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The Archive:
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How Eplet grows from
an old lonely building to become a modern guesthouse: |
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New Eplet juice variations in bottles 2012 |
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Eplet house december 2011 |
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Trond Henrik is doing some juice testing.
Next spring we will make 4 new types of juice... |
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Oleg is washing carrots some hours before
we made the first carrot juice at Eplet |
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Marine is drinking coffee, Linda shows us the apple juice, Malu is happy with bags of apples, Trond Henrik is doing administration, Marlene is deeply into the apples and Oleg is already
somewhere over the mountains. What a team... |
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Malu, Trond Henrik and Marlene are picking
apples on a sunny day in October. |
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October 2011 - Apple picking along the fjord.
Leaving for apple picking on a cloudy day... |
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Trond Henrik is happy with his coffee after a big harvest ... |
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...but it looks like Oleg is complaining about
the weather. Yes, there is snow on Solvornipa in the background |
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Eplet campground august 2011. One of the
few really hot days this summer. |
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Just another working day 18th aug. Trond
Henrik is doing his best keeping it all together. |
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Just another working day 18th aug. Marine
is harvesting onions |
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Just another working day 18th aug. Anna is
vacuum cleaning the red house |
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Just another working day 18th aug. Pierre
is checking the quality of the raspberry bushes |
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Just another working day 18th aug. Linda is
picking the last raspberries of the year |
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Just another working day 18th aug. Steffi
is tapping blackcurrant juice |
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Eplet family on Vangsen 1752 masl august 2011.
Mica, Marine, Anna and Pierre |
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Barbecue in the end of July. Rachel,
Steffi, Pierre, Marine, Anna and Mica |
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Marine is preparing food from the Eplet
garden |
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Eplet Dreamteam 2011. Marine, Pierre, Steffi and
Mica are watching Anna's slide show from Jotunheimen national park. |
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Two sporty norwegian families on a evening
barbecue at the camp |
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Pierre, his brother in law Quentin and old
uncle Thomas are enjoing the hummocks. |
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Eplet family 2011. Steffi, Marine, Pierre,
Mica and Anna are enjoing the fantastic home made pizza from the special
french Eplet gastronome chef Marine. Trond Henrik was hiding behind the
camera. |
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The Eplet Star Trek Team Trond Henrik, Anna and
Mica on the Canyoing Experience in Jostedalen |
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Aurimas were on his way on bicycle from Ireland
to the North Cape, but stop over for a week at Eplet to rest out and try the new
Eplet M-Line. |
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People from Lithuania, Holland, France and
USA in the living room on a quite normal evening in July.
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Marine gets help from guests from all over
the world feeding sheep at 9 o'clock every evening. |
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Anouk from Holland is getting some advices
from the Eplet M-Line master Aurimas from Lithuania |
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Pierre is digging up a giant root under the Eplet
balcony- Marine is feeding him while working |
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Marine is drinking Eplet apple juice live on Nrk
P1 summer radio for 250.000 listeners. |
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Some people visit Solvorn with a 1 milion euro
cruiser while other prefer enjoying real life in a small yellow tent in the
fruit garden. |
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Bikers from Japan arriving at Eplet after
2,5 years on the road. They have hade a lot of adventures, but never seen
such a rain as we have had this year in May and June. |
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Some of the busses from Solvorn to Sogndal
is run by taxi. These guests were travelling off in 3 diffrerent
directions. |
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Marine and Vicci are planting carrots between the
raspberry bushes. |
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Vicci and Marine on the first mountain hike
to Molden this year. |
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Solveig and Jan Kjetil are picking up my mum that
stayed here 4 weeks in april and May.
The windows were never so clean and garden never looked so wonderful.
