tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34640285867891711542024-03-13T02:07:54.831+01:00KRISTINE TRAVELSNow: Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia and ThailandKRISTINE TRAVELShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04137985870402526035noreply@blogger.comBlogger476125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464028586789171154.post-26773180772521183582018-01-16T15:22:00.001+01:002018-01-16T23:42:57.978+01:00What no one told me about traveling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">No one ever talks about what it can
do to you, seeing all these different people living all their different,
unique, yet meaningless lives. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The small moments are what I travel
for. Not to see the Sydney Opera House, the Empire State Building, or La
Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. Sure, I will probably go see the sights - because
I’m there and because some of the sights are pretty and magnificent and breath
taking. But I do not want to see them just for the selfie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I travel not for the big sights, but
for the big moments with the random people you happen to meet along the way.
You will meet them, they are everywhere, and they will talk to you if you
welcome the world into your comfort zone. These people inhabit the places you
visit, the places you photograph, the places you day-dream of when you are back
home in your safe, own, cosy bed, and the world seems miles and hours and
worlds away - in a good way. These people are walking beside you on your way to
explore, armed with your camera and sunglasses and good walking shoes for
walking the city.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Most of the time, these people will
inspire me. Most of them have taught me something about the city I am visiting,
or the country I knew nothing about. Most of them have told me about their
life, their family… </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Taking in the fresh, crispy Australian winter-air, which
tastes like Norwegian early autumn, a dark-haired woman spoke to us in
charming, latino-accent English. “Aren’t you cold?” she asked, and we answered
that no, we were good. We then added the random, yet informative detail that we
were from Norway. This piece of information mostly seems to explain everything
to people here who are asking us if we are not freezing. It has happened a lot
already. This lady was from Chile, and her family was still there, yet she had
been living here in Australia, in Melbourne, for 41 years. She missed her
family everyday. Yet she had three children in Australia, but I guess they
didn’t live in the same city as her. She visited Chile a couple of months ago, and
missed the country, “but Australia is a better country” she said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">To me, meeting people like this warm
good-hearted woman is why I travel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Most meetings inspire me, make me
feel less alone when I am wandering the streets of some city, and country,
where I know no one. But every once in a while, all these people whom I do not
know, will make me sad. Empty, like the empty streets in the evening here in
the part of Melbourne where my sister has lived for half a year now. Inside of
me, like in the streets, are still the trees and beautiful houses and the sky
that changes its colours and cloudy formations. But without the people,
laughter and life, the street is sometimes just a street – even to me who
usually get excited and extremely happy by the sight of any sunset, a laughing
child or even rain drops pondering on my window. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Sometimes a street is just a street,
and a new city is just a random city that I do not feel curious about, or fascinated
by. And this lack of excitement (usually following an overload of different new
experiences) makes me sad, and empty. All the things you are supposed to feel
while travelling, all the curiosity and the wish to see and taste and smell and
photograph EVERY new meal, street, strange outfit and unexpected temporary
friend, can sometimes disappear. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Sometimes I don’t feel anything, even though
I’m supposed to feel in contact with this world that I am finally diving into. This
world, the one that I have been longing to explore, imagining all the
overwhelming feelings and new impressions, suddenly just looks like some big,
confusing place where I don’t belong, and where no one loves me. So I feel
unloved, unhappy, unsatisfied, or just empty – like a nothing, like an
observer, observing a strange world that I thought I wanted to be a part of. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">No one ever said I would feel like
this, ever. They all told me about the excitement, but never about the
hopelessly heavy disappointment flowing over me on days when I am not as
adventurous as I wanted to be. Suddenly I’m none of the things I hoped I was. </span></div>
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I’m not an adventurer. I am not spontaneous. I do not appreciate random talks
with random people, and I do not want to talk to anyone, except maybe my mom. But
she is asleep anyway, as it is night time on the other side of the world. </span></div>
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I will not be fascinated by any new coffee shop I discover, even though I
usually always feel a rush of adrenaline running through my veins in the sight
of a special, cute, cool café as I turn the corner of a new street. Today this
does not excite me. It only exhausts me. I am exhausted, and sometimes
travelling exhausts me. I think it happens to other travellers as well. But we
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Most of the time I am adventurous, so that is what I
choose to be. On days like this, like today, I am just empty. So I keep quiet
about it. No one ever told me about this empty feeling that travelling can
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Maybe this is a
travellers biggest secret. Most days we love travelling. On the days when we
don’t, on the days when travellers almost hate travelling, the traveller will
have nothing but emptiness inside. But he or she will not tell you about this empty
feeling. After all, we love travelling more than anything. Most days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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She was this tornado of energy and compassion, with a dash of happy craziness. Not your typical hotel director, and she told us that she was living in Africa with her boyfriend, but she came back to this hotel many times a year, to help and work. She knew the hotel director she said, and she called her "<i>a helpful and nice woman who lets me stay here for free - as long as I work and help with the hotel"</i>.</div>
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We arrived there in our tuktuk, after a 10 hours bus ride which involved crossing the border from Vietnam to Cambodia, arriving in the capital Phnom Penh, and finding a minivan taking us 3 hours more south, to Kampot.</div>
