by Anne on January 27, 2012
Bwhat? From February 1, a single 1-zone ticket for transportation (bus, tram, or underground)in Oslo, if purchased onboard, will be increasing to 50 kr ($8.2). The same ticket, if purchased online, will cost 30 kr ($ 4.9) .
If you’re going to Oslo for a shorter period of time, but don’t know how much you will take the tram/bus/underground, there is also the option of purchasing day-passes (which cost 75 kr (or $12.3) compared to the onboard-bought single-zone tickets and is valid in three zones) or week-passes might be cheaper than to buy single tickets.
Of course, that’s what they want you to do as well, because the reasoning behind the increase?
“Many transactions onboard means that we can’t keep the timetable.»
I think I have more respect for Stavanger’s rhetoric in that they want as many as possible to have travel-passes and the like and not buy tickets onboard – because driving around with cash makes the bus drivers a target for criminals.
If you can’t keep the timetable – adjust the timetable.
by Anne on January 25, 2012
In January I’ve…
- Attended my first New Year’s Concert. (Will try to do this again – fantastic experience).
- Found a third knitting pattern for the knitted squares I’m knitting for a blanket/rug. (Living the wild life here)
- Spent time with friends inside…
by Anne on January 24, 2012
The Danish court announced that Princess Marie gave birth to a princess at 8.27 this morning.
The girl weighed 2930 grams and is 49 cm long.
“She is beautiful. Healthy and in good shape and that’s the most important thing for us. I am also very satisfied with having a daughter,” Prince Joachim told the press after the birth.
There will be a 21 shot salute fired at Kronborg and Sixtus in Copenhagen at 12. In addition, the official Denmark will hoist the flags at that point.
The royal guard will also switch to their “Blue Duty Gala” wear.
Traditionally, her name will not be released before the christening.
by Anne on January 23, 2012
Still going on about the Regina Leeds book One Year to an Organized Life: From Your Closets to Your Finances, the Week-by-week Guide to Getting Completely Organized for Good
. I’ve made it to week 3 – and now we’re heading into kitchen territory. The first week is about planning how you’d like your kitchen to be – and what utensils can be eliminated, if you have a lot of them.
My kitchen is rather small, and lacking in counter space. I’ve solved that partly with adding an IKEA Stenstorp kitchen cart. It gave me a bit more counter-space, as well giving me a bit more shelf-space underneath. I’ve put the microwave there, as well as a couple of the other kitchen machines I use often.
The big advantage of the kitchen is the big cupboards. I can fit almost everything and the kitchen sink in there, if I arrange things around. However, the fact that they’re big, also means that they’re fairly deep and things can be difficult to locate. It’s also easy to just put things into them in the heat of the moment without thinking about if I’ll be finding them later…
A couple of things that I’ll be implementing at some point:
- additional containers for foodstuff for the pantry, to organize further. I have three containers, that I use for flour, cocoa and powdered sugar, already. I’ll be picking up
- 3 Step Kitchen Cupboard Shelf, or something similar. This would give me a bit more overview over pantry items, ensuring that I won’t buy double of anything. Hopefully.
- A permanent marker to label dates on items I put in the freezer, containers I open in the refrigerator…
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