My new home!

Åj åj åj, I have a new home, it is even a house! Just for me!!

I do not have the keys yet, so will not celebrate too early. But tomorrow at 2pm I will meet the agent, and get the keys! Hurrrrra!

This is my new view! From my bedroom!! It is the opening out to the open sea from the St John's harbour. There is nothing out there, just open sea, all the way to Ireland!

My first week in St John's

I have to say, so far so good! It has been a good week. I feel I am getting settled in now. I even have my Canadian Social Insurance number now! So now I am a "proper Canadian"!
Have got a nice new office, with windows out towards the harbour and sea. So have full control of all the vessels coming in and out of St John's! I just today moved out of the Hotel and in to Conny's place (as she is not here yet, she has been so kind to let me borrow her house). Always nice to get out of a hotel and into more normal living conditions. And her house is just two streets down from the office, so I will use 2 min to walk to the office, steep downhill. And 4 min back home! Have been doing a little house-hunting the last few days as well. And think I found my new home today, just have to hear back from the landlord if he will lower his price a little, so it will match my housing allowance. Very exciting!

The view from my hotel

This is the view from my hotelroom. Here you see pretty much the whole of down town St John's (westwards). To the left you have the inner harbour, and the tall white building is our office (a 10 min walk from the hotel).

2011 - a new era has begun!

No longer far-far-away land to the east, but this time far-far-away land to the west! Out on the outer most easterly point of north America! Nothing but Atlantic ocean as far as the eye can see!
Have my 2 year work-visa in my passport and lots of winter-clothes in my bags! This will be an exiting new adventure! New people to get to know and a new place to call home!

St John's

Conclusion after the three days in the new city: charming in its own way, very friendly people, potential, great traveling companions! Now at the airport, heading west, to go east! Great!

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New adventures! Canada here I come!

Sitting at gate 136 in Toronto heading east again for St John's Newfoundland! Getting tired, my body is trying to tell me it is 01:45 and it wants to sleep! But we have a few hours to go! Hoping for a quiet nap on the plane. But looks bleak, the plane is overbooked, so guess it will be packed... Well well, only a 3 hours flight! Bon voyage!

Home sweet home!

It is great to be home! My supermom picked me up at the trainstation and helped me up with all my gear! Super extraservice! I would have struggled on my own! Now the bags are emptied out and huge piles are covering my floor, laundry day will be tomorrow, now it is time to put this exhausted body to bed! Good night Oslo!

Amsterdam

KLM Lounge, sushi and cava! What more can you ask for! Slept all the way here, got a 2 seater for my self. 5 hours in Schiphol is just the perfect time to relax, eat and shop!

The last adventure of K and K, for a while anyway...

Early one morning at Atyrau international airport! The bags are sent (all 4 of them) and time has come to go home. Goodbye Kazakhstan! For this time! You never know where life takes you, maybe I will come back one day! Plenty of oil in the Caspian! So never say never! So I will say goodbye for now, på gjensyn!

We had a great night

out yesterday and early today... Thank you so much my great friends, for giving me a super goodbye! Who needs to sleep when you have such good friends!...
Kristin and I are back on the same rotation, so we are going to do what girls always do at Schipol: lounge, cava and shopping!

 

The very last day has come!

The very last day has come! Time to clean out the desk and also the apartment. Went home during lunch, and packed the last stuff, and moved everything over to a crew-change apartment. So now my two suitcases, two bags and an in-flight are in the hall, waiting to come home with me tomorrow morning at 5! Erik Anton and I have got presents and cakes, and lots of nice words. Sad and nice at the same time!

Tonight we are doing some wine and beer up on the 17th floor, then we will go over to Champion's and eat and have some fun! I can not waste my last hours in KZ sleeping can I…!

Post party note...: The story ended a little differently! We went to Champion's first (as I was so hungry and could not wait any longer...), and then at midnight or so we made it over to the Ardager and up on the 17th floor. With chilled wine and bubbles, music and good friends, we made every minute count! It was a night to remember!!