Today was the worst May 17th (in terms of weather) that Norway has had in 50 years. 3 deg C/ 38 F and sleeting snow/ rain! It was a good - no, make that
great - day to not be Norwegian. Soooo blissful to take turns sleeping and to
not get dressed up and mobilized for parading in the cold. And somehow the fact that we could see other people suffering from our living room window made our Saturday-in-pajamas all the more enjoyable. Is that wrong? We watched the local Asker schools parade past the Crown Prince and Princess' house and then we watched part of the main "Barnatoget" (Children's Parade) in Oslo ...all on the telly. This photo is from the Aftenposten website.
When our neighborhood parade went past the house at 1:30pm, Rhiannon and I hurriedly changed out of our jammies and went out to heckle. (Okay, we didn't really heckle but it was a short trip outside.)
View from our window of the neighborhood parade going past the swimming hall to the local school. Last year we joined the parade and went along but this year we just couldn't be asked.
We did, however, join our little housing estate for the annual party which started at 6pm. By this time, the snow and rain had gone and it was just cold but brilliant sunshine.
Rhiannon happily plowed into the cake and the candy, then befriended one of the older kids and played with him until a very late bedtime of 8pm.
When our neighborhood parade went past the house at 1:30pm, Rhiannon and I hurriedly changed out of our jammies and went out to heckle. (Okay, we didn't really heckle but it was a short trip outside.)
View from our window of the neighborhood parade going past the swimming hall to the local school. Last year we joined the parade and went along but this year we just couldn't be asked.
We did, however, join our little housing estate for the annual party which started at 6pm. By this time, the snow and rain had gone and it was just cold but brilliant sunshine.
Rhiannon happily plowed into the cake and the candy, then befriended one of the older kids and played with him until a very late bedtime of 8pm.
1 comment:
There sure are alot of festivals, parades and community events - its kinda nice :)
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