Yesterday and today were very very busy. Days 2 and 3 in Norway already! Yesterday we were still at Harriet's house, with her big and fun family. And I got to hold a baby! In the morning, we were allowed to sleep as late as we wanted (which apparently meant 10:00) and then we went to breakfast at Solvi's. This was the first breakfast I'd had, but I've had another since then and the traditional Norwegian breakfast seems to be cold bread or biscuits, with cheese and some other toppings, and juice, tea, and coffee.
We went for a drive through town, which was a lot of fun and very pretty. We walked inside the biggest shopping center, which reminded me of Colorado and its cute stores, surrounded by the mountains, where it was also fun to just walk around and look at things. And I was excited because I have been looking for a cool-weather jacket in America for ages, and the first store I walk into in Norway I find the perfect one.
Harriet and her husband showed me their pig farm, which smelled delightful. (not really.) I think they said they have over 1000 pigs... some were enormous. They almost looked like cows. After this field trip we played a lot with the kids, soccer and kick the can and other games. It was fun communicating with them since only some of them spoke very limited English, but they were eager to use the words they knew and I used the few words I knew, some that I had asked Harriet and Solvi to translate, and some that I knew because they are similar to German words.
Later that day we had the "grillings," and Monica and Sigrid came to say hi. Monica came with her daughter Helena, and Sigrid stayed for hours to talk... she is getting married in two weeks!
And the next day! Harriet's husband handed us off to Christina and her two boys. It was very fun to meet them! The older boy, Martin, knows English very well and was very excited to talk to us. We started off this leg of the trip looking at the work in an art gallery and sculptures in a park, and going to a small trinket shop that sold every color of handmade candles.
After lunch, we played "putball," which we were told is playing golf by kicking a football. We were very confused until lunch, when I realized that "football" actually meant "soccer ball." That made a little more sense. But it didn't make the sport any easier, especially when the 8th hole was played on a steeply upward sloping hill. We gave up on that one.
At night Christina's husband made us a delicious Thai dinner and focaccia bread, and we had Norwegian chocolate for dessert. Finally, after another trip with Ingrid to Hilda's house, we made it back to Christina's just in time to be told that tomorrow our day would start at 9:30. Therefore, I will go to sleep now and try to get in 8 solid hours and continue recovering from jetlag.
Here is the link to the first set of Norway photos:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=270842&id=704420382&l=58651d1a00
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