Thank you mum. |
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Vicci are polishing the state-of-the-art lamp in the living room while my mum
are inspecting the quality of the work. |
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Eskil and the first monc at Eplet, Arnfinn
stayed for a Wittgenstein seminar down at the hotel. |
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Vicci and yesterday-named Nansen chills out under
the old and groovy plum tree. The Eplet staff is ready for summer. |
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Katja and Stuart came to Eplet after a 10
day long ski trip. 4th May they are inspecting the first blossom on the
apricot tree. It has never been so early before, we have had a fantastic
spring. |
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Jarle
is arriving with part of the Eplet staff 2011. The small ones are born 3
days before. Welcome to Eplet! |
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Frozen windows at Eplet. |
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Winter in Solvorn 2010. |
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The last apples are picked. The juice will
be put in boxes. Another great season is over. |
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Peter is waiting with another load of fresh
fruits while the captain is getting ready. |
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2 weeks of apple picking in beautiful
autumn weather at a small road-less farm along the fjord. |
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Trond Henrik and an hungarian couple
picking the first apples in September 2010. |
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The Solvorn September market 2010. Oystein
is selling his apples while Anna is trying to convince him that Eplet
juice is even better. |
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Nora is selling the worlds best raspberry
drink on the morning after the big disco at the mountain film festival at
Turtagro. |
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Cleaning up in the raspberry field after summer
2010. The girls turned into elks. |
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Eplet Dream Team august 2010. Janna,
Sylvie, Trond Henrik, Marianne, Nora, Anna, Mica and Aaron. |
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The girls are picking the last berries
summer 2010. |
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Barbecue in the Eplet corner. |
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Eplet big time bedclothes washing. Most of the time we have nice summy weather
to dry the sheets outside. |
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Eplet staff are having big problems with
the barbecue grill. Everybody were happy in the end. |
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A german family are playing cards around
the table. Accomodated by music from Jan Garbarek. |
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Drying room 5 minutes later. We have good
washing and drying fascilities for everybody. |
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4 real raspberry heros. Mica, Sylvie, Janna
and Anna had a wet day in the field. |
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A dutch family relaxing in the livingroom.
In the middle of the summer we are full all the time. But it is still very
calm and silent. |
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Evening concert with ceska folk music
august 2010. |
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Michaela are picking raspberries for sale in reception. They are
organical, huge, soft and tasty. |
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Mica, Nora, Sylvie and Janna are producing
blackcurrant juice in the basement. |
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Mica and Anna are down in the field. We are
picking 100 kilos of Raspberries each day. |
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Two girls in yellow tent from Finland are
having breakfast at the campsite overlooking Lustrafjord and Urnes.
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The special Eplet extra-dorm Tipi with 4
mattresses became very popular July 2010. Matthew and Stefan are checking
in. |
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Eplet staff and family 2010. Michaela, Anna
and Nora with her parents visting for some days. |
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A french familie are feeding Rufus, Hufus,
byfus and Tyfus in their special Eplet cage. |
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In
July 2010 you can pick such organic salads for 25 NOK. It is enough for a week.
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Evening concert on the balcony is a quite
normal thing at Eplet |
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French, check, german, swedish and belgium
guests are watching the world championship in Norway at russian webstream
July 2010. |
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Michaela, Oleg and Nora had to stay alone
one evening and got very busy taking care of the Eplet office. |
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Studio Hamburg are making a TV film in
Solvorn 4 weeks summer 2010. This saturday they were filming the national
day.. |
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..but they had to wait for hours for the sun. Norwegian coordinator Eirik
is taking a picture while the cameraman is ready.. |
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...finally, take one and action! National day parade throuh the Solvorn
Strandgate, the local champ des ellysee. Hurra!!
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Glacier guide Carlos from Ushuaia are explaining structures in ice
crystals on an ice troll tour in june. |
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David from San Fransisco is going for a birdie on hole number 1 in the
mid-summer crocket golf competion 2010. |
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Oleg has done some asiatic travelling and are installing chinese software on
our new Eplet public surf machine. |
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David, Martin, Carine, Salomi and Nora on a glacier hike June 2010. |
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A group of 7 painters from Oslo were staying a week at Eplet and are showing
their works on their last evening. |
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These 5 were taking care of Eplet in May 2010. Emil and Mini in Front
is head of the place. |
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May 2010 we got some Royal Canin staying for the summer. |
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Nora and Bart are planting out vegetables and salad. We have fresh
salad for the guests all summer. |
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On top of the mountain molden in May. Behind you see Hurrungane, some
of the highest peaks in Norway. |
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Our friends from the youth hostel at Voss are washing bikes after a
very wet Mollandsmarki Roundtrip. |
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Nora is feeding little Mini on it's first day at the Eplet camp May
2010. |
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These were the first guests of
summer 2010. Just after putting up to roadsigns they were on the door... |
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October, and the mountains are already covered with snow. 2009 was a great
year, and we are looking forward to summer 2010. |
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Christina is picking the last pears of 2009 at Loi, a small farm along the
romantic road. |
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Saturday in october, and we are selling juice at the local market in Sogndal.
