Balkanparty

Marta and me went to a balkanparty in Evanger, a small village one hour from Bergen. It was rural, exotic, beautiful and FUN!




We had lamb roasted whole on a pole, saw an authenic Balkan Orchestra and danced the night away!

http://www.balkanfest-evanger.com

Summerpostcard

I have finished travelling for the summer, and 'real life' is slowly picking up it's pace.

Holidays were good; I've been to Vienna (twice!), working, and visited my family in Germany. Always good to see them! My sister and me took my grandmother (76yrs) and her sister (88yrs) to see Vienna! The two ladies always wanted to go, but never had the opportunity. So we took a train, we came, we saw, we conquered! It was really nice, and they so much appreciated it.

As autumn is approaching, and a new semester is about to start, here is my plan for the following year; I will finish my degree in psychology (knock on wood), and hopefully we will release my first single in not to long. It's rather slow work, but it needs the time to mature and be proper, not hasty.

Hope you've had a good summer!

Cathrine

PS: Here are some pictures from Vienna

Boats for shoes

Wow! I've just had a friend and her boyfriend visiting, and when I saw his shoes I almost fell over! They were of the mark Crocs, and they were HUGE! I could survive on the ocean in these shoes! (Comment: acctually, I could survive on the ocean in one of them)! I could live in it, with a family! Wow. The biggest, boatiest shoes I ever saw...

Here they are, legendary!

Next to them are my shoes. I'm a size 7 - 7,5 (37/38), so they are not doll-shoes to make the contrast bigger.... I could fit both my shoes, and both my feet in one of his...

Slottsfjellfestivalen 2010

Back in Bergen after 3 beautiful days on the Slottsfjellfestival in Tønsberg, south of Oslo! Had so much fun, and I'm full of inspiration after so many wonderful concerts. Worth mentioning are Lissie (great performance by a young girl), Band of Skulls (ROCK!! Check out their album, Baby Darling Doll Face Honey), Karpe Diem (norwegian popish-hiphopers, accompanied by a great band, Something Sally; surprisingly good gig, they owned the crowd!), the supercharming Rox, crazy Juliette Lewis and Helt Off with special guest Timbuktu.

The greatest surprise, however, came from british Ou est le swimming pool. They played the last concert saturday night, parallell with the somewhat more familiar Mew. We'd never heard of them before, and were supposed to hear a song or two before to head over to the danish guys. But all of a sudden we were "dancing the way we felt" and the atmosphere was glowing, pumping and sweating! Wow, they were amazing, and we had so much fun! I really recommend catching a show if you get the oppurtunity (and if you like dancing)!!

Here are a few memoirs from the days on the mountain by the Oslofjord:

Bella Mari

Supercool MarteStrickert and HåkonKinn

My new favourites; Ou est le swimming pool


Marte and me in the sunset

Thank you beautiful people for these superfine days!

Ordinary souvenirs

Today I've had a day off from working at the café (Smakverket, which, by the way, has been nominated for having the best coffe in Bergen here - click on the link and vote for us!!) I've been having coffee, reading newspapers and walking a bit in my beloved Bergen. So beautiful! And I was really happy when a Butterfly-lavendel decided to accompany me home.

I have also been inspired by my favourite blog Undikken to post some pictures from whatever happens on a regular-normal-everyday. So here are a couple of ordinary souvenirs:

Butterflylavendel

My supergreen sunglasses

...and, even though I've presented it before; Kadinsky, my greenUkulele!


(And for the really attentive ones; yes I DO love green. It makes me happy.)

PS: My "secret" tip for the summer; colors colors colors!

Studioreport

A small glimt from my previous studiosession in Voss - Lars and me were polishing lyrics, it's so much fun working with him! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luPwuQN4sN8&feature=channel

Matt dancing

Here is some feelgood for the day! Matt dancing around the world. I don't know why, but I find it really moving that he gets all this people dancing along with him! Makes me smile. Cheerio Matt!