Reis ikke for å komme frem, men for å reise!
Vår første tur til utlandet, som familie.
Jeg er ikke den som har lagt mest turistmil bak meg, for å si det sånn, lista er kort. Danmark og København når jeg var 16, Romania på kryss og tvers som 18 åring, og ett par heisaturer til Ålborg! Ja jøss.... Må jo ikke glemme Norge, mellom Trondheim til Kristiansand, og på kryss og tvers av den landsdelen, og der stopper det. Men da har jeg sett mye Norge og flott natur!
Drømmen om å ta med familien litt lenger utforbi Sogn og Fjordane sine grenser, har vært en stund. Men det har ikke blitt, på grunn av frykt for alt som muligens kan skje! For eksempel miste passet, og så står vi i ett fremmed land uten å kunne språket skikkelig engang. Eller tenk om barna blir syke, flyet styrter, noe fælt ville ske hjemme når vi var borte, vi blir ranet, eller vi går oss vill? Alle slags umulige og mulige situasjoner poppet opp i hodet gang på gang, men ettersom snøen bare fortsatte å sakte drukne oss stakkars innbyggere på Vassenden, var det nok! Nå skulle vi til sol og varme:)
Først skulle vi til Sharm El Shaik, men der brøt det jo ut borgerkrig, så da ble det ingen pyramide på meg, men løsninga var Lanzarote:)
Lanzarote er jo en vulkanøy, som kanskje de fleste vet. Derfor er jo landskapet noe lavasteinete, over alt! Men det er flott, og noe en bør se og oppleve en gang i livet. Kaktuser er det mer enn nok av, i alle varianter og former, og fargerike busker og trær, som her hjemme er potteplanter, for de som er kvalifisert for å holde de en ukes tid i vinduskarmen hjemme.
Befolkningen er gjestfri og snakker så som så engelsk, men en forstår, og kroppspråk er det samme over hele verden! Så kommunikasjon er intet problem.
Prisen er da ikke så mye lavere enn her i Norge, men på alkohol var den ikke så streng. Men interessant var det da en må betale for hvilke størrelse du har i føtter, når du kjøper sko.
Hotellet var fantastisk. Beligenheten, servicen, menneskene, roen, barnevennlig og tryggheten, hærlig.
Vi reiste med Apollo, bussen fraktet oss fra Aracife til Playa Blanca, og Papagayo strendene. Rom fikk vi med en gang, og så kunne vi bare kose oss en hel uke. All Inclusive var verdt hver euro! Ingen risiko for matforgiftning, for renhold og hygiene var på topp over hele hotellet, og barna kunne bare hente seg en slush når de ønsket. Vi måtte heller ikke absolutt rekke lunsj, frokost eller middag, for en snackbar med mye god mat var åpen hele dagen, og natten. Pina Coladaen var enestående, og vodka var de ikke redde for å dele ut. Det var ingen cl mål der! Om kvelden var det barnediscotek, som var artig for store og små, med mye bra musikk, ungene elsket det. Klokken 23.00 var det stille på uteområdet, og da kunne man sitte på terassen, og se på de rosa skyene, og duene som kurret på taket.
Timanfaya Nasjonalpark er en ting en bør se, når en først er på Lanzarote. Vulkanlandskap, i alle jordens fargetoner. Vilt, vakkert, og øde. Lite beplantning, men en kaktus stakk opp her og der, og en palme inn i mellom. For noen euro, fikk en ri på kamel, noe som var greit for en kort periode, men aldri om jeg hadde ridd meg gjennom Sahara på en slik!
Lanzarote var en svært ryddig øy. Du fant ikke søppel i gatene, det var alltid noen som var ute og stelte planter. Det var vakkert planta med kaktus og andre vekster, alt var på stell. Husene såg nymalte ut, kritthvite i solen, og inngangsdørene til husa var flotte farger på. Og alt var bygget av lavastein, når det kom til steingjerder, trapper og annet. Flott var det.
Vi kan ikke si vi såg så mye til innbyggerene på Lanzarote, de var ganske usynlige, de som da ikke var i jobb. Trafikk var det heller ikke så mye av. Veiene var luksus å kjøre på. Tenk å hatt slik veistandar her i Norge.
Men politiet er bevepnet med revolver der nede! Det såg litt skummelt ut.
Omtrent det første vi var vitne til på vei til hotellet første dagen, var en stygg bilulykke, med to totalt smadrede biler. Så vi fikk se politi, brannvesen og ambulanse og mer, i aksjon den dagen. Det såg ikke bra ut for de innvolverte.
