The Cape: May 2011

25 May 2011

Day off

I had the day off, and what a day it was... beautiful weather, so I managed to take my beach chair down to the beach and take in some good old Jo Nesbø.

18 May 2011

The weather is still rainy and cool, but I figured after living in Norway for the last year, if you sit and wait for nice weather, you may wait forever so I just decided to go out for a hike today. There are a bunch of different trails on the cape, and this one was only about a 20 minute drive to Brewster, so I went up there and went for a short walk, here are some pics.

Walking across the salt marshes

Solar calendar, used by the Native Americans, they used this to tell the summer and winter solstices

I am really starting to like these little entrances to the beaches

Another wonderful beach

Tidal waters

Bay side of the Cape

Reminds me of Sweden

15 May 2011

The Hostel

So here are some pictures of our hostel. I had to take some for a short little write up that I had to do. I saw a picture of Mari (manager at Bodø) in one of the new 2011 Norskevandrerhjem shirts, and I commented on it saying how cool the new shirts look, and Pål Anders (marketing manager for Norske Vandrerhjem) saw my comment and told me that if I did a short write up about the Hyannis Hostel, and where I am and what I am doing, and sent some pictures for the monthly newsletter they send out to the Norwegian members he would send me one of the new tshirts for free. So I said deal. It is a free shirt for me and free publicity for the Hyannis Hostel, so win win situation. So I had these pictures, and I thought I would share them on my blog too.

This is our future staff house, when it is completed, supposed to be done 16.June

Here is our main building, with me in the picture.

This is our kitchen... both guest and staff....

This is a picture of one of our dorms, we also have private rooms too.

This is our common room, our first guest of the season is sitting there, Lewis from Australia.

This is building B... the staff house for now, but it is right next door to the main building.

When finished, this will be a big 6 or 8 bedded room for families or groups.

13 May 2011

P-town... and not Plainview but Provincetown

So I had this desire to travel.... I was looking at Eurorail passes online and at moment, that will be a difficult trip, so I decided to go to Provincetown for the afternoon. It is the furthest out town on the very tip of the cape. I also decided to stop at Truro, where David, who is working here in Hyannis, will be working starting 1.June. The hostel in Truro is right next to an amazing beach which you will see pictures of below. But then I went further up to Provincetown, and I guess that Provincetown is the Gay Capital of the Cape, and they were not kidding. It is a nice little place, Commercial Street is one of the coolest streets I have ever been to, reminded me of Cuba Street in Wellington New Zealand. But I fulfilled my desire for travelling for now... but I am sure it will creep back up on me again...

Looking out at the ocean from the beach in Truro

The Beach...

Me on the beach... Norway is over my right shoulder a ways away...

The white building is the Truro Hostel

Can not go any further....

Pilgrims Monument in Provincetown

Provincetown

06 May 2011

We are going to the BBC!

So our first week here is finished. By our, I mean Jamie, David and I. We have been getting the hostel ready for opening day on the 13th. Lots of little projects all over the place. On Wednesday, Jamie declared a half day and we all went down to the BBC (British Beer Company) its a nice little Pub/Restaurant. The Weather has not been that great until today, the sun shinned all day but it is still a little chilly out, but I biked down to the beach to walk around and take in the fresh air. Actually, Dana, (Jamie`s mother has been here helping as well, and last night we all had some wine and went for a late night stroll down to the beach in the dark. We all get along really well, and I think this is going to be a great summer! This weekend we are off, and either Saturday or Sunday I will take the ferry over to Nantucket for the day.. I hope the weather pans out! Here are some more photos!
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Kalmus Beach

This is the BBC.... Pub/Restaurant. Jamie, David and I spent an afternoon here Wednesday.

This unique building is a Trader Joes and Christmas Tree Shop.... Trader Joes is my new favorite.

This is a really bad photo of the outside of the hostel.

02 May 2011

Arriving and Getting Settle on The Cape

After 10 days of being back in Plainview, I drove out to Hyannis Massechusetts for the summer. It is a great and beautiful area! The drive took me about 25 hours total. I drove all the way to New York State, where I had to finally pull over and close my eyes. That worked for about 2 hours then I was on my way again. Upper New York state and Massechusetts are way different then I expected. The mountains out here are different, yet still very nice to look at. I would like to explore more! But I will have all summer to do that. I am now out here, just getting settled in, and looking forward to a great summer! I will have more pics of the hostel later... these things take time! Here are some pictures for now though...