Slept in bunk beds and Elise's sister, Camilla, gave us giant easter eggs filled with candy...most it is gone now! That morning on Thursday, the Spets were determined to teach me to ski! Karin had been cross-country skiing before when she was younger, I think I had been 1-2 times before, but at least a decade ago! After filling up on a hearty breakfast of bread, jelly, and brown cheese (yum) we were ready to ski! I took lots of falls that day, but started to get the hang of it. The scenery was amazing, beautiful trees & mountains covered with snow! Ate oranges and Kwik Lunsj for lunch! (Kwik Lunsj is like a Kit Kat but 10 times better) After the trip back, which consisted of skiing (AKA me falling down a mountain) we made it home and had Sod for dinner. Sod is a traditional Norwegian soup- full of meatballs, potatoes, and carrots. It was delicious! Elise & I read and Karin & Camilla played cards, then off to bed!
On Friday, we went skiing all day! Roasted hot dogs on a campfire for lunch and ate them with potato lefsa and onions- so good! More Kwik Lunsj and chocolate got us through the long days skiing. Played cards after dinner and then packed up to head to Elise's house to do laundry and get ready to go into Trondheim next day. I took the longest hot shower in the history of the Spets' that night and sadly used all the hot water, sorry! But it was amazing, we were living in the woods with an outhouse and I needed a good hot shower! Watched movies and hung out, then off to bed. Deb & Gustof (Elise's parents) stayed at the cabin so it was just us girls going to Trondheim.
The next morning Karin & I decked out in our Norwegian sweaters and we were ready to take in the Trondheim sites! Camilla drove us around, first we went to the Kristiansten Festningfort- a fort and lookout over Trondheim. Next we went to the Nidaros Dommen Church. It was huge and beautiful, totally reminded me of something from the DiVinci Code! Olaf, "the holy one", is said to be buried there, he christened Norway and a very famous guy around Trondheim. We ate lunch at the Tyholt Tower- a tall tower with revolving floor. It made us all a little dizzy! Great view and pizza! Fell asleep on the way back as Elise took over driving and showed off her stick shift skills. That evening we headed back to the cabin for cookies & coffee. We later had Rakfiske, which is raw fish that Elise's dad had spent 3 months making, it has to soak in sugar and salt until it is perfect. We ate it with boiled potatoes, red onions, flat bread, and sour cream...yum, yum, yum! Played cards late into the night and then off to bed!
The next morning was Easter! Woke up to a breakfast of boiled eggs and then skiied! Grilled hot dogs again for lunch and ate lots of Ballerina cookies and sweets! For dinner we had Rommegrot porridge- a sour cream porridge that was delicious with enough butter, sugar, and cinnamon! Had potatoes, flat bread, potato salad, and meats for our 2nd course. We ate like Kings! More cards at night, Elise's family taught us how to play Matis, American, and Idiot- classic Norwegian cards games.
The next day, Monday, is considered second Easter, so you just repeat from the day before! We skiied during the day and then headed back to the cottage to sit out in the sun and read/nap. It was a beautiful day out, lots of sun! After evening and dinner, Karin, Elise & I went sledding. It was really fun to be silly and go sledding! We then packed up and skiied our stuff back to the van to head to Elise's house. Showered back at the house and hung out.
On Tuesday we spent the morning in downtown Selbu! Went swimming at Elise's mom's work and then took in all the Selbu attractions! Checked out the mittens store, ate waffles with jelly and brown cheese, and then saw the Selbu church. We climbed up the tower, it was so tall and dirty! It was fun but a little scary! Walked back to Elise's house and got ready to leave for Trondheim to fly out. Elise's dad drove us and dropped us off at a nearby town, Stordal, where I met Lill-Therese, a friend that studied abroad to my hometown when I was in high school. We met her and her cute son, Even, for dinner. It was fun to see her again and catch up. After dinner we walked around the mall for a bit and said our goodbyes, it was time to head back to Bergen.
My Easter was so great. The Spets family was way too good to Karin & I! We had such a great time, I love Norway and its people. Now we are back to Bergen and in full swing with clinic and dental hygiene activities. We are planning outreach presentations to an international school, on top of clinic, outreach to the nursing home, and trying to catch up on classes and prepare for finals!
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