Reasons to love Norway

Scandinavia is all the hype these days but really we knew it was great way before that! 

1. The woman at the duty free shop told us to have some fun in life and insisted we put each of our children in a wheeled basket meant for alcohol and chocolate and race them through the shop
2. Even when the water is 12 degrees everyone is happily splashing around
3. The coastline is so intestinal everyone who wants an oceanfront property could have one
4. There are no crocodiles or sharks
5. The climate may be cool but that doesn't stop people from eating ice cream all the time
6. Money from oil is actually properly invested and profit used for social services
7. Health clinics are beautiful and full of toys and staff who seem to love children (Zadie was quite happy with her morning of vaccination)
8. The part of the country that is not ocean is mountain
9. They invented the cheese slicers and h ave been living it easy ever since
10. The fields and roads are often lined with raspberry bushes
11. An industrious child could subsist on berries all Summer
12. Boats everywhere
13. The waffles are shaped like hearts and the potatoes are only rarely soaked in lye
14. The sweaters are like artwork and you get to wear them all year
15. Your mom wakes you, Aurora and Sophia up at 5.45am in the pouring rain to haul 15 cod, haddock, flounder and crab out of the ocean in your grandpa's ancient net
16. Everything is so incredibly expensive that it's hard to be materialistic

In short, we are having a great time here!

Zadie is impressively well-insulated against the cold water

Tova is pretty happy about 1,400 raspberries. We all are. 

Fjord rowing

Caught in the act!