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The young tuktuk-driver (was he even 18 years old yet?) clearly hadn't been this far away from the centre of Kampot (30 minutes drive in the black night). We were let in to the resort-area, after driving on a sandy, bumpy road for some minutes, and he drove nervously, heading straight towards the pool. </div>
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The woman came running, dressed in a summer dress, together with four employees at the hotel. She picked up a tiny cat, no bigger than a small coffee cup around its cat-waist.</div>
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"<i>Sorry</i>" she said, "<i>but I just adopted this little cat, found him on the road.</i>"</div>
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"<i>Come on inside, sweeties, can I get you something to drink on the house?</i>" she said as the rest of the staff eagerly lifted our bags and backpacks out of the tuktuk and in to the reception.</div>
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She was always running around in her cute summer outfits, giving directions to the staff on where to put the Christmas decoration, and when to serve us free lasagne. She would approach us in the evening, taking our dinner-order while we were sitting freshly tanned and sunburned in the eating room which was partly inside, partly outside under the palm trees. Suddenly she would share some intimate secrets about her life, hopes, dreams, plans, whatever, and then rush back to work. </div>
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And because you are traveling and staying in a new place where people have different points of views from the people you have grown up together with - they will challenge all your so-called facts about life and living. </div>
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She could never see herself working in an office. She said she came to Cambodia to take pictures, cause she was really a photographer. This was 20 years ago. Now she lived in Africa, or did she really live here?</div>
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We never saw the female hotel director she kept talking about. We only saw her, running around, fixing and decorating and laughing and creating good vibes only.</div>
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"<i>I do it for these girls</i>" she said, and pointed at the girls working in the restaurant, "<i>they are so lovely. And I want to help them to have a better life."</i></div>
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The majority of people I meet in my daily life, work in offices of some sort. And they are happy with it. Great. Perfect. But what works for some people, is not necessarily the best way to go for everyone. Just make sure you are happy doing what you're doing, being where you are.<br />
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KRISTINE TRAVELShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04137985870402526035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464028586789171154.post-73679646300168827682017-12-11T10:55:00.001+01:002017-12-11T10:59:08.053+01:00I kø for solnedgangen i Angkor Wat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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for at tuktuk-sjåføren skal kjøre oss til et sted hvor vi kan se sola forsvinne.
Ikke mye ekstra, 4 dollar omtrent, for noen timer ekstra. Under 50-lappen i
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Hotellsjefen
sa at vi skulle være tidlig ute, men solen har bare så vidt begynt å sekke
litt, og tuktuk-sjåføren vår har ikke hastet oss videre fra de andre stoppene
på denne sightseeing-kjøreturen blant alle templene, selv om han vet at vi skal
se sola gå ned fra toppen der. Da vi kom til hotellet i går kveld, bestilte vi
en tuktuk-sjåfør for hele dagen, for det er visst den vanligste måten å gjøre
dette tempel-opplegget på. ”Does the driver speak English? He needs to know
English!” sa vi til damen i hotellresepsjonen. ”Yes, yes, very good!” sa hun,
alle de gangene vi uttrykte dette ønsket.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">”When
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setter han seg til rette på motorsykkelen, starter opp, og vi hopper inn i
vogna som er festet i den lille motorsykkelen, og dras videre av gårde.
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Så
ankommer vi et sted hvor skiltet viser at tempelet visstnok skal ligge på
toppen av et fjell. Sjåføren peker og stopper motoren, så vi trasker oppover
grusbakken sammen med resten av gjengen som har betalt ekstra for å se det
øyeblikket sola forsvinner. Nå skal vi snart se himmelen, og et eller annet syn
som er verdt noen ekstra dollar mer enn det Angkor Wat er verdt i dagslys. Jeg
kaster et blikk mot varmekula høyt der oppe. Er det et snev av oransje lys som
preger det ellers himmelblå sceneteppet over meg? Kan jeg skimte starten på den
solnedgangen vi har betalt for å se? Er det ikke litt for mange mennesker som
vandrer med like freidig mot som meg og min søster, på vei mot det samme målet
der på den toppen hvor vi har hørt at det ikke er plass til mer enn 300
mennesker? Nei, på tide å undertrykke alle katastrofetanker. Selvfølgelig har
vår tuktuk-sjåfør passet på at vi faktisk rekker å komme oss på plass i god tid
før hovedshowet (solnedgangen) starter. Han virket jo temmelig avslappet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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15 minutters gåtur opp grusbakkene, med et par frekke forbigåinger fra vår
side, når vi tempelet på toppen av fjellet. Der oppe ligger ruinene og bader i
kveldssol, og her nede ved oss åpenbarer de noen-hundre menneskene som også har
betalt for solnedgang. Så er vi ikke de eneste som vil se #solnedgang i Angkor
Wat. Det vil også de sikkert 400 andre som står i kø allerede. Når skjedde det
at alle ville ha #sunset på Instagram (eller hvor enn kineserne lever ut sine
kreative sosiale medie-fantasier)? Her står de alle sammen, med blikket fast
festet på de få heldige turistene som sjonglerer iphones og selfie-sticks rundt
der oppe på det kveldssolgylne tempelet. Pent og pyntelig stiller vi oss bakerst
i den eviglange køen, sjekker klokka og prøver å memorere når sola gikk ned i
går. ”Det ble jo ikke helt mørkt før 7” blir vi enige om, og kalkulerer
optimistisk på hvor lang tid vi har igjen, og hvor stor del av køen som vil gi
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av vaktene kommer gående. Det er mer enn nok vakter her. Han informerer
folkemengden om at det er liten sannsynlighet for å rekke å se noe solnedgang innen
vi kommer til toppen. Ingen rikker seg her i bakerste del av køen. Jeg spør
hvor lang tid det vil ta før vi er foran i køen, og han svarer at det er nok en
time til før dere er oppe. ”Hehhehe” ler vi, litt for intenst, og sier at ”ja,
vi får vel prøve å stå her litt nå som vi er i køen”. Han rister nok på hodet
inni seg tenker jeg. Tenker kanskje at turister er gærne. Gjør hva som helst
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Og
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Og venter på at noen av de hundrevis foran i køen skal kaste inn håndkle.