Hva var ikke bra med Lanzarote? Tror egentlig ikke det var noe. Greit nok, vi savnet ordentlig kaffi, og Norvegia kvitost, og været kunne vært bedre de første dagene. Men på sett å vis, siden det aldri regner på Lanzarote omtrent, så fikk vi med oss det værste regnværet på lange tider, lyn, torden, og regnbue. Vi såg firfirsler, og masse rare skjell og fisker. Vi badet tærene i Atlanterhavet, og barna bygde flotte sandslott på stranden. Vi koset oss med full service, og anbefaler på det sterkeste dette hotellet, og ikke minst, All Inclusive, så lenge en har små barn med på ferie.
Det var en fin opplevelse! Nå har jeg bevist for meg selv at vi klarer å dra på tur langt hjemmefra, så det blir nok ikke så lenge til neste utenlandsreise håper vi;)
Og så vil jeg dele en sang som minner veldig om vår ferie på Lanzarote, mars 2011. En av Topp 20 låtene i Spania da; Don Omar - Danza Kudro ft.Lucenzo:)
TripsTravel is not to arrive but to travel!Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Our first trip abroad, as a family.I'm not the one who has most turistmil behind me, to put it that way, the list is short. Denmark and Copenhagen when I was 16, Romania across as 18 year old, and a pair of spin to Aalborg! Yeah .... Do not forget Norway, between Trondheim, Kristiansand, and criss-cross the region, and where it stops. But then I have seen many Norway and great scenery!The dream of taking the family out a little longer utforbi Jersey's borders, has been a while. But it has not been because of fear of anything that might happen! For example, losing your passport, and so we are in a foreign country without knowing the language properly even. Or what if the children are sick, plane crashes, something bad would ske home when we were away, we are robbed, or we go our way? All sorts of impossible and possible situations popped up in the head repeatedly, but since the snow just kept slowly drown us poor people on Vassenden, it was NOK! Now we were to the sun and heat:)First we were to Sharm El Shaik, but there broke out the civil war, so there was no pyramid on me, but the solution was Lanzarote:)
Lanzarote's a volcanic island, perhaps most people know. Therefore, the landscape somewhat rocky lava, everywhere! But it is great, and no one should see and experience a once in a lifetime. Cacti are more than NOK by, of all varieties and forms, and colorful shrubs and trees, as here at home are potted plants, for those who are qualified to keep a week's time on the windowsill at home.The people are hospitable and speak so-so English, but understand, and body language is the same all over the world! So communication is no problem.The price is not that much lower than here in Norway, but alcohol was not so strict. But interestingly, it then must pay for what size you have in your feet, when buying shoes.
The hotel was fantastic. Beligenheten, services, people, peace, children and security, the army.We went with Apollo, the bus transported us from Aracife to Playa Blanca and Papagayo beaches. Room we got away, and we could just enjoy ourselves for a week. All Inclusive was worth every euro! No risk of food poisoning, for cleanliness and hygiene were on top throughout the hotel, and the children could only pick up a slush when they wanted. We had no absolute number of lunch, breakfast or dinner, a snack bar with lots of good food was open all day and night. Pina Coladaen was outstanding, and vodka, they were not afraid to hand out. There was no cl goals there! In the evening there was barnediscotek, which was fun for young and old, with a lot of good music, the kids loved it. At 23.00 it was still on school grounds, and when one could sit on the terrace and watch the pink clouds, and the pigeons that cooed on the roof.
Timanfaya National Park is a thing one should look, once one is in Lanzarote. Volcanic Landscape, in earth tones. Wild, beautiful, and desolate. Small plants, but a cactus stuck up here and there, and a palm in between. For a few euros, got a ride on a camel, which was fine for a short period, but never if I had ridden my way through the Sahara on the way!
