K and a friend on Karl Johan Street with the castle behind.
Friday, July 29, 2005
Pictures from the last weeks.
Here are some pictures from the last weeks. K had a friend from Bodo visiting us the first days after we moved. Here are some photos of them in Oslo, and some from other places.
K and a friend on Karl Johan Street with the castle behind.
K and a friend on Karl Johan Street with the castle behind.
Update
All the cardboxes are finally in house. Most of them are also put away - but there still is a lot to do. Curtains and carpets for one. I really should get some female help with this. I guess my taste of colors and how to decorate are just as good as any man - which probably means that it is not worth much.
Big thanks to my Dad who has helped me a lot with loading and offloading the container!
Several summerguests have already come and gone, and this is the first day K and I have the house to ourselves.
Big thanks to my Dad who has helped me a lot with loading and offloading the container!
Several summerguests have already come and gone, and this is the first day K and I have the house to ourselves.
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Moving
The container (huge) arrived earlier today. I am rigging down my PC now, and hopefully I shall be online again some time next week.
Monday, July 04, 2005
Land of the midnight sun
The last weeks have been kind of busy.
First of all; I have found a new home! It is located close to Gardermoen Oslo Airport, just North of Oslo. Close to the city centre, 10 minutes drive to the airport, and a 5 minute walk for K to get to school.
I do not have any good pictures of it. The one below is from the prospect. (It is somewhat distorted - it is a two car garage.) (What am I to do with a garage? My old Subaru thrives in snow and rain).
Well, four bedrooms and 2-3 living rooms should do. We are moving next Friday.
I am also about to start the hunt for a new au pair or person to look after K when I am off at work. So if you happen to read this and feel like applying - or if you know someone that would fit - mail me! (Female, and being able to speak/understand Norwegian or Swedish is a criteria). It is always a hard job to find the right person.
As mentioned earlier; we had a junior high 20 year reunion last weekend. About 35 people showed up. That's about half of the graduating class. I had not seen many of them for 20 years, and I would have walked right by many without recognizing them. But since I knew to look for them I recognized them all. (Except for one girl: I remembered her name from third grade but I have no recollection of her since then. Strange! Well, I know her now). Most of us (all) have of course aged since we last met, but the personality of everyone had changed very little. Shaving off a few years and you would believe we were back in grade school.
Anyway, we had two great days getting to know each other again.
K has a friend over tonight. They are still up watching a Harry Potter DVD. It is nice to be nine years old, have summer vacation, and being allowed to stay up late.
The summer finally arrived yesterday. We have only had three days this year with temperatures above 20C but today it peaked at 28C. (Low 80s F). Wonderful! It is so nice to be able to go outside without putting on a lot of clothes. I love summer!!!
AND, we have the midnight sun. It is 10:50 p.m. now and the sun is shining. If you click the Bodo Harbor web cam on the right side of this page you can see Bodo "live" with local time indicated.
To end it for this time: Happy birthday USA!!!
First of all; I have found a new home! It is located close to Gardermoen Oslo Airport, just North of Oslo. Close to the city centre, 10 minutes drive to the airport, and a 5 minute walk for K to get to school.
I do not have any good pictures of it. The one below is from the prospect. (It is somewhat distorted - it is a two car garage.) (What am I to do with a garage? My old Subaru thrives in snow and rain).
Well, four bedrooms and 2-3 living rooms should do. We are moving next Friday.
I am also about to start the hunt for a new au pair or person to look after K when I am off at work. So if you happen to read this and feel like applying - or if you know someone that would fit - mail me! (Female, and being able to speak/understand Norwegian or Swedish is a criteria). It is always a hard job to find the right person.
As mentioned earlier; we had a junior high 20 year reunion last weekend. About 35 people showed up. That's about half of the graduating class. I had not seen many of them for 20 years, and I would have walked right by many without recognizing them. But since I knew to look for them I recognized them all. (Except for one girl: I remembered her name from third grade but I have no recollection of her since then. Strange! Well, I know her now). Most of us (all) have of course aged since we last met, but the personality of everyone had changed very little. Shaving off a few years and you would believe we were back in grade school.
Anyway, we had two great days getting to know each other again.
K has a friend over tonight. They are still up watching a Harry Potter DVD. It is nice to be nine years old, have summer vacation, and being allowed to stay up late.
The summer finally arrived yesterday. We have only had three days this year with temperatures above 20C but today it peaked at 28C. (Low 80s F). Wonderful! It is so nice to be able to go outside without putting on a lot of clothes. I love summer!!!
AND, we have the midnight sun. It is 10:50 p.m. now and the sun is shining. If you click the Bodo Harbor web cam on the right side of this page you can see Bodo "live" with local time indicated.
To end it for this time: Happy birthday USA!!!
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