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Europe » Norway » Eastern Norway » Ringerike July 22nd 2015

Woke up this morning to Andreas singing to me "stå opp din gris" which when translated literally it means "wake up you pig" lol None-the-less, a beautiful sound hahahaha. Had breakfast which was left overs from last night and open faced sandwiches. Following breakfast, we went for a hike up the mountain. In the pictures,, you can see the farm aka cottage in the far back. Gry and I hiked by foot while Thea and Benedicte rode horses. Large, the new golden puppy walked with us, finding every puddle along the way to wade in. Along the way we nibbled on wild strawberries and saw beautiful wild orchids known as Orchis mascula. When we returned to the cottage and puttered around for a bit, Thea and Kim Andrea left taking Beret with them. We had to ... read more
Going to the top!
Up we go
Lovin' the puddles

Europe » Norway » Eastern Norway » Ringerike July 21st 2015

Andy picked me up in Oslo. With Gry as our liaison, we met in the parking lot. service at it's finest!! I arrived at the cottage and was greeted with big hugs from Berit, then Andreas and a hello from Benedicta (a 3rd cousin of Thea's. ) inside Thea, Gry and Kim Andrea greeted me. We feasted on Skolebrød that Gry made this afternoon. It was a lovely treat! After we visited and I unpacked. There are puppies here now only a couple of weeks old. They are golden retrievers so at one point we all grabbed a puppy and did some puppy love for a bit of time. I now know why i gained 12lbs here last summer! not long after our snack, friends of Gry and Andy's (Anna, Losh and their two beautiful daughters, ... read more
New puppies
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