A couple of years ago I visited my relatives in Vancouver, Canada. Even though I spent less than a week there, I fell in love with the area! No wonder; after a scorching hot summer in Mobile, AL, I flew over the beautiful Rockies into the luscious west part of B.C. with its green mountains and blue waters. I hadn’t seen my relatives for more than 10 years, but they gave me a warm welcome and showed me around.
Back to the present. This week one of my dad’s cousins from Vancouver and her husband came to visit us here in Trondheim. They’d had two weeks of rain in the Baltic sea, Denmark and the southern part of Norway, but were greeted by the sun here in Trondheim. They stayed at my parents house, but I took a couple of days off work so that I could try to return some of the hospitality they had showed me.
E and I prepared dinner for them Tuesday night after my mom and dad had picked them up in Bergen (a two-day drive from here). Wednesday evening we went for dinner at our local tower restaurant with a view of the whole city and the surrounding mountains and fjord. Thursday we had an early lunch at my aunt and uncle’s house, followed by a get-together with several of my cousins, my dad’s cousins and my second cousins. Friday I actually went to work. Today was the last day before the Canadians return home, and we had a dinner at my parents’ house. We even watched 9-milimeter movies from when I was 5 years old – hilarious 
The result of this very pleasant visit was that I even more than before would like to go on vacation to the US. And while I’m there, revisit Vancouver. All I have to do now is save up the money 
Be sure and let us Mobile folks know if you guys are going to make it in to North America. We could head up to Canada and see our favorite Norwegians. On a side not, I read that Norway has more Millionaires per capita than any other country. So let us know if you rent a private jet to come over or something.
Our main reason for going on vacation to your part of the world is of course to visit Alabama. But, by using one of our private jets, it’s very easy to continue west to California and Vancouver! I know we won’t be visiting this year, cause at the end of this month we’re going to Italy for two and a half weeks. (Yeah, looking forward to that!) However, next years summer vacation hasn’t been decided yet…
You mean our local ROTATING tower restaurant, right? It’s just like an amusement park ride, only super slow.
I guess I forgot to mention that… Thanks for clearing that up for the three readers of this blog!
Og to av de tre leserne visste det vel fra før…
Hvorfor får aldri jeg se de filmene fra 80-tallet? Hver gang jeg har spurt er det alltid et eller annet med fremviseren som de ikke gidder å fikse.. Hva er innholdet på de filmene egentlig – siden de holder de skjult for meg? Blir jeg mishandlet? Var jeg født gutt? Filmer de i Kina mens jeg blir adoptert?
Synd jeg ikke fikk møte canadierne forresten. Men god grunn til å bli med til Canada neste år
Sees om et par dager!