July 6, 2007

We had wonderful weather for a first full day in Norway. The sun was shining and the temperature was in the upper 70s/low 80s. We ran a few errands and spent a little time in town with our friends Jessika and Anna before heading out to the beach at Volsdalsberga with my cousin, Anne. We had been there a few times on our last trip, but since hten they have trucked in sand, so the beach isn’t just all rocks. It made it much nice for walking in and playing in, but it also makes the water a bit dirty which made Lanie not want to actually swim in it. We were able to get her to jump off some rocks into some clear water away from the sand and she loved that, but the water was a bit on the chilly side so after a couple of times, she was ready to just go back to play in the sand and water. She kept trying to talk to the other kids to try and play with them but since she speaks English and they speak Norwegian the language barrier was a bit difficult to overcome. I think she may start seeing the benefit of speaking Norwegian though!