Days like this....
Tuesday.... 9 hour work day... pick kids up...feed kids....drive "big" kid to boy-scouts....
I LOVE the super long days.... we are around 15 hours of light right now....
G R E A T... not a regular scout meeting... somewhere 1/2 drive time... no idea where I am going...
Should we just skip it? I'm tired & really don't feel like spending 2 hours in the car driving drop/pick him up for a 2 hour meeting...
Crap... OK... I'll take him... threw kids in the car... along with my camera & started driving...
Dane's meeting was at Kjøkøy Fort... (I had no idea what it was when I dropped him off....) The fortress was built by the Germans during the 2. World War. W O W ...
it is so easy to forget all of the history around here... My mother in law still tells stories about when the Nazi's came to town...took over houses...the schools...threw her father in jail.... (this is a whole other post I have been brewing in my head....)
The fort is located out on a chain of islands.... the sun was shining & reflecting off of the water....
instead of turning around & driving home... Eva & I kept on driving.... from island to island... singing in the car...
We drove past the church where Bjørn & I were married... dating back to 1000 AD..
The HISTORY...the SUN.... I LOVE it... Days like this...
I remember how Bjørn talked me into moving back to Norway.....
As much as I despise Norwegian winters.... I L O V E the summers here....
(to all of my friends living in Scandinavia... I KNOW summer isn't really here.... this is the TEASER that happens every year.... we think summer has arrived... & then it SNOWS... a hem...but anyway....)
I LOVE the super long days.... we are around 15 hours of light right now....
These pictures are taken at around 7 pm... I have to take stock in days like these to get me through the winter here...
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And that fort is so cool. I love to walk around in places like that and think "wow, so and so may have walked in these exact same spots." It gives me chills.
I can't imagine the history you are around all the time...I mean churches that were built 1000AD??!!
This shows you how ignorant I am...I didn't know they had "scouts" in other countries!
I soooo don't envy you and the weather you have, but what an experience just the same.
I'm looking forward to hearing your mil's stories. I'll probably bawl my eyes out though.
Some of the things I've been 'forced' to attend have turned out to be the most fun ever. I love it when that happens.
Your adopted country sure looks like a great place to spend the summer!
Busy Busy BUsy is a mom's life right? Way to get away for a bit!
That fort was interesting, I am sure there is masses of history just waiting for you to discover.
Nice pictures.
And you are right. We are surrounded by history... as Americans, we are just not used to that.... but my mom in law also reminds me!! :o)
And speaking of norway--any chance I will get to see you while I am at Amy´s in July??
Maybe we can talk on FB about a possible time to get together!
But 15 hours... so cool!