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On the way home after a long day of apple picking along the fjord. |
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Barbecue under the party tent. It was raining all august 2009. |
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Sylvie and Ann-Katrin are selling warm applejuice like crazy at the
Eikefjord market 2009. |
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Staff at Eplet 2009. Sylvie, Christina, Ann-Katrin, Oleg, Sylvies
friend Ferro and Marei. |
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Oleg and Marei are picking blueberries at Veitastrond with glaciers far
behind. We are making the best blueberry juice in the world. |
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Two norwegian families are having a late breakfast in the sun corner.
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Oleg and Christina takes care of the salat field in August 2009. Here
you can pick your own salat for dinner. |
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Ann Katrin is picking a handful of ecological grown raspberries. |
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Sebastian is going for a raspberry picking record down in the field.
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Eplet grass volleyball opened July 2009. Two sisters from Germany are testing
the field. |
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Oh, they are so cute! Eplet sheep Pelle and Mandy are getting company
every evening. |
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A dutch couple are having an evening meal with apple juice while
camping at Eplet July 2009. |
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Sunny summer weather and already 20 degrees in the water. Picture is taken
under Sognefjord Cup 27th June 2009. |
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Team Krakenes from Bergen were staying at Eplet during Sognefjord Cup
2009. |
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4 spiritual women are having Eplet summer evening spa session with glacier
clay. |
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Production team from Visit Norway are making a short film about biking
on the romantic road. |
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A couple from sweden are biking on the romantic road. The stretch is part of
the Sognefjord bike route. |
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All kinds of people are visting solvorn. This guy from Russia came with
his 200 million USD private yacht. Our tiny ferry to the left |
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Trond Henrik is climbing a new route at the Eplet climbing wall. This was all
too difficult for him. |
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Blondine are making new routes at the Eplet climbing wall in June 2009.
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Sylva is painting furnitures for the blue room at Eplet in the beginning of
June. |
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The new and enlarged campsite at Eplet is getting ready for summer season. |
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Sebastian on his bike in front of the 10 new bicycles in the Eplet garage.
They are ready for a trip along the romantic road |
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Kelly, Gabrielle, Dustin, Rosie, Pelle, Kaitlin, Muzza and Aviva are having
fun in the garden. |
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Graham and Catherine from New Zealand are giving the 2 week old lambs names.
The yellow one are Polly, the blue one Muzzy. |
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Eplet sheep 2006 Elvira is back - this time with 5 small lambs that are
waiting for you to feed them with bottle-milk. |
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Alex and his father on motorbike were the 2 first guests of the season 2009.
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Jozek & Marei are building a new roof on the Eplet red house in March 2009.
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Dark winter in Solvorn 2008. The most idyllic christmas road in the world. |
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Melanie and Angela are selling Eplet apple juice in the local shops in the end
of October. |
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The last apple on its way into the press. 2008 has been the best for
many years. |
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It is getting autumn, and the first snow falls on the mountains.
October 2008. |
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When the hostel is closed 1st October, Eplet turns into a full time
apple juice farm. |
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After two long days of playing they managed to set a new record on the
crocket golf. 11 under par! |
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Lerum jam company coming to Solvorn and Eplet to make commercial
movies. |
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French guys in the blackcurrant bushes. August 2008. |
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Eplet dreamteam 2008. Maritt, Oleg, Ward, Melanie, Regine and Melanies friend
visiting from France. |
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The dutch family that came back again and just didn't want to leave. |
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These hummocks are getting very popular! They are of "family" type and
has space for a lot of good friends. |
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2008 has been the warmest summer ever, and he have barbecue every
evening. |
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Raspberry picking all day in 30 degrees plus to make the best raspberry
nectar in the world. |
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After a long hike Henrik and Birgitte are sharing a tub of hot water at
the balcony at Eplet. |
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A big group of Danish rowers exploring inner Sognefjord are enjoing barbecue and 28 degrees in the evening. |
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Tertnes girls 12 year won Sognefjord Fotball Cup 2008. Probably because
they stayed at Eplet and drank our Raspberry nectar. |
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Melanie and Reiner are having lunch with fresh cherries, ice cream and coffee at the balcony.
