And we came alongside in Den Helder

It's definitely not a place for sightseeing, nevertheless, it's a little cosy city. It's a famous Dutch port and we were there for a port call on out way to North sea. You have to know that port calls are normally the worst days of your job as in most of the cases they carry the biggest amount of non-stop work for you. But just the fact that you can finish your work, go out and actually see people you've never seen before living a normal life out there is well worth it, for that reason alone i like port stays.

Back to Scandi3: Røros, Norway

Where's Røros?
Røros is located in the middle of Norway, in the county of Sør-Trøndelag. Inland, doesn't overlook any seas or fjords...

Praga...oh...Praga!

It's just such a beautiful and romantic city! I loved it...
Went there for a weekend, it was my birthday present from Erik for my 25th :)

Agra...And a really real wonder!

Incredible India! I was so pissed off by it i wanted to kinda teleport from the vessel straight home without passing by, ending up crew changing in a small city, with nothing to do, nowhere to go, shabby little hotels and traveling for ages to get in and out of that place on the noisiest planes ever!

It's Dubai again

I say again because i've been here before, this was actually the first destination my work sent me to, and it was to get my induction training. The spirit of Dubai has not changed since, still feels artificial, has an ever increasing number of skyscrapers and malls. They've been also building a lot of new hotels, a lot of new entertainment places, etc...

Grown up? me?

Finally New year 2007/2008 and finally i got the 5 week vacation i was waiting for, it always feels so good with one of these.

Not much happening, relaxation, meeting all the friends...generally nice. Add to that the nice celebration of New year at home with the family :)

But there was one special thing about those particular 5 weeks.
I got engaged! Of course to Erik, what kind of question is that?

Salalah-lala in the morning :)

It was one of these occasional countries i had to pass through on my way to the vessel...Oman.
The crew change was to take place in Salalah where we arrived in the afternoon and were basically leaving same day in the evening.

Geneva...Banks, wrist watches and chocolate

It's been so long ago...
That's what i realized when i flicked through the photos i made in Geneva and realized i hardly remember names of places at all!

Barcelona, and Viva Espanya!

It's been over a month since i took that trip, but it's not something i may think of not including here. Barcelona left some feelings that are really special, coz it's a place that is really special.
The first shock as i stepped down to the Spanish lands was the language, they speak even less English than i expected, actually zero english, everybody around you is adressing you in Spanish or even more frequesntly Catalan (pretty similar with a touch of French), not the easiest place to get around.

Back to Scandi2: Asker, Norway

Back to Asker, back to Scandic home...and feels like i never left...
The same little town close to Oslo where i spent 6 weeks last year at this same time of year: October.
Same weather, same feelings, same classroom even...

But differences exist too...today i'm back here not as a freshman but as company person with some experience, today i have different people with me...it's all the same here but my life changed abit since...for the better...

And it feels really good 😊