Our first day in Stavanger and the girls and I hung out, we did some shopping and went for coffee. It was a lot of fun hanging out with them especially after spending so much time surrounded by boys.
It was a time to reflect, it’s difficult to believe that just over 14 years ago I met Nina days after we had both given birth to our first children, Joe and Andrine. Little did we know when we were SO young and first time expats in Kuala Lumpur we would still be friends today.
As expats you meet many people from all over the world and from all walks of life…friends come and go, occasionally though you meet those people who become like family. They are embedded into your life, you share your children’s first steps with them, birthdays, tears and happiness, lunches, dinners, late nights, holidays and so much more. Well I can safely say Nina is one of those friends, I feel really lucky to have the Jacobsens in our life.
Joe with Andrine, his first ever friend, 14 years on…..
We had been looking forward to this part of our trip for so long now, Nina, Hein & the kids had planned a lot for us. The first trip was skiing. It was an early start on Tuesday and a beautiful day to head up into the mountains.
Nina, Hein and the kids were awesome teachers and Joe and Mikey were skiing in no time. Mikey and Aleksander headed up together and were zipping down all day. Hein took Joe right up to the highest point and they made their way down slowly.
Needless to say Jon and I didn’t join in, we were chief coffee drinkers, bag carriers and photographers, we didn’t want to risk Jon injuring himself, a broken arm or leg could have put a stop to our trip for weeks so we relaxed and enjoyed watching the kids having fun.
Aleksander had worn Mikey out on the slalom and we hadn’t been in the car long before he totally passed out.
It had been a full on day and we were all ready for an early night. Wednesday we planned to take a trip to Stavanger before heading to Haugesund on Thursday for the Easter weekend.
The streets in Stavanger are cobbled and the shops & colourful restaurants are so delightful. After lunch we had a walk around the old part of the city where there are these lovely little white wooden cottages. The old fishing houses now form a conservation area and in the summer the streets are full of flowers.
We decided to give the canning museum a miss (!) and instead the kids took Jon and Hein out for a football match – it turns out Team Sandham needs a bit more practice, we lost to The Norwegians !!
Next stop Auklandshamn & Haugesund for Easter.
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