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Melanie is planting salat and broccoli in the garden. June 2008. |
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One day of rain in 6 weeks. 26 degrees plus and sunshine every day.
What a wonderful May 2008. |
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Late evening feeding session with Silly Siri under the plum tree. |
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3 weeks old and still exploring the surroundings at Eplet. |
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A couple from the midwest are enjoying a short guided trip to the
mountain pasture in Solvorn in beautiful May weather. |
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The first guests 2008 was a wonderful family from Czech Republic. |
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Silly Siri and her three small lambs are spending the summertime 2008
at Eplet. |
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Students in Geotourism at Sogn og Fjordane college are visting Eplet to
see modern farm tourism in practice. |
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Bergen Kayakclub are paddling the most beautiful fjords of Norway. |
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Eplet staff autumn 2007. Susann, Marei, Regine and Trond Henrik. We have had
a great summer, but now we closing. |
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Pizza in the evening. The guys complained about the cold
dormitory, but the Eplet atmosphere took it away. |
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The girls are selling applejuice at the local museum. September 2007.
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Daisy and Hailey in the hammocks with their cute little umbrella ella ella e
e e under my emberella. |
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The german league with Marei, Regine and Susann drinks wine in evening
while taking care of the reception. |
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4 months old Emma and Ulrik have now started climbing trees to eat our
best plums. |
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On top of Molden in real storm. Summer 2008 was the worst ever in
Norway, but we had a great time anyway. |
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Maria og Manuel are repairing one of the free-to-borrow Eplet bikes
after they had a puncture on the romantic road. |
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Kids from all over the world are enjoying the hummocks. August 2007. |
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Jochen plays the guitar at the camp site while another fellow is
looking for wildlife. |
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Narve, Inger, Pete, Yngvild, Ĺsne, Ben and Jane in a relaxed mood in
the living room. |
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Josef from Germany travel from Norway through Russia. His motorbike umbrella
is specially designed for wet summers. |
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Couples from Spain, France and USA became best friends after a few days
stay at Eplet. |
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It is raining again! Two guys from Masachussets are palying
civilization board game in the livingroom. |
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A nice sunny morning at Eplet. "We didn't thought it could be this hot
in Norway!" |
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Ida & Ingrid celebrated their 30th birthday at Eplet. The party had a late
breakfast next morning... |
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Guests from Singapore and Taiwan helps feeding the lambs in June. Eplet
offers farm tourisme in praxis. |
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Three guys from Basque Country putting a par 5 at hole number 4 at the
Eplet crocket golf course. |
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Red Emma and orange Ulrik spends their time eating grass at Eplet. Guests
Alex and Ann-Kristin help feed the lambs with milk. |
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Fabian and his family from Argentina in one of the kitchens at Eplet.
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Eplet offers a 9 hole Crocketgolf course. It is a lot of fun for
children of all ages. |
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Garden work at Eplet in the middle of May while the fruittrees are in
full blossom. |
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Norwegian travel guru Jens A. Riisnes see the future in small scale
tourism, and became the first guest in 2007 at Eplet. |
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Season take off 2007. May 1. The weather is excellent, and the hosts
leaves Eplet for a ski trip high above snow covered mountains. |
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Eplet Bed & Apple closed for season 1'st October and the staff had an
office party |
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Marei with the last apples for juice production autumn 2006 |
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Trond Henrik and Cily at Molden - the Yoga session September 2006. |
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Ilan, Lisa, Marei & Brid on the first day of apple picking autumn 2006 |
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Eplet Team 2006 and Romani on a blueberry safari in the deep forest in the
middle of August |
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Season 2006 was the warmest and sunniest summer in Norway ever. Marei
and Lillian are having a picnic at the lawn |
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Breakfast at the Morellen Balcony. Can we please stay one night longer?
