England was still there

I have visited England again and I always like that. This time I was in London, since the assistant had meetings there. And then I went to see my bestist friend Henry (@henryandfriends) and Kolo Martin (@Kolo_Martin).

While I was in London I went to the British Museum. I had a tea at the great hall and looked at the dome.

I did other things too, but it is a bit difficult to handle the camera on my own.... Assistant was only with me some of the time so I had a chance to talk with the locals.





We traveled by train a long time to get to Henry. It was really nice to see him again and we talked until late. The next day Henry took me to a beautiful garden called Wisley and it is a RHS garden (Royal Horticultural Society) which is really hard to pronounce I think.

The garden was really big and we only saw a little of it. What we saw was really pretty, even though it was early spring. We climbed some trees and smelled the hyacinths.










We had a sandwich and cake there and it was a really nice day. Before we left Henry showed me the garden center and was patiently waiting while I picked out seeds for my garden.

It was a wonderful day for me and I think my garden is big enough for me... and for Henry too when he visits me.





The next day I had lunch with Kolo Martin and Henry. I had bought a brown cheese for Kolo to taste. Henry doesn't really like it. It was nice to see Kolo again. He is great company I think.







On my last say Henry and I went to Portsmouth and Southsea. I think they are one place really, it was hard to tell where one ended and the other one started.  We looked at the boats and walked along the sea front. We walked by the place where the Pink Panter was born...
There were lot of things to look at and I think it was a great day out.

After walking a long time Henry suggested we should sit down and have some cake. That was a really good idea. It was the end of my visit this time. I am already looking forward to my next trip to England... whenever that will be.

Winter is still alive in the mountains

Hello friends. I have been out and about this weekend and we went to the mountains to go skiing. It is strange with the Norwegians; when snow melts in the spring they flock to the mountains to find more snow.....









On the way we stopped at a very old church called Heddal.  It is from the beginning of 1200...that is older than the assistant.  It is a type of churches called stave church. This one is the biggest one in Norway and I wanted to share some photos with you. It has carved decorations along the doors and it is all made of wood. I think it looks really nice.

 After the stop at the church we continued up into the mountains so the assistant could go cross country skiing again. I was in the bag pack and that was bestist for me. It looks beautiful in the mountains when all is covered in white snow and the sun is shining and you can see peaks far far away.

All though there was a lot of snow left I found a bit of moss to sit on when we had a break.

 I could see miles and miles of mountain form my little bare spot.

I made this little greeting to my friend Henry (@henryandfriends) in the snow. It is really big, but that is not so easy to see.

There were other humans and some dogs out and everyone was happy.

Report from the winter woods

 Hello friends. Here is my report from our ski trip in the woods. Our destination was a cabin in the forest outside Oslo - where I live. We got up in the morning and the city was covered in fog. I thought it would be better to stay at home.... Then we got on the subway and as soon as we started to climb the hill we came above the fog and it was sun. At the end of the subway line starts the forest and ski tracks. It was so lovely and sunny and even a bit warm. There are lots of cabins to stop at and have some home made sweet buns and hot chocolate. Not to exhaust our self we stopped at the first one ....that was after 20 minutes skiing..

This particular cabin is at the foot of a down hill slope and I sat outside and watched the skiers and enjoyed the bun and the sun.

... then I skied on.....

We had another stop after an hour but no one wanted a bun at that cabin since we were skiing and it is not nice to be too full when you ski. We had some water and sat down in the sun.

We arrived at our cabin long before sunset and it was really nice. First we sat in the sun and looked out over the frozen lake and the woods. Then we skied some more and then assistant had sauna and a shower and we all had a nap before dinner.

I liked the dinner. We sat with people we had never met before and had good food and good conversation. I like that. After dinner we were really tired and went to sleep.

Next morning we woke up to sun and it was really quiet in the forest. Breakfast was home made bread and buns and we all ate well.

It is easy to find our way in the woods since there are so many tracks and they all have signs to tell us where we are going.

Since the day was so nice we took a long route home. It was over frozen lakes and over hills as well. We came to many pretty places and it was a lovely day.I could see that we were not the only anipals in the woods...there were tracks everywhere. I think we might have been the only stuffed ones.

We all sat in the back pack of the assistant a lot. That was not so clever when we went down hills and she fell over all the time. It was steep and only a very narrow track. The snow had an ice cover on top so it was hard for her to steer and to stop too. So many trees gave little room of maneuver and falling was inevitable...  We stayed safe though.

