American in Norway

G is for GHOSTS... although I generally refer to them as SPIRITS... but Spirits didn't work for today's theme.. :-) I believe... I know that I have loved ones around me.. I used to be really sensitive to it.. especially when I was young.. - before I knew anything about it... then when I was in my teens.. I got a little freaked out.. ' and I didn't feel it very often... but sometimes... From the stories I have heard.. there seems to a lot of GHOSTS here in Norway.. and especially in our little town... & NO ONE thinks it is weird... cause they have always been around.. G. is also for GREECE.. I love GREECE.. Santorini in particular... the following pictures are from RHODES...  

It has been so long since I have had time to concentrate on taking pictures.... I miss it... I have been looking though some of my favorite photo blogs for inspiration....  and found my way back to  Long  Road to China... I always find so much inspiration from Lisa.... and found some additional photo blogs though her which   I am now digging. :-) My favorite photo this week is from Rhodes.... old town... so much history... so much beauty... AMAZING town... Although the week was much more WORK than leisure.... It was a good week away.. The thing I was DREADING most... (standing before 200 NORWEGIANS.. giving a speech... telling jokes (trying to be witty) & presenting awards in NORWEGIAN...  turned out pretty good... I know that if I could pull THAT off, I can pretty much do anything... The enitre week I was in Rhodes... I kept thinking of how much I wished I had my kiddos with me... Greece is one of all of my favorite places... and I have so many ...

When I found out last spring (before I landed the job) that I would be going to Greece for a week... I was THRILLED... Greece.. is one of my all time favorite places on earth...  OK Santorini to be more exact... is one of my favorite places on earth... But none the less I was headed for sunshine & Greece... sigh.. it was all good.... I worked a lot....during the week... but who can complain too much when your "office" looked like this? The old town was AMAZING... Open ALL night... for eating, drinking & shopping... I was a VERY good girl & did NOT buy any jewelry... remembering all of the items I had bought during my previous trips to Greece.... I did however treat myself to this yummy red briefcase..... I looked all over the US this summer for a RED briefcase... & NADA... so I was thrilled when I found this in the Old Town...  My co workers liked it so much... they each bought red ones too...  no worries.-- they live in different cities. ...