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 !