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On Friday, we hung around the house all day then took the bus down to the river for a picnic and walk for dinner. We at the park next to the river just below the cathedral, where the kids played … Continue reading →

Trondheim’s 17. mai. These are general pictures, most by Ted with the fancy camera. We tried to capture the beautiful bunads, both women’s and men’s, the number and breadth of people celebrating, and the civil spirit. I appreciate a country … Continue reading →

Pictures from Steindal School’s 17. Mai events. The Steindal Skolekorps and barnetoget, with the other 7th graders bearing the flags and banners high. The band marched around the neighborhood at 6:45 am (not past our house), then played and marched … Continue reading →

Gratulerer med dagen! Hip hip hurra for 17. Mai! We celebrated Norway’s Constitution Day, the biggest national holiday of the year! Here are some pictures from our day. It is set up as a gallery, so click the first picture … Continue reading →

Nora and I had a downtown shopping date, a beautiful day for getting some summer clothes. It was in the 70s for a few days and felt like summer! Nora is committed to gathering “russkort.” The graduating students spend the … Continue reading →

Norway’s Amusement Park! Tor took us to Tusenfryd on Friday, but it was closed to the public–only open for a private group from Oslo. It felt so wrong, but it was probably perfect. The kids got to see the park … Continue reading →

The kids had school off on Thursday and Friday for Kristi himmelfartsdag, the funniest-sounding Norwegian holiday to the English speaker, which is Ascension day. Although Norwegians are not a religious people now, the Church of Norway has been a state-sanctioned … Continue reading →

On Saturday we set off on a 6-mile hike from our house to Estenstadhytta in Strindamarka and back again. It starts off on the same route that I take to work, then off into the woods. Most of the way … Continue reading →

We had parent-student-teacher conferences, scheduled for a half-hour chat about how things are going at school for the kids. We went through the regular system: the kids filled out a self-evaluation form (sad face-neutral face-happy face) for each subject, with … Continue reading →

Today we visited Sverresborg Trøndelag Folkemuseum in Trondheim with Trond, Sylvi, and their kids. We were just in time for a guided “tour” with a delightful aristocrat from 18th century Trondheim who first showed us the home of a local … Continue reading →