Oslo in a day

Yesterday I went on a day trip to Oslo with some good friends. 

I love how easy it is to go on cheap little trips here by simply jumping on the bus or the train (something that is not really an option on the good old North-Atlantic island).

Great people, great weather, great city.

xx

E

The Wieliczka salt mine

While in Poland we visited the Wieliczka salt mine. 

In total the mine tunnels span around 300 kilometers and, according to our guide, it would take five months to cover all of them.. and yes, you'd most definitely get lost. It was amazing to walk through tunnel after tunnel knowing that you're only seeing a tiny proportion of this giant structure (less than 2% to be more precise). 

There weren't many good opportunities for photography down there since we were walking, rather quickly, in a tour through very dark tunnels. However, as amazing as it sounds, there is an entire cathedral located in the mine and I took a few photos as we passed through it.

Just as anywhere else in the mine, almost everything in the cathedral is made from salt: the walls, floors, ceilings and sculptures. Even the crystals of the chandeliers are nothing but salt. 

Pretty impressive stuff.

An awesome place to visit and most definitely worth the seemingly countless steps down. 

Plus on the way up you get sort of an adventure ride; you're squeezed into a tiny industrial elevator with eight other people, speeding up around 130 meters in almost complete darkness.

An awesome day!

xx

E

Krakow street art

I love beautiful street art. It brings life and color to otherwise boring plain walls.

Krakow had some beautiful pieces and I'm pretty sure we would have seen a lot more of it I we had spent more time outside of the city center.

I am in love with this one. Whoever made this, you've got some awesome talent!

I saw this bunny at couple of spots around the city and I'm pretty sure there's more of them. After all, bunnies reproduce quite quickly, right?

This one has some impressive details.  People with this kind of talent absolutely amaze me.

It's a wonderful different side of Krakow

xx

E

London Zoo

The ZSL London Zoo was among the places we visited in London

This spot quickly became one of my all time favorite spots for photography. I love photographing the animals because nothing quite beats the beauty and the colors of mother nature.

It is a bit saddening though to walk through the zoo and see how many of these beautiful animals are either endangered or have hit a level of vulnerability. It's a little bit more uplifting though to know that these animals are carefully cared by professionals, and to find out that places such as the London Zoo actively run conservation programs all over the world to conserve the species and their habitats.

Here are some of the pictures we took during our visit.

I wanna go back!

xx

E

London bound

xx

E

A new type of vacation

Tomorrow morning I'm off to a four day skiing vacation with my guy.

25 is a great age to learn how to ski, right?

Well, at least I'm very excited to learn some new things and have fun at the same time, now here's to hoping  I won't break any limbs :)

xx

E