Ryan Hellyer

Year: 2012

  • Albufeira

    Nadia and I visited Albufeira, a small seaside tourist town in Portugal. Nice views. Nice beach. Nice weather. Nice company. All around nice place 🙂

  • Google doc of Norwegian language

    Here is a document with all of the stuff I’m trying to learn about the Norwegian language.
    Norwegian grammar document (PDF version)

  • Marble the chameleon

    Meet Marble, the plucky little chameleon I met whilst visiting Nadia near Alcantarilha Portugal.

  • Post workout dinner with Metronetters

    Dinner with Erik and Yelitza after going to the gym.

  • WordCamp Lisboa

    I attended/spoke at WordCamp Lisboa 2012 in Portugal. It was a great time. Thanks to Zé and the other organisers for putting on such an excellent event.

    From left: Ryan Hellyer (me), Zé Fontainhas, Siobhan McKeown, Remkus de Vries, Hanni Ross, Daan Kortenbach and Rocío Valdivia
    From left: Daan Kortenbach, Noel Tock, Marko Heijnen, Siobhan McKeown and Remkus de Vries.
    Daan and Roccio engrossed in something fascinating WordPress geekery.
    View of WordCamp Lisboa hackday
    Chilling out during a break at WordCamp Lisboa

  • Ma weekend in Norwegian

    This is a work in progress … due by Tuesday evening.

    Saturday

    Jeg kjøpt for klær på lørdag. Jeg kjøpt en rosa trøyen og en svart trøyen. Jeg hate rosa klær, men jeg nødvendig* rosa klær for rosa fest med rosa tema. Jeg kunne ha cowboy klær men jeg vet ikke hvor jeg kunne ha kjøpt dem.

    Sunday

    Jeg har gått til venner hjem på søndag.
    Mine venner navn er Drifa.

  • Norwegian language homework

    14 setninger med disse adverbene … opp, hjemme, ned, inne, ut, oppe, inn, hit, hjem, dit, her, inne, der, ute.

    I’m not sure how to use “inne” in a sentence at this stage.

    1. Jeg skal går opp gate til hjem
    2. Vi sitter ned parken
    3. Jeg skal ut i morgen
    4. Kom hit!
    5. Jeg sitter på stol i hjemme
    6. Hva er dit?
    7. Hun er ikke her
    8. Han skal går der
    9. Vi skal går ute med to venner

    Things I needed to learn to do this.

    opp = up (direction); oppe = upstairs
    ut = out; ute = outside
    hjem = when you are not at home
    hjemme = when you are at home

  • Public urination in Norway

    I’ve seen some weird shit in my travels around the world, but close to the top has to be the public urination in Norway. I always assumed that going to the toilet in public was something relegated to third world countries, but it seems that it is totally acceptable in Norway! They even have little stall thingies kicking about so you can just flop your wang out and take a slash in the middle of the city. I don’t think they poo in these things, but I didn’t stick around to find out.

    The following photo was taken in the Oslo city center at the finishing line for the Oslo Marathon.

    Thanks to Yelitza Magarita for taking the photo.

  • Beautiful weather in Oslo

    Another beautiful day in Oslo. These crazy Norwegians keep declaring the weather here is crap and that this is the worst summer in a long time. I think they’re all crazy. The summer weather here is far warmer and sunnier than I am used to.

  • Ørfiske with Marte

    I went cycling around Ørfiske north of Oslo, Norway with my friend Marte.

    Marte looking stylish on her bike
    Marte and I doing our best to avoid the classic duckface pose