Early summer

So this is may:
Starting with horrible weather, cold storms and rain and then suddenly: Summer. All the flowers in blooms, the trees green and the temperatures hot. Okay, hot for Norway. 24 degrees was max., and Cristina still calls it spring, but it is beautiful!

We even went swimming in the fjord and got completely sunburned (and sick), but hey: Worth it!
Other than that we are very busy at the moment with different events such as a kindergarten event, where 103 children participated and did several activities outside in order to inform about how healthy it is for your to exercise regularly. It was much fun, but also very hot, of course.

On Wednesday we had the day of "health at work" at Vålandstårnet, from where you have a beautiful view over the city and the fjord. A dancing group from Metro participated and we prepared a quizz, which we put up outside in the forest. All our coworkers participated and seemed to have a great deal of fun at least.

A week before there was the Fritidsklubbensdag. This is a day at which all the youth clubs present themselves in the city center. There is a stage for the bands to play, face painting for children, free food and other activities which promote the youth clubs. We helped the whole day, prepared the stage, the sound, the info desks, Cristina and me did the face painting and Pavel drove stuff back and forth from Metro to the square in the city center. We had hardly any time to eat, but everybody said that we were a big help and we enjoyed it quite a lot because so many families came to watch the show.

Now it is time for us to prepare ourselves for the biggest day in Norway! 17th of May, the National Day in Norway: Everybody wears the best clothes and the Norwegians wear their National Costume called "bunad"and watch the parades in the city. On that day the constitution is celebrated, that we live in a free and democratic country. So there are no military parades, just children and different organisations. 

We are very excited!

Snakkes!