What happens part2

What happens part 2!

So had a good nights sleep. Borrowed Aud Marie’s bil and headed off all on my own with no directions for North Berg. (My cousin Marie Anne’s farm). Made it on memory alone! Not bad if I do say so myself!! Had a wonderful  visit just the two of us and a dictionary and slow talking! Was well fed as usual. I left and returned to Faberg without any problems. Had more visits with Aud’s family ( A little stressed over the upcoming Konfirmation! Aud showed me an article in the local paper about a Norwegian from Lillehammer who died in Churchill when my father was there and just before I and my mother and sister arrived. Aud phoned the newspaper found out the author still had a place in Lillehammer! I sent him an email and we agreed to meet on Fri.

Thurs. Up bright and early. Knut picked me up at noonish and off we went to Gausdal to visit Arnefin.  Arne fin is the only other male cousin of my generation and isI deaf as a result of a canon going off when he was standing beside it in Egypt during the Suez crisis in the late 50’s? So we can actually have quite a nice time together and the odd time we needed translating Knute was there! It was really a pleasure this year to visit one on one as it was much much easier on all of us I think! Learned a whole lot more about my dad, tying some lose ends together. Got back to the house just in time to be picked up by Jo- Are. (Marie-Anne’s son) and my new landlord! So said my farewells and see you laters and I moved.

Fri. Up early again. Jo- Are off to work and Brage off to school and I’m going to have a visitor! Imagine that. Here I am in a foreign Country and I’m going to have a vsitor! 1130 sharpe knock knock  I open the door and there stands a total stranger! Knut. Not my cousin Knut but the journalist Knut. Invite him in what the heck it’s not my house. Offer kafe accepted. We sit down, Non stop talking, picture viewing and wow the time has just flown. Knut offers to give me a ride into town as he has to do some shopping. Awa we go and he decides he wants to show me his cabin. That’s Ok  I know he’s married! We drive to the south end of town and then wind our way up the mountain and up a bush road and wyola  the top of the valley! His view is from the S/E looking N/W over the town the lake and river and up the Gausdal valley! Stupendous!! Probably worth 2 million Canadian! I get dropped in town wander around and the drop into the tourist shop and surprise the bejeebus  out of my cousin Karin. Short visit as she is working. Calls her sister Silvi who comes by picks me up takes me to their home feeds me Karin comes for lunch and one thing leads to another and I’m there for 2 ½ hours I’m shown a letter from my Uncle Christian to his sister Christine (Karin and Silvi’s Grand mother) sent from Sachenhausen concentration camp. Had a shiver go up my spine. Made a copy.Went to visit my cousin Anne Helen (Karin and Silvi's mother) who is in a nursing home. A nice visit and I think she remembered me. Got a ride home. Had dinner watched some idiot TV in between talking to Jo-Are. Went to bed.Slept like a brick!

tried to download some pictures but really really really slow so use your imaginations