Many people were out enjoying the woods and I can tell you that the people were happy.

 

And the bears too. 

Such a lovely trip for a bear like me

I am back in Norway now and I Bonnie, Frank and I are talking all the time about our wonderful adventures. There are many photos and many more good memories. I will share some more here with you my friends.

In New Zealand we visited the capital Wellington and took the cable care. We all liked the cable car a lot. At the top the view was nice and even Frank wanted to have a good look. It was our lovely friend Marjorie @whskr that showed us Wellington. She is really nice. 

All things in Wellington was about Hobbits and even the coffee place looked a bit strange.

We left Wellington and the North Island behind the next day and took the ferry to the South Island.

 On the South Island we had a really good time and the assistant soaked in a mineral spa a whole day and looked like a raisin.... We were in beautiful Queenstown, and it looks like home.

As I told you before I meet my friend Baxter @Baxter_man, but it was so nice so I must say it again. He was wearing his tie too since he had visitors.

 We saw penguins. Little blue and Yellow eyed penguins. I like than so much. In the Antartica Centre in Christchurch there are some little blue ones that can not look after them self in the wild. One is afraid of water....

On our last day in New Zealand we went for a walk on the beach. I love the beaches in New Zealand, they are so empty and beautiful and I like it there. I like all of New Zealand.

New Zealand is a bear haven

 Hello friends. This is Bear Berkeley reporting from New Zealand. It is a country of 5 millions people and many many millions sheep. It has a lot of cows and bulls too and lots of dogs. I think it is a anipal friendly country. It is beautiful and has become to home of the Hobbits...that are not to unlike theddy bears...

In New Zealand I met some of my intertwitter friends. Marjorie @whskr met me in Welligton and showed me and Bonnie and Frank her town. We had a great time with here and she is so nice and true friend.She tool us on the cable car to see the city and she showed us the statue of John Plimmer and his nice dog Fritz.

The day we visiteded Welliongton was the day after the VIP premier for the Hobbit movie. It was at the Embassy Theater that Sir Peter Jackson made. I was one day late for the red carpet....

From Wellington and the North Island we crossed the Cook Strait and arrived at the Sout Island.

New Zealand is beautiful. Some places looks like home (Norway) but the climate is so much better. They grow vines and make lovely wine in many places. Some of you know that I like my wine...
 

 In Dunedin I met another friend of mine Baxter @Baxter_man. He was really excited to see me and Bonnie and Frank and he wanted to play all the time. His Ma had made a lovely dinner for us and we had a woderful time and didn't want to leave.

I made some new friends too. The little blue penguines are my knid of birds ( in addition to my friend @KillerParrot and @Perkey_penguin). They are out fishing all day and comes home at sun set. They are much better in the sea than on land, and I admire them for making the best of thing on shore too.

I had the oportunity to taste a lot of good wine and meet wine makers. All the wineyards are very bear friendly and the assistant was happy too. I also met the yellow eyed penguin and they are struggelig to find quiet places where people do not disturbe them.

New Zealand is a wonderful place with much nature and beauty. I hope the people there will look after the birds and animals and keep it a beautiful place. Maybe the Hobbits can help them...

My stop-over in Singapore

On my way to New Zealand I stoped in Singapore and had a look around. It is a city and the city is the country. We stayed in a tall hotel with more than 70 floors. We started the stay with a Singapore Sling on the top floor.

Bonnie and Frank really enjoyed the view form our room and the temperature was really nice and warm too.

We found Singapore to be avarage bear frieendly and that is because it is all about shopping. We are not into shopping so it wasn't really for us. Singapore is a place that want things to be bigger and better all the time. The Marina Bay building was nice to look at and it has a park on top and a huge swimming pool too.

We had some very good and tasty food. I was glad they had pictures of the food so I knew what I got.

We all really liked the botanical garden. We spent nearly a day there looing at the plants and the flowers and the birds. It is a very bear friendly place and we could have spent more time there. There was a lake with fish and turtles in too.

The Orchid garden had so many beautiful flowers that I didn't know what was the prettiest. There were all sorts of tropical plants and I got my bum pintched sitting on a pineapple....

We ended the day Raffles Hotel's Long Bar. Many famous humans have been there and it is where the Singapore Sling drink first was mixed. Since I had allready tasted the drink I was happy with the peanuts and you just throw the shell on the floor...

Next time I will write more form New Zealand.