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We took an unplanned trip up to Trondheim, Norway to see our friend Karin. We met Karin in New Orleans a few years back and she is married to another friend of ours, also from New Orleans. Karin is now a Norweg-Orleanian. It wasn’t long after we arrived before we were on our way to the first of many parties. Her friends are very nice and loaned us clothes so we could survive the Norwegian spring. If you remember we have no winter wear and it was damn cold there.
We became totally immersed in their lives and them in ours. We did everything from going to a crazy 9/11 conspiracy theory lecture at the local university, to birthday parties, trekking through the forest, having traditional dinners, to a fabulous Eurovision party and finishing up with celebrating 17th of May (their National Day).
This was not our usual travel experience. This was hanging out with old friends and making new ones. We had such a good time here and everyone here was so much fun. It felt like we had known these guys for a long time.
The days here are very long; it gets light around 3am
and the sun set at 10pm. It never really got dark. This caused some major confusion for us but was kinda fun also. The only problem was you couldn’t sneak away from the parties in the dark of night.
Miss you guys, see you soon…
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I'm so happy you made the trip here, it means a lot to me. Everybody here says HALLO, they all loved to meet you. Lars was just in for the weekend, we had dinner at Ramp half n' hour ago:) Can't wait to get back home to New Orleans, but I also have to admit it is really dawning on me that I'm leaving, forever and ever... Now, when I cry on your sholder and miss home, you will know what I'm talking about- priceless. Love you, and see you soon. Karin