Hvorfor? Bare for at jeg skal se på himmelen som blir littegrann mer rød enn
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Og
stemningen er til å ta og føle på her i køen. For hvert menneske som skræver
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Og
det er så dumt dette. Men vi står her alle sammen likevel, og kikker på klokka
og kikker på sola der bak trærne. For vi ser ikke sola herfra – vi må høyere
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Vi
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hver gang noen kommer ned fra toppen av tempelet, klapper hele fremste del av
køen – for når noen går ned, kommer andre opp. Det bør applauderes. Den bakerste
delen av køen er helt stille, antakelig sliter de med x antall følelser knyttet
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fasen, gått over i den mer rosa gylne fargen, og skiftet til det litt mer
kjølige lyset himmelen får når sola nesten er forsvunnet fra himmelbildet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Ja,
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oppe på utsikten før vakta begynner å mase om at alle skal ned fordi de stenger
for dagen. Showet er over. Og alt vi så var en blekoransje himmel over noen
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KRISTINE TRAVELShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04137985870402526035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464028586789171154.post-71832608255114854522017-12-02T18:51:00.002+01:002017-12-03T02:35:33.763+01:00Nattbuss i Kambodsja <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sjåføren snakker i telefon, kjører forbi alle biler og motorsykler og hunder og kuer, bare tuter litt ekstra først. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Alt er svart, bekmørkt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Han vinker til noen langs veien. Vi stopper plutselig. Får på en ny passasjer. Gasser på videre. Stopper igjen og tuter i hytt og pine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Langs veien sykler småjenter i skoleuniform, flere på en sykkel, og vi sneier forbi i 80 km/t på grusvei.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Helt mørkt overalt. Plutselige lysglimt langs veien innimellom mørke palmer. Husene er bygget på høye stolper. Under der er familien samla kanskje. Jeg vet ikke for ser ikke ansikter ser bare antydninger til mennesker der i lyset som vi suser forbi. Er det familien som henger sammen der ute under huset klokka syv på fredagskvelden? Gutta ? Syklubb til mor? Eller har de ikke sånt her?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Vi er på vei til en av de siste stoppene på en syv ukers tur. Vi er plutselig nesten ferdig med en hel tur. Den vi snakka om så lenge</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Den vi har spart til et års tid. Den jeg har ønska i 10 år.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Møtte ei jente i Vietnam som var ti år yngre enn meg, og ti ganger mer disiplinert enn jeg noen gang har vært. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">En av få ting jeg har gjennomføringsevne på er å reise kanskje,å forflytte meg, for det er kun sparing og planlegging og..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sjåføren kjører i rykk og napp, gass brems, annenhver annethvert sekund. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Jeg hører på musikken jeg hørte på for to år siden og tenker på den tida da jeg bodde alene og tenker på de folka jeg så hver dag den gang. Hvor er de i dag? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Folka langs veien suser vi forbi her og de sitter og sitter og ligger langs veien og jeg vil vite hva som diskuteres i hengekøyene i småbyer og utkantstrøk i Kambodsja. Kongeriket Kambodsja som det offisielt heter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lurer på hvordan de har det her i dette kongeriket. Får ikke greie på det fordi jeg ikke snakker khmer, og kanskje hadde ingen vært interessert i å fortelle meg om sånt uansett. Hvorfor skulle de dele sånt om livet sitt med en solbrent fregnete turist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Kjører forbi et høyt hus på høye trestolper. Lurer på hvordan de kommer seg opp i huset for jeg ser ingen stige opp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tror sjåføren er trøtt. Han gnir og gnir i hårlokkene sine og tuter hissig på hunder som sjangler ut av veien. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Han har ikke stoppet på lenge nå. Stoppet tidligere , dro opp en bilmotordel fra en pose, la delen i bilen, gikk ut og krysset veien og håndhilste på en annen sjåfør fra samme firma, med en stappfull minibuss selv også, sånn som vår mann. De håndhilser, han fyren får posen (som jeg ikke vet om er tom eller kanskje det var flere bildeler oppi der enn den han tok ut).</span></div>
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KRISTINE TRAVELShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04137985870402526035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464028586789171154.post-8032576014031868872017-11-30T18:06:00.001+01:002017-11-30T18:08:08.053+01:00How NOT to backpack<div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No, we <b>have not done it</b> before. On our previous trip (to Australia) we dragged two big suitcases all around the country.</span> Not sure what is more practical.. <span style="font-size: large;">All I know is that after traveling with one big backpack </span>each on the back <b>and</b> one smaller on the belly<span style="font-size: large;"> - we are more experienced on <b>backpacking </b>then we were six weeks ago.</span><br />
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<li>don't bring a too big backpack</li>
<li>don't have two backpacks (unless you really need it)</li>
<li>and don't carry yet another big bag beside these two backpacks - it will be too much</li>
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<li>don't forget sunscreen</li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">don't be too spontaneous</span> if you don't really have time to be (<span style="color: #999999;">like for example if you want to go on the night-train from Hanoi to Nha Trang - you should not expect the train to have seats available for you when you try to book tickets at 9pm..</span>)</li>
