arrival in norway!

So we have landed. We officially live in Norway.

After two days of carrying, tugging, lifting, running, pushing, organizing and all the other things that come with moving my arms are sore but I need to write some stuff down in order not to forget.

Me, Emma, and Jasper's mom came by airplane and there's nothing exciting to tell except that Emma really enjoyed flying. She'd flown before but doesn't remember.

Jasper, his dad, and Sam travelled by car with our two dogs, Muffin and Bootsy. They drove through Denmark and then took the ferry to Bergen. They arrived on Tysnes together with the container and three custom dudes who wanted to check evereything inside. This is where the adventurre really started... The road up to Myrdal was partly still covered by ice and the containertruckdriver refused to go up. So they had to find a place in the village to park the container. We made our first neighbour friends this way. Not having seen a bit of Myrdal Gard Jasper had to empty the container to show them that Dutch people don't always smuggle drugs. At this point the local newspaperman came by to take pictures and wanted to make an appointment for an interview the next day.

 

He'll Have to wait a little longer. Customs was, however, satisfied when the time came to catch the last ferry home, which left Jasper down the mountain with a Ford Transit which couldn't make it up to Myrdal either. Luckily Ab ( the previous farmer on Myrdal) arrived and walked up with Jasper to get our Norwegian Pickup and the towed the car up. ARRIVAL at last !

Myrdal has lost the blanket of snow we saw in februari but , like in Holland, the grass is brown and nature is in desperate need of some rain and sun to defrost everything. But the weather is beautiful and the farm looks golden in the sun. There's been no wind and all is quiet. All you can hear are some spring birds. We've already seen some dear in the twilights of evening. These three sunny days have de-iced the roads and on Tysnesåta, the mountain which rises up 500 meters from our farmland, the snow is melting rapidly. It looks like life could be good up in Myrdal... 

Next week we start making cheese, packing cheese, going to school and (very important) celebrate sam's first Norwegian birthday!