Author Archives: Christy Anderson Brekken

Wow, what a day. As a birthday gift to Nora, we visited Warner Brothers Studios: The Making of Harry Potter. All. Day. The level of detail and artistic attention to these movies is astounding. We bought a guided tour, so … Continue reading →

We’ve been home for 1 week, and I finally made it through the London pictures. Day 1: Central London. We did it all with the The Original Tour–double decker buses, a ride on the Thames, the Tube, and our own … Continue reading →

Nora’s birthday party! What a riot! She invited 5 friends from school. They all came dressed up, which was pretty cute. Nora had everything planned out, of course. First, theymade their own bday treat (I underestimated their love of whipped … Continue reading →

Ted’s professor from his PhD studies in Norway, Tore Undeland, took us out for a long twisty trip to find the stone marker at the birthplace of the founder of the Sons of Norway. He had hiked in that area … Continue reading →

Nora and I went out on a theater date  to see Mio, Min Mio (an Astrid Lindgren story) at Munkholmen. We took the bus downtown, then a ferry to Munkholmen island in the Trondheim fjord to see the play by … Continue reading →

Gratulerer med dagen til vår Nora! Double-digits today! You will always be our strong punk rock star girl. Nobody gonna make you eat borscht. Today was the first day of summer vacation, no school, no schedules, no plans. She tried … Continue reading →

My colleagues at Ruralis have been extremely inclusive and friendly to me. The stereotypical taciturn Norwegian isn’t so common here, they are cheerful and social. Two of them organized a “sommer blåtur” for everyone who wanted to come. “Blå” literally … Continue reading →

Trond and Sylvi treated us to a day trip to Tautra, an island about 1 hour away from Trondheim. It is a wildlife and wetlands sanctuary, home to the ruins of a monastery from 1200, a cafe and gift store, … Continue reading →

We celebrated the end of the school year with Nora’s class–BYO picnic, parents v. kids fotball (I was one of only 2 moms out there, and only tried to get in the way), and performance in the gym. Fun times! … Continue reading →

Here in Norway, elementary school (barneskole) goes until 7th grade. Anders is in class with kids who have mostly been together for 7 years of school, and now they are graduating from Steindal and going on to middle school (ungdomskole) … Continue reading →