Syttende Mai er vi så glad i

Norwegian Constitution Day is the national day of Norway and is an official public holiday observed on May 17 each year. Among Norwegians, the day is referred to simply as syttende mai (lit. "seventeenth May")

 The Constitution of Norway was signed at Eidsvoll on May 17 in the year 1814. The constitution declared Norway to be an independent kingdom in an attempt to avoid being ceded to Sweden after Denmark–Norway's devastating defeat in the Napoleonic Wars.
After 1864 the day became more established when the first children's parade was launched in Christiania, at first consisting only of boys. It was only in 1899 that girls were allowed to join in the parade for the first time.
Today we celebrate "syttende mai with breakfast consisting of Norwegian food, dress up in national costumes, participate in the children parade, eat ice cream and sausages during the day and have great times with friends.

This year the gods gave us beautiful warm weather almost all over the country.
Here you se Tullen and myself dressed in our national costumes. Both originating from my home district NorthWest of Norway; Sunmøre.

The royal guard is approaching the royal castle after their impressive drill in front of the old university. That is the only military apparence during the day. In Norway the day is dedicated to school children.

Our national flag and "bunader" are all over the city, and in the parade the different schools are waiving their banner.

Two of our grandchildren Mari and Maja are playing in their school brass band, and thus carrying the bans´s uniform in the parade.

A third grandchild living in England, Hedda, is also celebrating 17.mai with her flag on the way to school.

This year even the ice cream were covered with national cotumes. ( sorry about the comercial display of one brand )

Springtime in Oslo 2019

 Back in Norway and we experience springtime in Oslo. The blossom at our "local" Tekethopa is awesome every year, but last unfortuneatly only a few days.

 For many years we spent a lot of time and work during spring to prepare our summerhouse for the summer season. Now our daughter has taken on the responsibility, but we are still sometimes invited for a bbq sausage lunch

 The outdoor activity in the afternoons has moved from the cottage to the bacony at our apartment, but there we have a shorter distance to the Carlos Primero

 Springtime in Oslo are full of different competitions for those who love running.

This is from the dance display performed by one of our grandchildren. The children are good.

Photos from the last weeks at Costa del Sol this spring

After a more than normal cold and windy Winter and Spring-time this year at Costa del Sol we are back in Norway for some weeks before we once more turn our faces to the lovely Spain, the beautiful Mediterranean and hotel Myramar; our second home.

However, there is a lot of images at my iPhone not presented in earlier blogposts, so here I will give you a brief documentation of our last weeks in this long stay periode.

As previously mentioned Malaga City is a place that we visit many times during our stay at CdS; normally every 10th days. This time we spend some hours guiding our friends Anton and Grethe around in the historic city, and as everybody else a photo at the main street Calle Marques de Larios is a must for us

We found also time for a second tour along the path from Calahonda to Cala de Mijas. Something chilly, but lovely. A lot of pitstops are open for guests, so take your time.

Easter is a very interesting time in Spain. During our last visit to Malaga city this time we also entered some of the churches, looking at the heavy thrones people are carrying every day at Semana Santa. The prosessions have we seen earlier but never before been so close to the spectacular "Tronos"

Of course I eat lamb in Easter, and the "Pierna de Cordero" at La Farola is highly recommended.

In Malaga the exhibition "Mujeres Fatales en el Arte Moderno" (Perversidad) takes place at Museo Carmen Thyssen between 30.Mar - 8.Sep this year. An intriguing and spectacular visit this time.

This beautiful landscape painting is from the permanent exhibition at the gallery / museum showing the Bay of Estepona and Gibraltar late 1800.

We have always something to celebrate in Spain. This time we celebrated our 42 years of living together and had a great dinner at La Farola with their fantastic Chateaubriand and a good Ribera del Duero

One of our newly discovered cocktail bars in Fuengirola is the SkyBar at Hotel Puerto.

The view from the SkyBar at 10th floor is great, and gives a different expression of the beaches

So it is time to say Goodby and Gracias to Myramar. The sunbeds are ready for new guests, but we will return later this year. Hasta Luego.