Lanzarote was a very clean island. You did not find garbage in the streets, there was always someone who was out tending plants. It was beautifully planted with cacti and other plants, everything was changing. The houses looked freshly painted out white in the sun, and the front doors of the houses had beautiful colors. And everything was made of lava stone, when it came to the stone fences, stairs and more. Beautiful it was.We can not say we saw so much to the people of Lanzarote, they were quite invisible, as when not at work. Traffic was not so much. The roads were a luxury to run on. Imagine had such veistandar here in Norway.But the police are armed with a revolver down there! It looked a little scary.About the first thing we saw on the way to the hotel the first day was a bad car accident, with two totally smashing cars. Then we saw the police, fire and ambulance, and more in action that day. It looked not good for those involved.What was not good with ACE? Do not really it was nothing. Okay NOK, we missed the real coffee, and Norvegia kvitost, and the weather could have been better the first day. But in a sense to show, since it never rains on Lanzarote about, so we got us the worst rain in a long time, lightning, thunder, and rainbow. We saw lizards, and lots of rare mussels and fish. We bathed your toes in the Atlantic, and the children built the magnificent sandcastle on the beach. We cuddly us with full service, and recommend strongly this hotel, and not least, All Inclusive, as long as one has small children on holiday.It was a great experience! Now I've proven to myself that we can go on a trip far from home, so there will be NOK not long until the next trip abroad, we hope;)
And I will share a song that reminds really about our holiday in Lanzarote, March 2011. One of the Top 20 songs in Spain then, Don Omar - Danza Kudro ft.Lucenzo:)
TripsTravel is not to arrive but to travel!Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Our first trip abroad, as a family.I'm not the one who has most turistmil behind me, to put it that way, the list is short. Denmark and Copenhagen when I was 16, Romania across as 18 year old, and a pair of spin to Aalborg! Yeah .... Do not forget Norway, between Trondheim, Kristiansand, and criss-cross the region, and where it stops. But then I have seen many Norway and great scenery!The dream of taking the family out a little longer utforbi Jersey's borders, has been a while. But it has not been because of fear of anything that might happen! For example, losing your passport, and so we are in a foreign country without knowing the language properly even. Or what if the children are sick, plane crashes, something bad would ske home when we were away, we are robbed, or we go our way? All sorts of impossible and possible situations popped up in the head repeatedly, but since the snow just kept slowly drown us poor people on Vassenden, it was NOK! Now we were to the sun and heat:)First we were to Sharm El Shaik, but there broke out the civil war, so there was no pyramid on me, but the solution was Lanzarote:)
Lanzarote's a volcanic island, perhaps most people know. Therefore, the landscape somewhat rocky lava, everywhere! But it is great, and no one should see and experience a once in a lifetime. Cacti are more than NOK by, of all varieties and forms, and colorful shrubs and trees, as here at home are potted plants, for those who are qualified to keep a week's time on the windowsill at home.The people are hospitable and speak so-so English, but understand, and body language is the same all over the world! So communication is no problem.The price is not that much lower than here in Norway, but alcohol was not so strict. But interestingly, it then must pay for what size you have in your feet, when buying shoes.
The hotel was fantastic. Beligenheten, services, people, peace, children and security, the army.We went with Apollo, the bus transported us from Aracife to Playa Blanca and Papagayo beaches. Room we got away, and we could just enjoy ourselves for a week. All Inclusive was worth every euro! No risk of food poisoning, for cleanliness and hygiene were on top throughout the hotel, and the children could only pick up a slush when they wanted. We had no absolute number of lunch, breakfast or dinner, a snack bar with lots of good food was open all day and night. Pina Coladaen was outstanding, and vodka, they were not afraid to hand out. There was no cl goals there! In the evening there was barnediscotek, which was fun for young and old, with a lot of good music, the kids loved it. At 23.00 it was still on school grounds, and when one could sit on the terrace and watch the pink clouds, and the pigeons that cooed on the roof.
Timanfaya National Park is a thing one should look, once one is in Lanzarote. Volcanic Landscape, in earth tones. Wild, beautiful, and desolate. Small plants, but a cactus stuck up here and there, and a palm in between. For a few euros, got a ride on a camel, which was fine for a short period, but never if I had ridden my way through the Sahara on the way!
Lanzarote was a very clean island. You did not find garbage in the streets, there was always someone who was out tending plants. It was beautifully planted with cacti and other plants, everything was changing. The houses looked freshly painted out white in the sun, and the front doors of the houses had beautiful colors. And everything was made of lava stone, when it came to the stone fences, stairs and more. Beautiful it was.We can not say we saw so much to the people of Lanzarote, they were quite invisible, as when not at work. Traffic was not so much. The roads were a luxury to run on. Imagine had such veistandar here in Norway.But the police are armed with a revolver down there! It looked a little scary.About the first thing we saw on the way to the hotel the first day was a bad car accident, with two totally smashing cars. Then we saw the police, fire and ambulance, and more in action that day. It looked not good for those involved.What was not good with ACE? Do not really it was nothing. Okay NOK, we missed the real coffee, and Norvegia kvitost, and the weather could have been better the first day. But in a sense to show, since it never rains on Lanzarote about, so we got us the worst rain in a long time, lightning, thunder, and rainbow. We saw lizards, and lots of rare mussels and fish. We bathed your toes in the Atlantic, and the children built the magnificent sandcastle on the beach. We cuddly us with full service, and recommend strongly this hotel, and not least, All Inclusive, as long as one has small children on holiday.It was a great experience! Now I've proven to myself that we can go on a trip far from home, so there will be NOK not long until the next trip abroad, we hope;)
And I will share a song that reminds really about our holiday in Lanzarote, March 2011. One of the Top 20 songs in Spain then, Don Omar - Danza Kudro ft.Lucenzo:)
