Weather: It is a lovely day in the Pacific Northwest: sunny and not too hot. The whole time I was in Europe we experienced warmer than usual temperatures with a lot of humidity. (A bad combination.)
The three sisters trip: My sisters, Kathy and Grace, and I journeyed to Norway to connect with our distant cousins and the homeland of our maternal grandfather. We also visited our niece and her family in Munich, Germany. What a fabulous trip. We arrived home yesterday evening. I am still clearly impacted by jet lag so I will not even attempt a play-by-play account today, opting to fill in details later this week.
A few photos from the trip to Norway, as a teaser:
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A beautiful Norwegian Fjord village |
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The meat house and barn on the property where my grandfather lived before moving to the USA at age two with his family. |
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The actual waterfall from which my grandfather's surname was derived. |
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The three sisters with cousin Eva at the waterfall (Fossen). |
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The church (kirke) where our grandfather was baptized and some of our forebears were buried. |
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The three sisters in front of the sisters gate in Frogner Park (Frognerparken) in Oslo. |
What I read on the trip:- The Great Divide by Henriques. I finished this audiobook on our flight to Europe. Set in Panama during the time period when the canal was being dug.
- The Tenth of December by George Saunders. Short stories by a favorite author. I was pretty confused by most of the stories and didn't even finish the last one before abandoning the book at the airport on the way home.
- The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka. Very similar in format to another book by this author: The Buddha in the Attic. I liked both. I listened to this audiobook on the flight home.
- Too Much Happiness: Stories by Alice Munro. This collection is much more up my alley than the stories by Saunders. I started it on the flight home. 32% complete.
- Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy. Another audiobook. I just listened to an hour of this book when I was getting pretty tired of being on the long flight. 8% complete.
-Anne
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