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Campsite July 2006. A small community free for cars and caravans. |
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Dutch world bikers are filling up bottles with Eplet
Raspberry nectar. If you help picking the berries you can stay for free. |
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The girls from Munster wouldn't leave: "We could stay here forever" |
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Sabina & Casper are picking raspberrries august 2006. |
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Justin enjoys life in the Eplet hummocks |
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Wedding party at Eplet 22'nd July 2006 |
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The famous Eplet crocket field July 2006 |
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A young fellow is filling up the Eplet swimming pool |
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Marei & Lilian. The pool makers. |
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Lillian has painted the climbing wall. It looks awesome! |
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Lilian is chief of the animal protection department at Eplet summer
2006. Elvira is very curious about this camera. |
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Eplet takes good care of world bikers. |
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Irene is reading Paolo Coehlo July 2006. |
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Eplet Campsite is opened summer 2006. Four Norwegians enjoy the
magnificant fjord view. |
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Raspberry Nectar in the evening at the balcony at Eplet. June 2006. |
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A sunny family from Bergen during Sognefjord Cup 2006. |
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Captain & Wife at the local ferry M/S Urnes that brings you from Solvorn to
Unesco Urnes Stave Church. |
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Elinor, Elvira, Ellen & Liv are working as ecological grasscutters at Eplet
during summer 2006. Eplet family is getting bigger.
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Astrid the farmer wife with her small juice factory museum at Sorhoim, along
the romantic road.
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Guests join together to make a dinner with Apples at Eplet. There are a lot
of late evenings around this table.
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Jutta the guide has started cultural walks in Solvorn every Sunday.
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Student party at Eplet - Season take-off here we go. |
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Tori & Allison from sunny California on the first glacier trip of the season.
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End of April. Arne is constructing the campsite. Everything is ready
for the season |
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Students from Sogndal visiting Eplet in the end of April |
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Magne removing the engine from the old DDT house at Eplet. This will
soon become a mini swimming pool. |
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It is expensive to turn Eplet into a summer guesthouse. This winter
Trond Henrik worked as reserach assistant in Tromsř |
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Eplet Apple Juice at Christmas market in Bergen |
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Lidun at October mountain hike |
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Geology fieldwork October 2005 |
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Grant and the last screw at Morellen Climbing Wall September 2005
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Eplet Sami Joik Event |
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The six wonderful Italians |
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NBG - Norsk Bygdeturisme og Gardsmat August 2005 |
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Mirko & Robert visting for the fourth time August 2005 |
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Working guests summer 2005. Annett & Aline are painting Eplet |
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Ragnhild the norwegian/ Icelandic crochet hat supplier.
http://loffen.blogspot.com/ |
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Jonas the polar hero from Kirkenes |
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Picking raspberies July 2005 |
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Eplet old campground July 2005 |
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Waiting for the barbecue |
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Wonderful afternoon at Eplet |
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Morellen finished June 2005 |
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Kongeskipet - the royal norwegian ship - arrives in Solvorn |
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Flaktveit Boccia League |
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June 2005. It's just gorgeous! |
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Mai 2005. Trond Henrik cutting apple trees |
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The great poolgame |
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Oh no! Another one of these sharks for dinner... |
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Radek & Sylvek planning the climbing wall |
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Building Morellen 2005. 3 Doubles + Dormitory |
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On top of the
world |
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October hike to
Molden 1118 masl. |
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Tine on mountain
bike |
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Erik & his
daughter enjoing breakfast |
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Five yellow
germans in the garden |
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Alexander &
Alena at the balcony |
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Idyllic Solvorn
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At the beach
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Gwyneth & Mark
looking at pictures |
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Inger- Lise &
Anders hike to Feigumsfossen waterfall |
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Lewis swimming
Sognefjord
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Oliver preparing
a fish at the kitchen |
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Endre checking a
big fish |
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The boathouses
August 2004 |
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Hotel Walaker
August 2004 |
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Trond Henrik off
Track Cycling |
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Solvorn Cycle
Club July 2004 |
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David eating
berries |
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View from the
balcony July 2004 |
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Eplet July 2004 |
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Peter checking
livingroom |
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Kersti & Susanne
tasting raspberry Juice |
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Gabriel & John
Erling playing crockett |
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Robert, Mirko &
Maria checking rabbits |
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Hidden pearl &
Perfect Basecamp |
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Eplet Double Mai
2004 |
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Eplet Livingroom
Mai 2004 |
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Eplet Diningroom
Mai 2004 |
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Solvorn Village
July 2003 |
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Concert at the
café June 2003 |
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Solvornbui Local
shop Mai 2003 |
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Project Solvorn
here we go Mai 2003 |
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Rebuilding Eplet March 2003 |
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Moving to Eplet Feb 2003 |
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Solvorn in the
old times.. |