Getting Out, Jet Lag, and The Midnight Sun

So far, the weather has been great! Bestemor lives pretty much in the downtown area of Trondheim, just by the river/fjord ports. We can walk to most places from her condominium. This is about 5-10 minute walk from her place. There are plenty of good cafes and interesting stores along the way.

Here we are on our way to one of the neighborhood bakeries for a mid-morning snack.... hmmm.

Trondheim is over 1000 years old and is experiencing some growth. In an effort to reduce traffic on some of these old streets that have houses over a hundred years old, the city is building underground roads and tunnels that will by-pass these neighborhoods. This is pretty much right across from Bestemor's. They have borrowed a large crane from Belgium and are transporting the old houses worth preserving to a safe location while they complete the road project. When it is completed, they will move these houses back. We'll have to come back in 3 years to see how it turned out :)

The kids are having a tougher time getting over jet-lag than I thought. They often fall asleep in the middle of the day and we stay up much too late at night. Of course, it also may have something to do with The Midnight Sun.

I took these pictures as we were driving back from the country - it was after 10pm.

The picture above shows a barely visible

church spire. These old churches are found

in almost every country village or town.

Some of them dating back till 1700's. This

picture was just snapped from the car. I am

sure I will have some better close ups later.

This is our little Rascal! Wide awake at 3:00am.

I snapped some pictures of outside for you to see. This is how light it remained at 3:00 am.

It is so hard

to keep track of time,

before I know it, it is

past midnight!