<li>don't bring clothes you don't like / or that are not comfortable (right Anette?)</li>
<li><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">don't believe everything will work out - it won't</span></li>
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<span id="goog_1115183943"></span>KRISTINE TRAVELShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04137985870402526035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464028586789171154.post-88360726614202156202017-11-28T03:18:00.001+01:002017-11-28T04:11:38.575+01:00What to do in Gyeongju<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="470" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AszDov-LKOw" width="680"></iframe><br />
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Once upon a time this city was the capital in the Silla kingdom, around year 600 up to 900. Silla was one of three kingdoms in Korea at that time, and a lot of important people and institutions was founded in Gyeongju. And the kingdom later conquered the two other kingdoms in Korea.<br />
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Today it is a small town (according to Koreans) with tourism and some local population. Though most(?) of the young generation of South-Koreans wants to live in Seoul and big cities, Gyeongju's surprisingly cool cafes and local coffee shops, restaurants and adorable book shops shows that there is something happening here. Maybe there is a growing youth culture, and a growing wish to live outside of the biggest concrete cities?<br />
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The train ride ride from Seoul is between 2 and 3 hours long, depending on where in Seoul you travel from, but then there is also a little piece of road to conquer in (rental?) car before you reach the city of history and culture, and cool vibe.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks to our lovely friends, we got to experience the great, cool and delicious Korean table. I'm really grateful to have you Sul-Ki and Heejoon - <i>taking us to places we would never find on our own, and helping us choose the best from every menu. </i>And Sul-Ki's mom who cooked <i>the best meals</i> we have had in South Korea (but unfortunately she does not have a restaurant yet).</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Apparently, fried chicken and beer has it's own word in Korean: chimaek. And who knew fried chicken could taste THIS amazing. I did not. This tiny bar/pub/restaurant(?) has a kind of Jamaican feel to it, and the girls said it reminded them of Hong Kong. Like true locals, we went here for beer and chicken before moving to a different place for some more food.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With autumn colored yellow leaves raining from the trees covering the street outside, Le Pul felt like the perfect place for lunch, brunch or coffee. My Korean friend and café/restaurant-expert Heejoon, loves this place and goes here often to enjoy their colorful salads before going to the cinema to see a french movie. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is one of the best lunches we have had on our trip. JUST GO HERE if you want something delicious yet healthy and good for you. Their salads are music for the heart, and we couldn't help but to take a cookie to go on our way out, when they came warm out of the oven.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A little bit Italian, a little Korean, and 100% authentic and cosy atmosphere. Coming into this place feels a little like coming home after a long day: it is a warm, candle-lit and relaxing space with great food and wine. Here we tried the pizza which was original and thin and good, and some pasta and a Korean spicy dish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">THIS place is culture. Eating raw meat and octopus that is still curling and moving when served on the plate, is just one of those experiences you should not miss out on. Mix the traditional drink Soju with beer, and if you are lucky: share this moment with two Korean people who can tell you a lot about the many aspects and challenges of South Korean living. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The guys from the start-up-company Liner took us here and introduced us to many delicious and different kinds of Korean dishes. Thank you for this great lunch experience! Here you can choose all good things from a big buffet with salads, meat, chicken, noodles, soups and dessert. Fried, cooked, raw, and with lots of different sauces - I am sure you will find something (or many things) you like! We were also lucky to get good help and explanations from these guys, and Chanmin especially, but you can just ask the staff there - they are probably helpful too :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">All day breakfast and brunch - need I say more? Perfectly poached Eggs Benedict, juicy french toast mixed with bacon and scrambled eggs, and dreamy coffee. Or have a pasta, or one of the other delicious dishes. The style here is classy and the music is jazzy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yummy burgers in this small place - go here on one of those days were you really feel like eating something familiar. Their most popular one is the shrimp burger (on the first picture), but the classics were also great. AND Anette really liked the lemonade here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here, some floors up inside a big building, you will find every kind of brunch. Apparently the "ricotta hotcakes" is the most popular dish here, but what we had was also delicious. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Loved the atmosphere, reminded me of New York, even though I have never been there. Cosmopolitan mood, I think is a suitable description.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our friend Sul Ki's favorite place for cakes and desserts, and I totally understand why. Located a half-hour metro-ride outside of Seoul city, in the area Bundang-gu, this charming place offers sweet temptations. Definitely go here if you live a little outside of the city centre (and it is cheaper to live a little outside too). </span></div>
