Oslo, Dereham, York & London

Another trip is on the horizon! Sunday we leave for the gloriously cooler temps of Oslo, Norway, home of John's ancestors! (My peeps hailed from the Stavanger, Bergen and Trondheim areas, supposedly.) It seems to have been a really agonizing wait for this trip, so we are very excited to be finally setting off to the sleek, cosmopolitan city of Oslo to see some things we missed last time, and visit some favorite spots like Kafe Kaffe and Frognerparken. I am hoping to be brave enough to use my newly acquired Norwegian language skills to at least order a hot dog or say "Hello, how much do two train tickets to Oslo cost?" As a matter of interest, that would be: "Hei, Hei! Hvor mye koster to toget billeter til Oslo?" After stuffing ourselves with as much pølse and smørbrød as we can in Norway, we will head to Dereham, England to visit John's eldest brother, Dave, his wife Julie, and her son Sam. We are super excited to be able to visit family abroad, and even though Dave has warned us that showing us their little town will be quite brief, it's more about hanging out with them and meeting their numerous cats! Sam has offered to drive us around York, and as it was a big Viking settlement, I can nerd out on all the things named for Thor in the city. From there, we hit London and will be checking out the Royal Observatory at Greenwich (AND where the movie Thor: The Dark World was filmed (ahem!)), visit Platform 9-3/4 at the King's Cross tube station (heck yeah, Harry Potter fans), check out the standing stones at Avebury for a chill daytrip, and we have tickets to see Macbeth at the freaking GLOBE THEATRE!!!! On our honeymoon, we bought a Globe brick to help fund the new Globe Theatre, and it was the first document we had with our names as a married couple (me having taken his name but not having time to change my passport or I.D.'s before our trip.) I am so excited to see a live production at the Globe, and especially Macbeth. I've only seen it once live, in an incredible Shakespeare in the Park performance on a full moon night, and just as the Wyrd Sisters were chanting their famous incantations, I'm not even shitting you, on this perfectly clear night, a swirl of creepy ass dark clouds materialized right above the stage as they were dancing around in goat's skulls. That is some serious conjure! I snapped a photo, though it does the epic scene no justice. 

Stay tuned as we embark on another exciting Hobbity adventure! Woot!

We'll miss these sweet nutters!




See you next post :)
Love & hugs (kjærlighet og klemmer),
R&J