My Job ...

After I came back to Oslo and survived St.Patricks Day (it wasn't that funny...), I started my job at the ROYAL NORWEGIAN YACHTCLUB. Sounds very nice, I know :-) but if you think now, that I am going to sail around Oslo fjord for the next three months then you're wrong: the Royal Norwegian Yachtlub owns a forest area on „Bygdøy" which is a really beautiful peninsula, situated in the Oslo fjord. The area has a very rich and varied vegetation and you find a lot of tree species that are rare in norway. That's why a big part of „Bygdøy" was protected some years ago and is now even considered to become a kind of urban national park. The Royal Norwegian Yachtclub wants to build a club house in an area that is not yet protected. My job is now, to find out how valuable this forest seems to be in comparision with the protected forest around. So, first I will map the area, then I will have a look on the tree species and all the small plants and animals, then I will check the aims of nature conservation and compare them with the situation on „Bygdøy" and finally I will tell the Royal Norwegian Yachtclub if they can built the club house or not ... no, sadly I won't tell them because this is someone elses job ... :-(

Ok, I hope you understood what I will do the next weeks. Beside my work there is of course much to do in Oslo: lying in the sun (it's really beautiful sunny wheather here at the moment!), swimming (we got an indoor swimming pool :-)), visiting Morten at the Police Academy, watching stars at night ... and of course: taking care of my knee :-)

Hugs Helena

ps: The Birkebeiner race was actually cancelled after two hours because there was too much and too strong wind on the mountain track. 13 000 participants had to be stopped and convinced to return back to Rena. It was a huge chaos !!!