Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Stavanger Photos

There was a request in a recent comment that I post more photos from the "village" where I live. There are a boat load of them at flickr that have been taken by others. I live on a peninsula near beaches, mountains, flat farm land, and of course the ocean. This is probably not the part of Norway people think about when they see postcards, although pulpit rock is near here-- one of the largest tourist attractions in the country. The fact is, Norway is more modern than the US in many respects. Almost all of Stavanger is cabled for fiber optic internet, for example. Cell phone reception is amazing-- even in tunnels. Rather than a fishing village, think off-shore oil capital.

2 comments:

J! said...

...and we don't pay with checks anymore...

filtersweep said...

Very true. I find it interesting when I read about people who randomly find 500.000 nok that was mistakenly deposited in their bank account and go on a crazy spending spree-- usually ending up in a brothel somewhere in southern europe. I would be exceptionally paranoid about large person to person transfers.