Summer on the Oslofjord

Let me take you to one of the nicest days we have had this summer.  We are going on a boattrip on the Oslo fjord  

 

 

 

 

This is Lars Tore.  He is our director.

We are going out on a trip in the Oslo Fjord on this old wooden sailboat from 1937

The fjord is showing itself from the most beatiful side.  The sea is glittering in front of us.  Some cheerful little clouds on the sky.  Can it be better ?

The boat is filled with food and drinks.  We are not going to suffer !

This is Franz, my husband.  Next to him is Ronald from Holland.  He is a sailor, and loved the boat.

Father and son enjoying the view.

Time for lunch.  This is the epitomy of Norwegian summer enjoyment.  Fresh prawns, beer or white wine.  Bread and mayones.  In a boat, while the sun is shining.  Simple, but so nice !

This is a prawn sandwich.  Some of our foreign guests did not like to peel their own prawns.  I did it for them, as I have been growing up peeling prawns, so Im fast. As most Norwegians are.  They loved it !

The boat is called Guri.  Such a beauty !

Franz and me took a swim.  The water was just great !  Its so refreshing to swim in the sea.

No, its not cold.  Its great.  I feel its like swiming in champagne.

Lazy afternoon in the sunshine.

Our guests are enjoying themselves.

We are not the only ones on the fjord that day.  The fjord is full of boats !

Here we are passing through "Middagsbukta".  A popular place for other boatowners to spend their afternoon and have dinner.

People enjoy this day.  Maybe the last summerday of this year ?

The Oslo Fjord !!

Dutchmen in winterwonderland

The Dutch team who are working with A&C in the Netherlands were coming to Norway. We thought wed give them a real Norwegian experience, and took them to our cottage in the mountains. The cottage is near Rjukan, my hometown. With no electricity, running water or road, they were in for a special experience.

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We were brought in by snowmobiles late at night. Next morning we woke up to heaps of fluffy white snow.

They put on the skis for the first time. It didnt go that well. Heidi settled for snowshoes ! At least they didnt slide !

We went to visit the polar dogs of a "mountain neighbour". These dogs have been modeling in an A&C catalogue some years ago. They are so cute. Very friendly dogs who likes to give a kiss.

Jose did really well on her langlauf skis. In Norway we say that this is normal skis. Why do they use german terms on this ?. Dutch people claim that normal skis are alpine skis. As if they would know !! The Norwegians invented the skis for heavens sake !. So they should be called langrenns skis if anything !

Our hut is quite small and very simple. But nevertheless very exotic and comfortable. Its nice to get in and feed the fire !

In the evening we enjoyed to sit in the cozy warm hut. I made good Norwegian delicacies like "Rakfisk". They loved it !! To my surprise. Its really quite special, but my experience is that lots of people love it. And with a little shot of Aquavit its just mmmmmmm ! For dinner we had reindeer. I love to make good food of the best ingredients. Not so different from making jewellery actually !

Next day we took our guests on a tour by snowscooter . It was crisp and cold with lots of fresh snow. Im glad we could cover our legs with a reindeerskin which is so amazingly warm. Jose and Maurice injoy themselves. Maurice shoots a loot of pictures for the newspaper.

Powdersnow of the best sort. You can just throw yourself into it and its so soft like feathers.

We drive up along the trail, and in the end there is no trail anymore. Just the endless wilderness. Its biting cold and finally the scooter cant get any further. We just sink in to deeply. Its a special feeling. The view is fantastic.

The littel trip was just great. We hope we gave our guests an uforgettable experience of something simple, yet authentic. This is how we like to do thing. The real way !