sky, which made the cheeks glow and the appetite ready for some hot food. The evening was spent in the opera. We had good seats and though the space for long legs was rather restricted, it was a good experience. I liked the performance and especially the way the opera had been updated.
Dagen efter var mere shoppingpræget, skønt kultursjælen blev nurset med et kig ind i rådhusets forhal og en gennemgang af Nationalgalleriet, hvor visakortet så også kom i sving… der er altså noget med museumsbutikker. Dernæst gik den vilde jagt på en strikkebutik, for jeg ville åh så gerne have “Selbuvotter” bogen med hjem. Efter et par fejlskud fandt vi endelig Husflidens håndarbejdsafdeling, hvor de både havde ganske meget garn (jeg købte faktisk ikke noget), og også den ønskede bog. Inden da havde jeg dog været så heldig at få en anden smuk og lækker strikkebog af min mor. Så hjembringelsen er ren inspiration i denne omgang.
The next day was rather more for shopping, though the artistic soul had its food in a glimpse of the townhall and a walkthrough at the National Gallery. Here the visa card had its debut too… something always gets to me in museum shops. After this the wild chase for a yarn shop began. The reason was that I really really wanted to buy a copy of the “Selbu mittens” book. A couple of missleads didn’t affect us and finally we found the craft section of the Husflid shop. They had rather a lot of yarn (I didn’t buy anything.. I know, shocking) and also the wished for book. Before that my mother had gifted me with another beautiful knitting book, so the haul this time was pure inspirational.
Gæt, hvor sokken og jeg har været henne?
Guess, where the sock and I have been at?
Sidste dag på ferien er så langsomt ved at være forbi… Norge er dejligt og er blevet nydt i fulde drag. Der er blevet gået i fjeld (både op og ned), samlet blåbær, fået fjeldsol, hygget og spist god mad og (for mit vedkommende) strikket en masse i de smukke, lyse aftener. Det er dejligt at vide, at vi snart vender tilbage hertil.
The last day of the vacation is nearly over… Norway is beautiful and has been enjoyed fully. We have walked in the mountains (both up and down), collected blueberries, been burned by the mountain sun, relaxed and enjoyed good food and compagny, and (in my case) have knitted a lot during the beautiful, light evenings. It is good to know that we will return here soon.
lykkefanten.com 