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I almost never wear dresses, but man did I love wearing this one! You can rent the national costume to wear for some hours around in South Korea, both in Seoul, but also here in Gyeongju (the former capital looong time ago). There are all kinds of different colors and glitters and prints, and funny thing is me and my sister chose the most glittery, over-the-top-hanboks, while the real Koreans chose more modern, simple (as they described it themselves) costumes. Something to do with the distance to the history maybe, but I just really enjoyed wearing all that glitter and goooold. Surprisingly enough since my daily color is black. Or maybe not so surprising after all. </div>
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Funny, random thing happened: while we were strolling around the tourist sites, a camera man and a producer came up to us and asked if we wanted to be in the promotional video they were shooting for the city. </div>
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Wonderful meditation-class with this zen buddhism Priest in the Shunkoin Temple in Kyoto. Sitting on the floor, crossing our legs, waiting for the Priest to arrive - he surprised us all by commenting on our crossed legs.<br />
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"Why do we cross our legs when we meditate?" he asked, then quickly got into a thought-spiral about why we do things the way we do it, and why we have so many certain and locked ideas of what is "normal" and "common sense".<br />
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So, his message was partly; always ask why you believe something is normal? Is there ever any such thing as normal behavior or normal thought? You probably have those ideas from where you grew up, or something someone told you, or some picture you have in your head based on nothing but stories.<br />
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"Sit how is comfortable, not how you think you are supposed to sit, when meditating", he said.<br />
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<br />KRISTINE TRAVELShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04137985870402526035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3464028586789171154.post-78176070238771577992017-11-06T11:35:00.000+01:002017-11-06T11:35:03.289+01:00Why travelI travel to understand<br />
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When you travel, you meet people. You might have brief conversations in a language you've never heard before, and you will feel the need to make yourself understood, even though you can't when the other person doesn't know any of the languages that you know. And this way - your mind will be challenged. Your idea of communication will probably develop into a deeper understanding of languages and the importance of eye contact, smiling and politeness. Ideally this will make you more aware of what your body language is actually saying, and what other people are communicating with everything but words.<br />
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Hearing a new language is to me like entering a mute world where my eyes have to work harder than my ears, and my hands have to speak up when my mouth fails to explain.<br />
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Being in a new country, city, house, or wherever I haven't been before, makes me more aware of my surroundings. I learn to observe, not just assume. I learn to analyze and look for information, instead of just passively moving from one familiar place to another.<br />
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To travel is maybe not so much about seeing new places, as it is about seeing everything in different light and from a different point of view. And I believe that I take all those point of views with me when I return to my home country.<br />
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And let me define "travel": it doesn't matter if you travel to the other side of the world, or to your neighborhood city, or if you just take the bus to a place in your city where you haven't been before. Traveling is moving, traveling is exploring - traveling does not have to cost a lot of money, or anything really. You could take a biking trip, or you could just start walking - as long as you move, and put on the "explorer"-glasses, you will learn something new about some place, near or far.<br />
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Imagine driving up a small mountain-road, the rain drumming on your car roof, and the road looking more like a river or almost a waterfall more than a place for cars and wheels. Imagine being in a new country that you have been dreaming about traveling to since you were 10 years old, realizing that the world is not just your hometown, wondering what your life and your looks would be like if you would have been born in a totally different place.<br />
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Imagine driving a bit further up the hill, stopping by a charming house made with dark wood and looking exactly how you have imagined old houses looking like in Japan's countryside. Walking inside, being greated by an older couple(?) who works there: she serves and he cooks, and they are greeting you with smiles that you understand and Japanese words that you absolutely don't understand after being in the country for 3 days.<br />
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And imagine the sight of a "menu" which looks more like a drawing to you, more like a piece of art than a piece of paper offering you different dishes. Feeling so happy that I have a Japanese friend - thank you Mana once again for taking me to amazing places, and for translating the menu for us ;)</div>
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<i> 1. Torafugu, in Shimokitazawa</i><br />
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After about 12 hours on airplanes plus waiting time in the airports, we arrived in Tokyo, found a bus, a train, a metro line and our airBnB-apartment hidden in a street somewhere. Then we went for a walk down to this area called Shimokitazawa, looked around, went into a gallery and got a tips to go to this restaurant up the street.<br />
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The waiters didn't know much English, but they knew fish. Suddenly they came up to the table holding a plastic bag with water, and inside was an alive fish. They just wanted to show us some of the food available for dinner.<br />
