I was going to try and post an update going through our trip day by day, but because that would be so time consuming I kept putting it off! So here is a shorter post to catch everyone up on what we have been doing. While my sister was here we kept very busy visiting friends and relatives, taking a day trip to some of the outlying islands, and climbing up the stairs to Fjellstua (directly translates as mountain living room), which is at the top of the mountain in the middle of town. Lanie walked about half way up by herself, but then my cousin, Anne, and her boyfriend, Ulf took turns carrying her on their shoulders the rest of the way up! She pretty much has everyone here wrapped around her little finger.

The Alesund Boat Festival was held that week as well, so we did spend some time there and discovered that Lanie likes the Norwegian food as much as I do! When David visited in ’98, he wasn’t very fond of the Norwegian food with the exception of the polser and I wondered if it would be the same with Lanie, but the answer is a definite no, because she seems to like it all!

After my sister left, we spent a few days just relaxing and recovering from the busy week! We spent some time with our friends Jessika and Anna, letting the girls play and just hang out. On Friday we went to the aquarium here, which is one of the largest in Europe. Lanie loved watching the diver hand feed the fish and getting to feed the fish herself! Tomorrow we are hoping to go out ont he Viking ship at the Sunmore Museum as long as the weather isn’t too bad. We had a few days of sun and then it became overcast and rainy again.

That’s pretty much the highlights. We will be going to Trondheim the 1st week of August, so there should be more to post then!