Where do you live and what does it look like?

[The new erato]

Beside Bergen (where I have lived since 1982), I have lived here





Trondheim, in 1951 (my birth year) and 1963 - 1977

and here




Oslo, 1977 -82.

The period 1951 - 63 were spent in a myriad of smaller places in Norway as my father worked as an engineer in various projects.

[Karl Henning]

Beautiful shots!

[The new erato]

Interestingly enough all major Norwegian cities are located on the coast. That goes for at least the 7-8 largest ones. Just a few minor ones around Oslo (3 or 4) are located inland.

[Robert]

www.cityofindianwells.org

[listener]

I had never taken the local bus that climbed the hills of our wealthy suburb until this Sunday, the area I on the right of the picture from the ferry, the Vancouver city picture is from the bus.

[mc ukrneal]

Some really beautiful shots here. Some wonderful looking places to live.

[Florestan]

Beside Bergen (where I have lived since 1982), I have lived here





Trondheim, in 1951 (my birth year) and 1963 - 1977

and here




Oslo, 1977 -82.

The period 1951 - 63 were spent in a myriad of smaller places in Norway as my father worked as an engineer in various projects.

The pictures look wonderful --- in summer, that is, which IIRC last year in Norway happened one Wednesday. 

Seriously now, how many months a year the weather is as sunny and the sky as clear and bright?

[The new erato]

The pictures look wonderful --- in summer, that is, which IIRC last year in Norway happened one Wednesday. 

Seriously now, how many months a year the weather is as sunny and the sky as clear and bright?

The summer last year was wonderful. This year; not so much.

Very variable weather as a general rule, more sunny in Oslo than on the west coast.

[Florestan]

Bucharest, Romania



and a superb aerial tour

https://www.youtube.com/v/RR2SdvUTcNs

[The new erato]

Bergen not ugly in winter;

[Florestan]

The summer last year was wonderful. This year; not so much.

Very variable weather as a general rule, more sunny in Oslo than on the west coast.

Norway is on our wishlist, especially the fjords, Alesund, Bergen and Cape North --- but only God knows if, and when, we´ll be able to check them. 

[Ken B]

Norway is on our wishlist, especially the fjords, Alesund, Bergen and Cape North --- but only God knows if, and when, we´ll be able to check them. 

I keep meaning to ask about your avatar. You have this thing with avatars and beards. First a bearded lady, now Trotsky shaven. What gives?

[The new erato]

Norway is on our wishlist, especially the fjords, Alesund, Bergen and Cape North --- but only God knows if, and when, we´ll be able to check them. 

If it happens, PM me. I have room for you for some few days.

[Henk]

Bergen not ugly in winter;

Seems like a cool place!

[Florestan]

Bergen not ugly in winter;

When I was a child, the winter in Bucharest used to be like that, the whole city covered in snow and almost frozen --- and I delighted in it, much more so as the winter holidays was guaranteed to be extended until milder weather. 

Nowadays, the winter is much more snowless and warm (global warming is an undeniable fact), but every 2 or 3 years there is at least a whole week of heavy snowfall and blizzards which results in badly disrupted traffic and having to clean about 20 cm of snow off the car every 2 days --- and I hate it. 

[Florestan]

I keep meaning to ask about your avatar. You have this thing with avatars and beards. First a bearded lady, now Trotsky shaven. What gives?

It gives that it reminds me of a Romanian joke.

The lady teacher draws a circle on the blackboard and asks the pupils what it is. The smartass of the class stands and answers: "It´s a dick, teacher." The lady retorts "No it´s not. Sit down, you´ve got an E minus". Then she draws a rectangle and asks again what it is. The smartass of the class stands and answers: "It´s a dick, teacher." The lady retorts "No it´s not. Sit down, you´ve got another E minus". Then she draws a triangle and asks again what it is. The smartass of the class stands and answers: "I don´t know what it is, teacher, but I do know you are sexually obsessed."

[Ken B]

It gives that it reminds me of a Romanian joke.

The lady teacher draws a circle on the blackboard and asks the pupils what it is. The smartass of the class stands and answers: "It´s a dick, teacher." The lady retorts "No it´s not. Sit down, you´ve got an E minus". Then she draws a rectangle and asks again what it is. The smartass of the class stands and answers: "It´s a dick, teacher." The lady retorts "No it´s not. Sit down, you´ve got another E minus". Then she draws a triangle and asks again what it is. The smartass of the class stands and answers: "I don´t know what it is, teacher, but I do know you are sexually obsessed."

Oh hell, Andrei. Of course I'm sexually obsessed!

[Florestan]

Oh hell, Andrei. Of course I'm sexually obsessed!

Are you a trianglophile or a circlophile? 

Please do post some pictures of the harem you live in, that should be quite interesting. 

[Jo498]

The version I know is somewhat different:
A man is in a session with a therapist. The therapist draws a triangle and asks: what are you thinking  about looking at that figure? The man: sex.
Repeated with circle, finally with a square and the therapist loses his cool: Are you always thinking about sex? The patient: It's not my fault, doctor. It's you who keeps drawing all those dirty pictures.

[Florestan]

The version I know is somewhat different:
A man is in a session with a therapist. The therapist draws a triangle and asks: what are you thinking  about looking at that figure? The man: sex.
Repeated with circle, finally with a square and the therapist loses his cool: Are you always thinking about sex? The patient: It's not my fault, doctor. It's you who keeps drawing all those dirty pictures.

You know what´s funny?  The one I presented was the first to came on my mind --- actually I kinow it in both versions and in both cases the protagonist is the same: Bulă, which is kind of a Romanian smartass Max Mustermann. --- there are literally thousands of jokes featuring him