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This market I wrote about <a href="https://kristinemg.blogspot.kr/2017/10/why-you-should-have-your-breakfast-at.html" target="_blank">here</a>. But yeah, I don't really have the name of the restaurant - just walk around and sit down at one that looks nice. You probably won't be disappointed! I absolutely loved this fish bowl with rice and different fish and ginger.<br />
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This! Just.. wow! The smell of grilled meat and sauces hits you before you get into this small restaurant in a street in Shinjuku. There was no room downstairs, but we were sent up this really small staircase, climbing up to the second floor where there was a small room filled with tables and chairs.<br />
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<i>Jeg er egentlig en typisk croissant-og-cappuccino-med-eggerøre-og-bacon-til-type frokostperson, men da Mana foreslo at vi skulle starte vår første hele Tokyodag på fiskemarket, sa jeg "selvfølgelig!". Hvis det er en ting du må spise når du besøker Japan, så er det fisk. (Ikke misforstå, det finnes tusen andre retter du også må prøve).</i></div>
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<i>Uansett; her på et av verdens største fiskemarkeder finner du alt du ønsker å smake. Du kan enten kjøpe fisk for å ta med, få smaksprøver der blant hylende selgere og fiskere, eller snike deg inn i en av de mange små, bortgjemte fiskerestaurantene innimellom fiskebodene.</i></div>
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<i>Og selvfølgelig finner du alle mulige typer japanske søtsaker og godteri her, som for eksempel dette vi kjøpte: daifuku. Som oftest er de laget av ris og rød bønnesaus, men det varierer veldig hvilke smaker og farger du kan finne dem i. Jeg synes smaken minnet om marshmallows, bare at det smaker sunnere (noe det jo også er).</i></div>
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<i>Vi vandret omkring en stund mens Mana sorterte ut hvilke restauranter som kunne være bra, og ikke. Til slutt endte vi opp med å bli lokket inn i en restaurant som viste seg å være full (godt tegn!). "Vent", sa de ansatte (tror jeg), og så viste de oss vei ut i et trangt bakrom som førte til en heis, hvor en dame kom ut, dragende på et bord på hjul. Vi ble guided videre inn i heisen, dørene ble lukket og de ansatte og restauranten forsvant bak dem, vinkende. </i></div>
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<i>En etasje opp åpenbarte et mye større, roligere rom seg, og vi fikk dette til frokost (rå fisk) - <b>Kaisendon</b>.</i></div>
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So, hello Tokyo! One of the things we had read about this city is that there are so many different themed cafes and restaurants; like this owl café, cat café, hedge hock café, robot and Alice in Wonderland café (to mention a few). </div>
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We; me, my sister and my friend Mana who is from Japan, and who I got to know when we were studying in London, spent an hour here at the Mohumohu owl café in Shinjuku area, Tokyo. Walking down the street, it was kind of hard to find the right place, but suddenly we spotted a sign that said the café was four floors up. So we started climbing the narrow staircase in this building, and came to the top floor, to find a door closed and locked. We knocked, and a man came out to check if we had a reservation.<br />
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Almost ready for our trip, or as ready as you can be I guess - not really knowing how the next six weeks will be like, we have made a checklist with the most important things to remember when planning a journey. Please comment if you have some more points to add!<br />
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- Do I need a visa?<br />
Check out whether or not you need to apply for a visa to the country / countries you are visiting. In Japan and South Korea we will get a tourist visa at the airport. Vietnam and Thailand too. But to Cambodia we have applied for Visa.<br />
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- When is my passport's expiry date?<br />
Some of the countries we are going to, require that your passport does not expire for six months to get a visa.<br />
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- Which vaccines do I need?<br />
There are some vaccines you need to have, and some you can choose.. I prefer to be fully protected, but of course it's up to you. Visit a good travel clinic where you can get good advices and proper guidance. I always go to Hanne at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/larvikreiseklinikk/" target="_blank">Larvik reiseklinikk</a> - she takes good care of you and gives great advice. And she is just a lovely person.<br />
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- Suitcase or backpack?<br />
How much do you need to pack? Always take less than you think you need - or at least that's what I'm thinking now when we are carrying everything around in our backpacks.<br />
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- Travel insurance!<br />
Make sure you are covered if anything happens.<br />
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- Learn important phrases of languages<br />
I'm not saying that you have to study the language to all the countries you are visiting, always. But I think it's nice to at least try to learn some phrases to show respect to the country you are going to, and to make an effort to communicate with people.<br />
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- Visit the library for travel books<br />
I love the library, it always feels like home. And instead of buying expensive travel guides, you can have them for free. It's always good to read more than one book about your destination, if you have the time.<br />
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- Make a budget<br />
Think through how much you want to spend on your journey, and know that you can save a lot of money if you book flights early, and also spend some time planning and checking out the different possibilities for living and traveling within the countries.<br />
