Spring vibes

Hey!

Okay, spring has come. Definitely. Not that anything would be green or the flowers in blossoms, but the weather is great. The sun was shining during the whole weekend, the wind was almost gone and somehow this city awakens from a long deep hibernation. At least 15 degrees on Sunday, biking tours and playing volleyball feels like spring. Or as the Norwegians would say: Summer has come: p

It started on Friday when there was a concert at Tasta Bydelshus of one of the bands, who rehearse there every other day: Novac. They play together with another young band from Bekafaret, the club where Pavel works. The concert was very nice and we had many new teenagers at the club, but still it felt more like another rehearsal for the big festival next week. It is called Øyarock and takes place at Hundvåg, Cristina`s workplace. Bands from all over Stavanger are going to play and we will work the whole day there, helping with the stage, in the kitchen (I have the glorious task to make vegetarian meals) and just try to create a nice event. It is usually pretty fun every year even though it is tough work and a long day. We are still looking forward to it.

During the breaks of the concert, the teenagers could go outside because it was still so warm and mild that suddenly a whole new atmosphere came up J After the concert Cristina and me went to the Motorpsycho concert at Folken, but went home afterwards because the next day the big cleaning called “vårdugnad” was waiting for us. All the volunteers working there were invited to help tidying the whole place up, clean it, throw out all the old things and afterwards eat pizza together. It was great!

The event started at 12 and when we arrived (by bike), we first helped working outside because of the beautiful weather. Then we cleaned the office of our group (SMF) and discovered a bunch of new secret rooms at Folken. Like the attic. We had two containers outside and one inside to fill with stuff we do not need anymore and I can tell you it was a lot! Totally worth it. Now Folken is a beautiful shiny place again J For metal standards of course.

After a long hard day of work, we finally ate our pizza in the evening and then headed to a birthday party of a friend.

On Sunday, we stayed almost the whole day outside because it was so warm and sunny. We jumped on the trampoline, drank tea and ate food in the garden, played football, read books or just relaxed in the sunshine. Around six o’clock we went to the Vaulen beaches to play Volleyball together with the Spanish guys. It is a beautiful place near the city center of Stavanger from where you have a view both over the fjord to the mountains on the other side and over the city along the coast. Such a nice way to end the weekend.