Good Morning!
I woke up an hour
ahead of time (at four instead of five), but didn’t realize it *ahhh* until I was
drinking my morning cuppa coffee and getting ready to put my shoes on. In fact to be
honest I didn’t even realize it at all... a bewildered Papa came into the kitchen
squinted at me and asked “what are you doing up so early?” and a little light
bulb came on in my head “Aha” ….that’s why I felt tired…and...the house phone
really had the right time…
So to me the obvious thing to do would be not go back to bed, but to do a blog post :) I knew you would
appreciate it.
Norway. Was. Beautiful.
The cheese in Norway wasn't anything like Holland and they didn't serve cappuccinos. But I adapted quite nicely to the "tradition" of eating 5 times a day (and no, you didn't read that wrong! I really did say 5 times) and they also had delicious hot chocolate.
Enjoying our first Norwegian breakfast!
If you looked out the window you could see the ocean!
A walk in the woods
The Ocean!
We visited some friends of David and Anita's
They had such a beautiful home!
A British Shorthair- appropriately named CAT
Beautiful artwork!
Sister Helga is a painter and she painted this pitcher! She is so talented.
The greenhouse
Blueberry cheesecake (a piece sounds good right now)!
We walked to the coast to see the sunset
A Viking grave!
I, Serenity, Hannah and Ariel
Day 10, already?
The land of boats
A boat parking lot (or you could call it a dock)
Yum, yum
Walking around town
Bro David and Sis Anita with Aunt Elisabeth and Uncle Russel
Guess what? Even in other countries they do laundry (I couldn't believe it either)!
Our wonderful hosts (David and Anita)!
This a traditional Norwegian costume.... that she MADE!
A small door!
A Church built in Viking times
(and a big door)
Seeing our first grass roof!!!
Driving through beautiful Norway
Haha, you don't always have to get out of the car to get a great picture!
Day 11
We traveled to visit the Aabo family, who lives in the mountains
Stunning!
Shopping with Shanah, Vilja and their adorable little girls!
Enjoying a snack before our 3rd meal of the day
Reidar
...Amazing memories...
Sheep!
With Bro Swen (who is a descendant of a Viking King!)
Showing Uncle Russel some of his land (he owns more then 10,000 acres!)
More of beautiful Norway
Sheep and mountain views
A natural slide
(I really, really wanted to go swimming!)
On top of the world!
Climbing up!
Best Friends!
Hello up there!
Our wonderful Norwegian (and Canadian) friends!
Day 12~ London Bound!
I’m
so glad that I took lots of pictures when I was overseas (just like everyone told
me to!). But I have to say that the pictures I took do not even come close to catching
how beautiful the sun setting over the ocean was or the majesty of the mountains
and rushing of the waterfalls. Pictures can be so disappointing! I have an
idea though (and it’s a fabulous one if I do say so myself!) about how you can
see these beautiful scenes just the way I saw them: Go to Norway. You simply must.
Be sure to check back for part 3 as my (amazing) European adventure concludes in London!
♥ Zoë
Tip: you can click the pictures to make them bigger!