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- Book what you have to, but plan to be spontaneous<br />
Every person and traveller is different, but being a bit of a control freak at times - I like to have some essential parts booked and planned, know about different ways to get around, and still have an open plan and not a rushed timetable in case I crash into something, or somewhere and I feel like I need more time.<br />
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- ENJOY<br />
Relax and enjoy the joy of planning a trip.<br />
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Two years ago, I posted my previous blog-post.<br />
Two years ago I was starting my third year of a journalism-degree.<br />
Two years ago I lived in a cellar-apartment half way under ground, with majestic mountains as my strangling neighbors and a nine hour long drive over these mountains to get to where I still call home: Larvik.<br />
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Since then I have switched letters for cucumbers, and my work day no longer involves sitting still in front of a screen - rather the opposite. This farmer-life is temporary, maybe, but my writing is ever-lasting, though not always prioritized. Born and raised on a farm, this is where the heart is I guess.<br />
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But soon now my heart will travel again. Soon I will be over the clouds, landing in a country I have dreamt of visiting ever since I was a little girl dreaming of looking like the beautiful Japanese girls with their silky black hair - quite the opposite of my un-willing curly wild blonde hair.<br />
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We will start in Japan, and move around for six weeks. The travel-route will be revealed here very soon. Most of my writing will be in English when we are traveling.<br />
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Skjønner jo hvorfor de er så stolte av disse fjella sine, disse Sunnmørsalpene som reiser seg himmelhøyt hvor enn jeg snur og vender meg i Volda. Og det er helt ok å ha de som nærmeste naboer, ofte. Men det beste er å være på toppen av dem. Da føler man seg ikke fanget og liten, men litt uovervinnelig. Litt. </div>
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Da vi fredag kveld kom ut fra kinosalens mørke etter å ha sett vestlandsnaturen på sitt beste (og verste) i katastrofefilmen "Bølgen", var det rart å tenke på at vi faktisk bor midt nedimellom alle disse gigantiske, majestetiske steinblokkene av noen fjell. Men guri så fin utsikt det er fra toppen - som her fra Melshornet (ca 800 moh) som vi klatret oss opp på søndag.</div>
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"<i>Oh, are you going to Moneglia??</i>" sa den italienske klesbutikkeieren etter å ha solgt oss noen av sine mest delikate, myke beige plagg fra sin lille butikk i en av Milanos travle shoppinggater.</div>
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Milanos opphetede gater forventet å nå en temperatur på godt over 30 grader den lørdagen, og det faktum at hav og strand og småbyliv ventet på oss, knappe tre timers togtur unna, holdt motet oppe og shopping-/turistlysten gående en god stund. </div>
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"<i>So many italians have summer homes there! Not many tourists, that is why I like it</i>".</div>
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Og da kvelden kom, var vi fremme på Moneglia togstasjon, etter å ha tatt tog fra Milano til Genova, løpt rundt på perronger i Genova, og hoppet på et mindre tog til Moneglia. </div>
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Togstasjonen var ett rom stor, og på utsiden var det ingen taxier, ingen asfalt og ingen andre mennesker. Bare oss tre, tre kofferter, og synet av en slags hovedvei som slynget seg nedover mot noe vi satset på var stranda, og hotellet vårt et sted i nærheten. Vi rullet oss nedover med kofferter og nysgjerrige, forvirrede øyne. Fuglekvitringen og varmen som lusket i luften er nesten overflødig i beskrivelsen.</div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">And as the evening arrived in Moneglia that Saturday, so did we. After our train ride from Milan to Genova, then the switch to a smaller, local train, after running around in the station, what met us outside the train station with the word "Moneglia" on a wooden sign, was the number one reason for my wishing to return soon: <span style="font-size: large;">PEACE</span>. Peaceful place, peaceful mind?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">We did find the hotel / apartment, ourselves looking like three misfits, big-city-girls with our suitcases too big for six days of beach vacation in a small town. The apartment hotel, <a href="http://www.in-italia.no/italia/liguria/moneglia/appartamenti-giada/" target="_blank">Apartamenti Giada</a>, appeared in front of us suddenly, surrounded by the sound of water from the fountain, clinking from glasses of red wine, italian conversations floating over big portions of creamy pasta bolognese and carbonara. </span></div>
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En kortversjon av historien: dagene inneholdt pizza, saltvann, salt potetgull, saltvannskrøller, bølgende pasta, kremet pasta, og ikke nok solkrem. Resultatet blir en ganske lykkelig sinnstilstand, og en følelse av at man kunne vært her, burde vært her, mye lenger enn en uke. </div>
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Noe av det flotteste med nye steder, er å oppdage nye kulturer, få innblikk i andre levemåter, nye tanker, alternativer til dine verdensoppfatninger, nye måter å omgås medmennesker på. Den italienske varmen er ikke bare takket være klimaet, men vel så mye takket være den milde, varme, åpne italienske væremåten. Drar du til en overeksponert turistmetropol, er denne væremåten druknet og utvannet blant alskens høylytte amerikanere, fisefine briter, hippe, kalde svensker og usikre nordmenn som alle tar sin del av rampelyset. </div>
