Yesterday I forgot to check the mailbox and when I looked today I found 4 letters waiting for me 😉

Thanks for the love letters, Mom & Nanna. They help when you’re far away from home. I cried a little, but a a few pieces of dark chocolate are comforting me now. Love you!

Ainsley and Laurence make beautiful babies…

Wish I could be a little closer to hold Eileif. We skype on a regular basis.

This week’s culture trip… The Fram.

Before the Titanic the Fram was the most famous ship…

Wikipedia tell me this: “Fram (“Forward”) is a ship that was used in expeditions of the Arctic and Antarctic regions by the Norwegian explorers Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup, Oscar Wisting, and Roald Amundsen between 1893 and 1912. It was designed by the Scots-Norwegian shipwright Colin Archer for Fridtjof Nansen’s 1893 Arctic expedition in which Fram was supposed to freeze into the Arctic ice sheet and float with it over the North Pole.
Fram is said to have sailed farther north (85°57’N) and farther south (78°41’S) than any other wooden ship. Fram is currently preserved at the Fram Museum in Oslo, Norway.”

I learned that it’s better to bring dogs (rather than horses) on an expedition, because unlike horses, they will eat each other. That way you can eat the weakest dogs and survive…

It seams like there is a party for us every other day… this one was for the four International Master programs at Oslo University College. It’s their intention to develop a strong multicultural and international student community.

They had amazing vocal trio “Eplemøya Songlag”

as well as a pianist, and a ukulele band (played by the people in administration at the University). And of course food for everyone. Including the seagulls that got a hold of that slice of pizza I brought for the way home…