Ålesund sett fra Fjellstua

Per Øyvind fikk besøke Fjellstua på Aksla for første gang...  og igjen viste Ålesund seg fra sin vakre side :-)

Båttur med Luna

Runa og Stian inviterte til båttur med Luna på Kristihimmelfartsdag!!  Deilig vær! Sunnmøre viste seg fra sitt aller beste!!!  Tusen takk for en koselig tur på fjorden :-)

Beer with a straw

In Kazakhstan girls who order beer gets it served with a straw.  I never quite understood this...is it more lady like?  Do they think the pint glass is too heavy? Will it makes us cheerful more quickly?  or is it just the way it is??  :-D

This picture was taken at a Thai restaurant where we passed time with a really yummy meal waiting for our 3am flight...

So long Kazakhstan!  I've had a lovely visit!! 

New investment - an Afghan Rug

My new, beautiful Afghan rug bought in Almaty!  It will look great by the sofa!!  Wait for the update to see how it turned out!!!!

Hiking to look for wild tulips

The tulip is from Kazakhstan, so we went to search for the wild tulips.
The most common tulips
in this part of Kazakhstan are also the ones the Dutch scientists have
made most of the cultivated tulips we know in Europe today from. These
two brands are called Greigii and Kaufmani. The red ones in these
pictures are Greigii.
The sun was really strong this Wednesday, so must of us got some level
of sunburn...even tho we had used suntanlotion...
Now we're on the night train back to Almaty and tomorrow we'll see the
famous Medeo skating rink where the USSR set a lot of world records 40
odd yrs ago. We'll also lunch in a yurta, probably drinking fermented
camel milk! Exciting times!