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Moneglia har ingen skandinaviske barer hvor bartenderen er fra Sverige og deres mest populære drink er oppkalt etter den norske kongen. Det finnes ingen "partygate", ingen skrikende servitører som desperat forsøker å dra deg inn på sin restaurant. Det finnes selvfølfelig turister fra fjern og nær, og blant dem mange nordmenn fikk vi høre fra servitørene. Men italiensk var allikevel det rådende språket, tempoet er italiensk behagelig sakte, stemningen er bare god og ekte. Lokal. Lokal mat. Lokalbefolkning. Jeg har nå, etter en uke her, mer lyst enn noen gang før, til å lære meg italiensk.</div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">In Moneglia you won't find scandinavian bars with bartenders from Sweden and drinks named after the king of Norway. There are no "party streets", no screaming waiters desperately wanting you to spend your money in their restaurant. Of course there are lots of tourists from here and there, and lots of Norwegians too. But we did not feel like the italian atmosphere was interrupted by tourist stress. The atmosphere felt real, genuine, and welcoming yet not desperate. Local. Local food, local people, local language, Italian pace. After this week I wish now, more than ever, to learn Italian. You will want to know these people.</span></div>
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Utenom en stikkende solbrenthet, har jeg det flott. Vi har det flott. Ganske tilfeldig valgte vi et leilighetshotell i en liten by kalt Moneglia, i nærheten av Cinque Terre, og ikke så altfor langt fra Milano og Pisa og slikt. Anette falt for kjøkkenduken med de gule sitronene på bildet til leilighetens nettside, og vi satset på at Moneglia var en koselig by. Ikke midt i turistmaurtua, men ikke så langt fra den heller.</div>
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Vi tok ikke feil. Jeg skal fortelle dere hvorfor når jeg har fått bena godt plantet på norsk jord igjen. Men enn så lenge svever jeg på italiensk luft en liten stund til.</div>
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Du kan, og bør, sette av noen timer til å vandre rundt i den digre eventyrskogen av en park - Tiergarten, om du har litt tid i Berlin. For mens landskapet forvandler seg fra en grusvei langs elven, til en jungel av ville vekster, før man dukker opp i en rosehage, og litt lenger borte en engelsk hage, befinner man seg hele tiden i samme park. </div>
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Lilla rhododendron og lysegrønt ormegress, og plutselig dukker det opp en stor restaurant med et enda større areal uteservering der under de digre trærne, ved kanten av en innsjø. Samtalesus og klirring i glass og slasping av kremet pasta. </div>
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Og du blir vandrende alene på noen av stiene, og denne parken føles plutselig som en altoppslukende skog, og du har ingenting imot å forsvinne her inne, for alt er så grønt og fredlig og solen varmer selv i skyggen. </div>
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Berlinmuren falt i 1989, men denne lille delen står ennå, til minne om fortida. Østsiden av muren er dekorert med kunst, som et gratis galleri i friluft. <span style="font-size: large;"><b>East side gallery.</b></span></div>
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Hver lørdag samles folk her. Det er karaoke så lenge været tillater det. Begynner på ettermiddagen i firetiden og kan holde på så lenge det finnes nye håpefulle (og håpløse) sangtalenter blant publikum.</div>
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Jeg ser ikke lenger frem enn til neste matbod. En skvulp av øl fra en sjanglende, salsa-dansende forbipasserende, lander på den solstekte skuldra mi. Det lukter grillede bratwurstpølser og chiliwurst (min favoritt). Mojitos, caipirinhas og isbiter i plastikkglass på alle kanter, og de får folk til å danse. Lyden av techno fra høyttalere i et telt, mikses behagelig med gitarklimpring fra fyren sittende på fortauet i skyggen av et digert tre.</div>
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Gresset er sandete, tørt. Det må være omtrent 30 grader i sola, men det gjør ikke noe når vi bare kan ta en halvtimes blund her i parken. Akkurat som alle de andre. Fargerike lykter henger fra tre til tre, og et trommeband rigger seg opp på gresset ved siden av oss. Mat fra Peru i en matbod, empanadas, smoothies. Barn, gamle.</div>
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Vi fortsetter å gå, eller vugge, for folkemassen omkring oss har ikke hørt om "hastverk". Og vi innser at vi ikke har noe vi skal rekke vi heller, ikke noe hastverk, ingen gjøremål, ingenting vi må. Eller jo, Olivia og jeg MÅ kjøpe en is. Fort. Og vann. Og så er varmen digg igjen.</div>
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Men vi vil finne paraden, det skal være en parade her et sted, et sted i Kreuzberg, og vi vet hvilken vei de går, men ikke hvor langt de har kommet. De skal danse og hyle i parade i kostymer av fjær og skinn, hele dagen. Fra klokka tolv på formiddagen til klokka ni på kvelden. Vi hører musikk overalt, og trommer. Men ser ingen parade. Følger folkemassen som velter seg utover gatene. </div>
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Men så har folkemassen stoppet opp, hopet seg opp, og lyden fra trommene er kraftigere enn noen gang. Og plutselig ser vi damer med vinger og litt glitter til å dekke noe, og lite annet. Og jeg har aldri vært i karnevalet i Rio (bare vært en dag i Rio), men i noen minutter later jeg som at jeg er der, akkurat nå, og kan nesten tro det, for det må da være litt slik det føles å være på karnevalet.</div>
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Så følger hiphopdansere, barnedansere, gamle dansere, og de flotteste, rareste kostymer o alle regnbuens farger. Og flagg og musikk og rop, og alle verdens nasjonaliteter er representert der i den eviglange paraden som aldri ser ut til å ta slutt.</div>
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De har pyntet trommene sine med blomster, og jeg vil også spille trommer. De smiler til hverandre, og noen er mer avslappet enn andre. Den konsentrerte mannen bakerst i trommekøen har skuldrene hevet opp til ørene, og stirrer intenst på resten av gjengens trommeslag. Han er i alle fall nesten i takt med resten.</div>
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Og vi bestiller chiliwurstpølse i biter i chilisaus, til tre personer, meg, Mathilde og Olivia. Og de betaler for sine, og så får jeg min, før selgeren snur seg til neste kunde, og selv om jeg vifter litt med 5-eurolappen har han ikke tenkt til å ta den i mot.</div>
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