Midwinter's Night

We started our week with the "Barnespil" or children's play of the Nativity on Sunday. It was very well done. This pic is before the arrival of Joseph, Mary, The Baby, shepherds, wisemen and a few others. Wonderful songs and readings were a crowd pleaser.

Erin flew in to town on Monday night after a week of work in London. After we did our Tuesday assignments - district meeting and a funeral - we took a night walk in a little snowstorm.

We went to our favorite streets and shops and walked until we got cold.

 We warmed up in one of the many downtown malls. We called it a night and prepared for a big day on Dec. 21 - the shortest day of the year - sunrise at about 9:40 and sunset at about 3:24 for us.

We had this great road trip to one of the outer islands with great ocean views, little harbors, etc. but it was so foggy we turned around when it was obvious that the trip was a lost cause. We ran into a friend who gave us tickets to the "Pepperkakebyen" -gingerbread house city. It is a large collection of gingerbread buildings representing all of the parts of the city.

We checked it out and after a quick Kabab at a local stand up and eat restaurant there was a break in the foggy weather. We headed for the cable car up to Fløyen for a look at the city in the snow.

Erin up on the mountain with her new stylish wool hat.

The Winter sun is never far above the horizon.



The city is down there somewhere. Solstice 2011.

We got the front window seat for the ride back down to the city. The fog vanished for our walk back to the car.

We had a great day together in the cold and snow - now for a cup of hot cocoa and an evening together at home.

Merry Christmas!