Monster commute today

[lph]

Today I had a work seminar to go to, and inspired by a friend of mine who did the same thing recently I decided to bike up to the hotel (Duck: Voksenåsen, up on Holmenkollåsen, one of the highest hills around Oslo). So instead of my usual 35-40 minute commute along a fairly flat route I swung off after 30 min and headed up, and up, and UP. Feeling fairly fit and pleased with myself, until I noticed time was running out, the road sure got narrow, I wasn't absolutely sure where I was, and where the H*LL did that hotel get to...

I ended up scrambling through the woods, carrying my bike around a fence and finally bursting through the door with five minutes to spare...

The up side? Lots of credit from everybody , taking a shower in the next coffee break, and after having biked hard for almost an hour and half - being able to eat four desserts for lunch without feeling guilty

(What still bugs me, though, is that I managed to mess up my bike computer before leaving, so I don't know how many km I can brag about tomorrow...)

[mimitabby]

oh, i hate when that happens! glad you had a good bike day.

[Geonz]

Woh babay exhilarating ride!

[lph]

Hey, this is the hotel we were at!

http://www.voksenaasen.no/index.html

check out the view!

I live over in the upper left-hand corner somewhere...

[mimitabby]

it's beautiful!
so how do you pronounce the "A" with the little circle above it?

[lph]

just like the word "awe", actually.

Norwegian has three extra vowels (don't know if these will show properly on screen in the states):

æ - which is an "a" and an "e" written together, and pronounced like the "a" in "hat"
ø - an "o" and an "e" written together, pronounced like the "e" in "her"

[mimitabby]

just like the word "awe", actually.

Norwegian has three extra vowels (don't know if these will show properly on screen in the states):

æ - which is an "a" and an "e" written together, and pronounced like the "a" in "hat"
ø - an "o" and an "e" written together, pronounced like the "e" in "her"

VERY cool.
thank you