Båt turen - The boat ride 22.june

Båt turen ute på fjorden var ganske så koselig.'
Fikk se hvordan det har forandret seg der siste åra.
Jeg har ikke vert i Sponvika på minst 5 år så dette var gøy for oss alle.
For jentene var dette helt topp.

English:
The boat ride was very exciting for us all.
Its many years since I have been in Sponvika at aunty Marit and uncle Gunnars cabin. And since last time many things have changed all over. Change for good I say.
But we all had a wonderful on the sea.

New things

Elizabeth found out that some of the Norwegian hot dogs was a bit big. But tasty!
Now, is the hot dog too big or not?

Hos tante fikk Elizabeth prøve noske pølser.
OK, var pølsa litt stor eller?
Men den var så deilig!

Day 5 - 22.june Boat trip day

Day 5 was the day we went to aunty Marit and
uncle Gunnar at their cabin in Sponvika.
Name is Grotten so we had a good time. The sun was smiling at us that day so the girls
could walk in the water and fish crabs.
They had over 9 crabs and Nethmi caught a lot of crabs.
Sithma was doing fine as well.
For little Elizabeth she went crazy when she saw the water and ran right into the water and had a
good bath.



Even though 18 degrees in the water she didnt care and had a ball splashing in the water.
After some more splashing around and more crab fishing we had a nice little boat ride in uncle

Gunnars little boat. OK, a bit bigger than a row-boat.
The girls had the time of their lives and enjoyed the wind woshing and the waves and it all.
Roshini sat and thoughtn this was beautiful.
Little Elizabeth couldnt help herself and jumped into the driver seat.
This was a wonderful day for us all.
Also for Captain Elizabeth at the helm.

Halden by night

When Roshini and I walked around i Halden we were stunned by how beautiful it looks here in the late evening so we took some beautiful photos.

Day 4 - Dag 4 21.June 2010

Day 4 of our stay in Norway.
This was our major rest day. We slept until 9.30 and did nothing.
Kids went to the towns fortress in Halden. And they were exhausted when they came back form that walk.
So when the evening came Roshini and I thought we had to test our strength as well. Excused ourselves with this was exercise.
So we went around 10 p.m and spent the next hour or so walking up and down to the Fortress from Kr.August Gt.
Roshini loves the view and we agreed upon we shall have more walks up there.

Dag 4 av Norge oppholdet 2010.
Dette var vår store avslapnings dag. Vi sov til 10 nesten og denne dagen gjorde vi fint lite.
Våre 2 eldste, Nethmi og Sithma gikk på formiddagen med bestemor Inger til Fredriksten festning i Halden. De ble kjørt opp og måtte gå ned sammen med bestemor Inger.
De var utslitte. Da Roshini hørte om den vakre turen kunne vi ikke være verre så vi gikk opp vi 2 klokken 10 om kvelden og ned igjen. Det var en flott utsikt som vi møtte da vi gikk opp igjennom porten til festningen. Det var ting jeg ikke har sett på lenge eller aldri sett før.

Day 3 - Sunday 20.June Dag 3 20.Juni

Sunday 20.June was a great day for our family. At noon our relatives, uncle, aunties and cousins came. And we all had a great family re.union. or most celebrating Besto, my grand mothers 95th birth day. The Lord has given her 95 years and she is still going very strong. Incredible in some ways.
This was also her first time seeing her great grand children, the only one she has who lives in Sri Lanka. For Nethmi, Sithma and Elizabeth this was wonderful experience to see her.

Not only her, but aunty Elin, oncle Jostein, my aunty Marit and my uncle Gunnar. Plus my cousin Kristian, Tina and her husband Andre.
What a wonderful time we had together. We found out it was 8 years since we all on our side had gather together. May it not take so long to next time we see each other.

Norwegian:
Søndag 20 juni ble en vakker dag for vår familie.
Rundt lunch tiden kom våre nære slekninger, onkeler, tanter, kusiner og fettere, bestemore og oldermor som hun er. We hadde en flott familie forening og feiret Besto min Bestemor som fylte 95 år forige søndag. Herren har velsignet henne med 95 år og hun går fortsatt.
Dette var også hennes første gang hun fikk se hennes eneste oldebarn som bor i Sri Lanka, Sithma. Nethmi og Elizabeth.. Det ble en hyggelig møte for alle.
Ikke bare første gang for oldemore Besto, men også min tante Marit og onkel Gunnar. Plus min kusine Tina med Andre og Kristian min fetter.
Vi hadde en hærlig tid sammen. Det er 8 år siden sist familien vår har vert samlet og vi håper det ikke går så lenge til neste gang.

Dag 2 - 19.Juni 2010

Dagen idag har gått til å slappe av og se litt av Halden.
Vi fikk kjøpt en ny barnevogn siden den vi hadde tatt med fra Sri Lanka gikk fløyten pga ene hjulet falt av under reisen.

Da vi hadde fått gjort det og slappet litt mer av dro vi til Besto, oldermor og bestemor som hun er.
For henne ble det første gang hun fikk se oldebarna sine fra Sri Lanka.
Ble fin opplevelse for alle.

Big gathering was there at the airport when arrived 6.15 pm at Gardermoen.
Uncle and aunties were there, Jostein and Elin, grandma and aunty Kathrine was there.
We all were so happy.
At last we had come to Norway.

Hele familien hadde møtt opp for å ta imot oss.
Det var veldig koselig.
Onkel Jostein og tante Elin, samt tante Kathy and bestemor Inger.
Endelig hadde vi kommet til Norge.

Day 1 - To Norway we go - Dag 1 Til Norge det går

Day 1 came and went.
We leaft for Norway 425 in the morning and long day it was.
By 6.15 p.m we came to Norway at last. Many hours of traveling.
But for the girls this was exciting and also not so fun some times.

But Uncle Jostein and aunty Elin and aunty Kathrine with grandma Inger was there when we landed.
One big gathering there at the airport and we all were happy to finally had reached the end.

For Elizabeth the first night in norway was different when she had to dress so up.

We are in Norwaty - Vi er i Norge

And we came to Norway and all is fine.

Love Svendsen family

 

Vi har kommet frem til Norge og alt er bra med oss.

Varme hilsen fra Svendsen familien

Time for NOrway

In a few hours we leave for Norway.

I have to admit we all look forward to this.

over 1 year of planning and hard work finally gives fruits.

 

For the girls this will be the first trip ever abroad and as for us as a family it is also the first trip abroad.

First time in many ways and exciting it is. For Elizabeth it is also first time and she has never been to Norway either. She is Norwehian but speaks more sinhala than Norwegian.

 

Pray for us and if you want to meet us while we are in Norway contact us.

Norway here we come!

If you want to meet us contact us: email svendsvendsen@hotmail.com eller mobil 48 22 30 85

 

Om noen få timer setter vi oss på flyet til Norge.

Må inrømme at vi alle ser frem til dette men har sommefugler I magen.

1 års hardt arbeid krones nå med tur og det er godt.

 

For jentene er dette den første turen til utlandet, for oss som familie er dette første turen også.

På mange måter blir dette første gangen, også for Elizabeth som aldri har vert I NOrge og som er norsk.  Hun kan mest sinhala.

 

Be for oss og om du vil møte oss mens vi er I NOrge så ta kontakt.

email svendsvendsen@hotmail.com eller mobil 48 22 30 85

Her kommer vi Norge!