Vad tusen gör vi här? (Response to Maya)

Maya just wrote about the Swedish tradition of Midsummer celebrations. We in Norway celebrate it on the 23rd of June, we call it St. Hans Eve, we light big bonfires and eat good food. But it doesnt mean we are not awAre of the Swedish celebrations, dancing around a pole (idolization??). Just watch this nice video. It's a commercial for playing the lottery in Norway, where the pot this particular time was on 20 million Norwegian kroner, which is about 3000...something dollars.



The song roughly translates like this:

What the heck are we doing here?
We should go there!
Cause in Norway they have a pot on 20 million!
In Norway one can win 20 million in the lottery!
While we are just dancing around a pole..HEY!

Gotta love the Swedes, you are cute. But we got the cash! :-)

Do as you are told.

Something.

Hi

Is there anybody out there?

Dumtidum...

Ok, the forgive me-post was just pathetic. I haven't even tried in the last 3 weeks to post anything sensible to this blog, and not before that either actually. My life was so much more interesting in Ghana, every little observation became a blog post. Now, being in Norway, everything is normal to me, and I dont see the beauty or fascination in the little things anymore. Thats bad and I've gotta start looking harder. My blog is not gonna become a "how does my boyfriend see Norway", kind of day to day funny bits about "oooh today my boyfriend tried/tasted/did something Norwegian for the first time". So what is there to write about? I'm working and planning my wedding, the sun sometimes shines, sometimes it rains and its really cold. We have moved the furniture in our little apartement around today in the rectangle room where doing that is almost impossible, but now we found a way which works. Tomorrow is a holiday, much needed holiday, thank God we Norwegians are so Christian when it comes to all the religious holidays and gives workers days off.

Norway just celebrated it's National Day - which doesn't mark our independence, but the date we got our OWN constitution, which happened 17th of May 1814. But we were still under Sweden until June 1905. Then we kicked those Volvo producing IKEA-loving people east and south and they have stayed there ever since :-)


Our trademark: parade for all the schools and kindergartens, instead of a military parade. Flags, music, cheering, ice cream and hot dogs all day long!

I'm walking in the parade with my half-Ghanaian cute friend!

Cute Norwegian kids showing off their nice national costumes, dancing to traditional music.

Our penthouse apartement on top is decorated according to traditions, with two fake flags taped to the railing.

Three is a crowd

Please forgive me

I'm truly sorry for my abscense. I dont have a good excuse, like Maya, but my mind has been everywhere but on the blog lately. My beloved decided to get a visa to Norway and so today he arrived, after 6 long months apart. The weeks before his arrival my mind has been on THIS day, things to get in order, papers, tickets, a bed for 2 and warm clothes. I havent had the energy to produce literary works. I hope even though I wont spend more lonely nights with plenty time for blogging, I'd still write down my "gossip" as my better half calls it, now and again.

small steps

Life is a journey.
Complete it.