Norwegian National Day (17.mai)

Hi, everyone.

Last week we celebrated Norwegian National Day here in Adelaide. On the 17th of May we were invited to celebrate with some fellow Norwegians, and we had a big(!!) party at two friendly Norwegian's house (Frode and Mari). There were almost 15 Norwegians there, and sang Norwegian songs as if we were professionals. Had some proper Norwegian food (thanks for the excellent potato salad made with proper Norwegian mayonaise!). Heaps nice weather; almost twice the average temperature back home.
Went out at night to a bar full of Norgs, and I was actually a bit hungover the next day...

On Sunday we went to Mitcham Reserve, which is a park here in Adelaide. The Norwegian consular here has organized this celebration for the past (20-30?) years, and we had traditional pølse i brød and vafler. Later the Norwegian team defeated the other team in tug-o-war (tautrekking). We should have thrown rotten eggs at the Immigration Minister here, but she didn't show up...

...and we won the raffle; big bag of Norwegian foods!

Here are some pictures that capture some of the moments.

G, M og A

Ferie på Hamilton Island

Hei,

No har me akkurat kome tilbake frå en liten ferie til Hamilton Island som ligg i Whitsunday området i North Queensland. Kjempeflott vær, og veldig barnevenlig (eg sa det...). Amalie hadde det kjempefint - bildene taler for seg. Flott for mamma Melanie og pappa Geir og. Reiste samen med eit svensk par me har blitt kjent med her. Me nytta høvet til å prøve barnevakt ein gang og reise på båttur saman. Det neste felles prosjektet vår skal bli å seila verden rundt!

Pappa, Mamma og Amalie

No more bananas in the Banana Republic...

Banana prices are soaring after the hurricane earlier this year which destroyed most of the crops in North Queensland. Now bananas trade between 10 and 15 Australian dollars pr kilo! (Mellom 50 og 75 kroner pr kg!!!). There is no import of bananas here due to strict agricultural legislation. Sad story...

But, then IKEA came along and opened up a new store here in Adelaide. We were there the first week, and when we left people were lining up for more between 1/2 and 1 hour to get in! Great to see how much the Scandinavian influence is loved here. Great for me to go to the store too - felt like we were back home for a few hours.

Eigfam