Today was a beautiful day....for going to a cemetery. This is the view from Lena and Sverre's house in Trondheim. Not bad, right? I finally made it to the Norwegian Jewish cemetery. I didn't have to go the last time I was in Trondheim because Freda had already gone. It was really neat actually. The family knew most of the people buried there. It was like a family reunion.
Aaron read two of Grandma Freda's poems, one about putting people to rest in the graveyard and one about springtime. It was a very sweet and moving moment. It felt like even though her body is in LA, her soul is here in Trondheim among her other family members. RIP Freda! Also among Freda are both of Aaron's great grandparents and his great great grandparents.
We then went to town via the old bridge and took the Royal residence tour. We couldn't take pictures inside (boo) but Aaron kept mentioning how interesting it was to see a palace made of pine. I really enjoyed the Queen's room. It was bright pink and looked like a room from Versailles, wallpaper like that from the old red room.
We then had taco night at Lena and Sverre's house (chicken instead of beef, good choice) and I learned about 40 Norwegian words today! The picture above is the sunset at 11PM. I hope I don't forget my Norwegian but I think it's inevitable.
Thank you-takk ceiling- tak cousin- sis keen barn pig- gris (grease) pineapple- anandas
yarn- garn house- huset mom- mui dad- far grandma- muir muir/beste muir
grandpa- far far/beste far ice cream- eese kreme fat-fate like- likken I-yeah
yes-yah no- nei cake-kakke best-bestes town-beyen teddy bear- bamski
nose-nesse lips- lepper teeth- tetter siblings- sis keen children-barn olives-oliven
mushrooms-champignon cheese-ust (oust) ham- skinke salad- salut waffle-vaffel
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