Confirmation day!

Confirmation Day

Sat. May 09 2015.

Up early Tea and breakfast . Shirt and tie day.  1000 we’re underway Joe-Are driving me in the front seat Brage in the back Just where every 14 year old belongs! Drive past the Kirke. It’s full! Actually it was the first group confirmation of the day! Frida not scheduled until 1230. Went and picked up Hildi and then back to the church had to stop on the highway while all the first bunch left so we could get a place to park. Eventually we did and it was even in the yard close to the Kirke! Walked around met all the rest of the cousins, filed into the Kirke found a row of seats. Sat down and looked around. The church is wood and was constructed in the 17 hundreds no one was really sure when but 1700’s sometime.  A Cross shaped with a painted Pulpit and the part which name escapes me at the moment in the front of the church also painted with a scene out of the bible. No I don’t know which on It was in Norwegian!

                Music then the doors sprung open and the candidates walked in. All the girls wearing the traditional costumes of the different districts. Some of the boys to and some in suits. Oh did I mention all my female cousins were wearing theirs to and most of the other women were also. A riot of colour and silver and sparkly jewels.

                The ceremony started with a prayer, then a hym  I knew the tune but couldn’t remember the words so I just hummed along. Then their were two girls from the choir who sang a couple of songs while the priest was confirming  the candidates. Another couple of prayers a collection. Which they do different from us. Everyone gets up and walks to the front of the church and deposits their cash,envelopes etc in the plate. I think this is the way they can tell who the cheapskates are! Just guessing though.  It all ended the bells rang the newly confirmed paraded out all looking a little embarrassed and shy Oh and it was gorgeous bright warm sunny day to boot! Think the big guy was pleased! Took some pictures of the crowds a couple of grave stones of Lien’s  and a standing rune stone.

                Piled back into the bile and off we went bypassing hell to a mountain resort where we had a feast!  Traditional with meat balls salad potatoes carrots pork cutlet water and fruit juices to drink and it just kept coming! Then there were some speeches of welcome from Frida’s dad a slide show some songs a speech from Mari-Anne. Aldene played a couple of tunes on the accordion. She’s only been playing for about a month and did a great job! The deserts arrived on the desert table all home made! Stuffed with cream cakes rice puddings ordinary cakes fruit cheese cakes and coffee. Then we all went home.

Sun. May 10 2015.

Slept in until 0730. Oh boy!! It’s tough when it doesn’t get dark! Up had bacon and eggs for breaky and then the big decision for the day? What to do? The country shuts down on Sundays so not much choice. We decided on the rad museum! I know your all wondering what the, is a road museum?

A road museum at least one n Lillehammer is a museum dedicated to the building of roads from the earliest which were sea roads to the modern paved super highways. (In Norway the super highway is a two lane road with a divider.) and everything in between. Lots of exibits of machinery old cars and Motor cycles and there were a couple of old Volvos in the parking lot, two red 1965 544’s just like I had back in the day.  Lots of graders dozers diggers and assorted. A really interesting day and my cousin Oleg, her husband Od and daughter Ragna joined us which made it even more fun. On the way home we stopped in at Aud Maries. And finagled an invite for dinner. Then home as tomorrow May 11 I’m off to Tromso!