The last bus from Smøgen

In the sunset of April a bus passes the bridge connecting the West Coast villages of Smøgen and Kungshamn in Sweden - it seems far more dramatic than the ordinaire sunset of the spring.

Outside Smøgen at the Swedish West Coast

Just a perfect day in April in the seascape and coastal habitat outside the small fishing village Smøgen at the Swedish West Coast.

The Capercaille by the road

Waiting for the spring the Capercaille do his dance along the mountain road in Valdres, Norway,mistaken our Mercedes to be his choosen hen.... What a life .....

 

The 4 year old ski jumper

 

A playground for skiing and other activities for the children... quite the thing in Norway to teach the young ones to the winter life and activities asap in their young lifes :-)

Here from Spydeberg, a small village 50km southeast of the capitol Oslo.

Notre Dame des Anges in Collioure

The Notre Dame des Anges, Collioure, dated eighteenth century.

It was built in 1684 following the destruction ordered by Vauban in 1672 of the former St. Mary's Church in the center of the city.

The village is thus moved a few hundred meters on its current location.

The dome of the tower, so characteristic, was added in 1810, relatively recently.

The tower was formerly used as a lighthouse for sailors wishing to return to port.

Next stop - heaven

Biker en route to the mountain summit at Madeloc in South of France.

 

South of France: Port-Vendres in February

I do not know about you - but for a Norwegian having a walk in a coastal landscape like this with the sun shining and the temperature at app +15C - for sure gives a promise of spring and summer

 

- as at the same time at our mountain place up north the snow is 70 cm deep and the temperature well under the freezing point...

 

Collioure in February

A sunny day with some wind in the middle of February - but Collioure in South of France looks as inviting as ever.

 

February flowers in the Almond Tree

It is February in Collioure, South of France and the Almond Trees offers it beatiful flowers - even in the little cold wind.

 

Cold dawn

Another morning from a wintery dressed mountain in the lower mountains of Norway southwest.

Our outdoor camp fire is well hidden under the snow where some old tracks from a passing hare is visible.

After the long nordic night the sun and light is finally making its entrance (the time is app. (10AM).

 

January morning outside Oslo, Norway

January morning in the village Spydeberg, app. 50km southeast of Oslo, Norway.

At the time this photo was taken (early in January) not so much snow - but it was a rather cold month for an extended periode the start of 2013.

Winter night in the mountain cabin Norway

Photographing from the mountain house towards the small guesthouse/cabin right outside.
If you study the snow you will see that that there is not yet made a path to the little house (it was done the morning after this night).
The light inside the cabin is controlled from the main house - as it add some warmth in the setting. And over it all the moon passes and add some sparkling glitters in the snow....

This night the temperature dropped to -30C up here in the low mountains in Norway Southwest.

Norway in January - A winter dream

January have been cold but with many sunny days in Norway South. As here in the lower mountains of Southern Norway in Tisleidalen, Valdres. The trees are still covered in snow, more looking like whipped cream in a setting like this.

Rendez vous in the Medina, Marrakech

The souks in the medina represents such an adventure to visit. With all the twisted narrow streets and all the shops and craftsmen scattered all over the old town – so different from our daily environment in the North of Europe. Try it out sometime… (if you haven't already)

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Video: People in the Medina, old town of Marrakech

From a walk in the exciting Medina in Marrakech. 

A one day walking tour organized by Viator.com (recommended)

Video and stills.

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Video from a 4WD Jeep tour to the Atlas Mountains

When you are in Marrakech, Morocco the majestetic Atlas Mountains presents themself as a grand backstage to the flat terrain of the city itself.

We recommend that you spend a day with a local tour guide (i.e. Viator.com) in a big 4WD Jeep - not only to visit the mountains but also to have an exciting visit to a Berber village, including a visit to a local home.

Take a look at the video and have som impressions from this interesting day.

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No photo of my fish pls!

Walking in the narrow streets of the Medina in Marrakech, Morocco, offer many impressions and interesting sights and motifs for a photographer. But some times you should not take your photos to openly as in this small fish market where the shopkeeper clearly does not want us to have our small photo souvenir of the place.

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The Majorelle Garden

The Majorelle Garden (Arabic: حديقة ماجوريل) is a twelve-acre botanical garden and artist's landscape garden in Marrakech, Morocco. It was designed by the expatriate French artist Jacques Majorelle in the 1920s and 1930s, during the colonial period when Morocco was a protectorate of France.

The garden has been open to the public since 1947. Since 1980 the garden has been owned by Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Bergé.

After Yves Saint Laurent died in 2008 his ashes were scattered in the Majorelle Garden.

 

 

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More from a wintery Norway

The river Tisleia in January

The frost mist is hanging over the shores along the river Tisleia as it is still floating with open water, even in -20C. Up here in the central mountains of Norway we experience some very cold, but beautiful days in this first month of 2013,

 

Cross country skiing in Norway

Cross country skiing in Norway

The last days of December included some fantastic days in the Central mountains of Norway.
New snow and newly prepared ski tracks in an fabulous winter setting.