Last evening, we were invited over to the farm for a bonfire. However, it was too wet for a fire so we were invited inside to visit with Hilda and Erling, our host farmers. Turns out a visit included a supper of hot dogs, lefse, mashed potatoes and cold canned corn - a lot of food since we had just eaten Keely's meal in the cabin. We headed into their living room for a dessert of rhubarb crisp and coffee. Since our family isn't coffee drinkers, Kayla took on...

Well, the trip has been very interesting over the last 24 hours. The directions to our cabins (better described as Norwegian huts) were a bit sketchy from the farmer renting us the huts. "Take road 257 direction Sjoa, to the left. You drive some kilometers (3-4), and then you see a read shop (translate: book store). After the shop, goes a road called Luseterveien up to the farm and the cabins. Follow this road and take 3 small road to the left (translate: third r...

You may be surprised to hear that when traveling in a group of seven, it takes a little bit longer than expected to get going in the morning. For example, this morning we planned to leave the Walaker at 9 am. However, after eating breakfast, packing the car, filling the car with gas and buying groceries, we were actually ready to leave at 10:30. We weren't exactly sure of our plan today, as we had a couple of different options- should we go straight to our new ...

We woke this morning to a bit of grey drizzle, so we decided to start the day with a short ferry ride across the Lustrafjord to Urnes. We were joined by Dave and Linda Ness (Dave was Dad's four year roommate at Luther) for the day as well, so all nine of us packed into our van, and off we went. We arrived at the Urnes Stave Church just in time for a tour. The tour was fascinating - relayed all types of information regarding the meaning of the decorative carvin...

What an exciting day! Today after eating a breakfast of hard boiled and lightly fried eggs, toast with homemade plum jam, goat's cheese, salmon and more, we headed to Jostedalsbreen National Park. It was about an hour drive from our hotel to the park, and the route included beautiful rural scenery of hilly farms and landscapes dotted with colorful houses and old red barns, not to mention more waterfalls! Jostedalsbreen is home to the Jostedalsbreen glacier, the l...