Sunday: Waffles at midnight! Who knew that here waffles were an afternoon thing? After a late night swim Grete prepared a trillion heart shaped waffles for us. We put jam, chocolate, butter, cheese, and in Malin’s case sour cream on them.
Monday: My favorite day by far. Today we spent the day on the ocean. It was sunny , but a little breezy, still that didn’t stop us from having a great time. Around noon we anchored on the rocky shore of an island. After unloading our things we lounged on the rocks, soaking in every drop of sun… most of us that is. Valerie searched for jellyfish to poke most of the time. Soon the sun became hot and we jumped off of the back of Frestad’s boat into the ocean. The water wasn’t exactly warm, but we had worse problems, a jellyfish invasion! These nasty little buggers were everywhere. With one little swoosh of a tentacle you had a burn. We took a lot of pictures, even some underwater. It was then that my underwater camera decided to not be waterproof. Now, it is completely encrusted in salt and won’t even turn on. Yeah! Later a couple of boys drove by, an ice cream boat! Who knew. For dinner Denis and Grete grilled some chicken and hotdogs, which we had with potato salad, rice, and coca-cola. For dessert, Oreos. Soon the weather began to cool off and the sun began to set. All of the kids (6 of us) rode on the front of the boat. For me it was almost a sad moment. One day to go and we’d have to say goodbye to this, the comfort, the beauty, and the joy of southern Norway in the summer.
Tuesday: I love breakfast here! Throw out a loaf of bread and a million toppings and you’ve got some hard choices to make. My personal favorites are the homemade strawberry jam and the sjoko duo, a chocolatey spread. In the afternoon we headed to the ocean one last time. We lazed around in the hot sun and bought an ice cream. Later Malin made us Spaghetti for dinner and we stopped at the grocery store to buy some things for our upcoming trip to Stockholm and Oslo.
We bought:
2 loaves of bread -11 KR
12 apples -68 KR
Carrots -18 KR
Strawberry jam -20 KR
Chocolate Spread -9 KR
For a total of 127 KR (around $20)
Tonight I’m anxious about the long train trip tomorrow, packing, and saying goodbye to the reason for this trip.