Norwegian Easter- a very different story

We have been reading the blogs about Easter celebrations in Greece, Italy,Spain and Germany and seen the wonderful pictures. There are so many similarities between you all. Our Easter is very different. We are Lutherans, but the church is not very important (unless you call yourself a "personal Christian").
We have the Easter lamb on Easter eve, we have bunnies and eggs etc, but to most people in Norway, Easter means skiing. Those who are the lucky owners of a cottage in the mountains, go there. The rest of us stay at home, but every day, the weather provided, we go out cross country skiing- with backpacks filled with hot cocoa, oranges, chocolates, logs to build a fire, a reindeer fur to sit on etc. Yes, the backpack is heavy!
Then we go up a mountain, looking for a nice place to rest. As good Lutherans we believe in hard work and eating all your dinner before you get the dessert, so we really have to sweat before we allow ourselves to stop. Having found the spot, and trying to avoid others going on the same errand,we sit in the snow with our fire and our food, trying to acqire a nice tan- until it gets too cold- unless the wind makes it impossible to sit down. Then we just have a standing buffet before we go home. And the next day it's the same procedure, and the next...
PS: if you don't believe me, check out the photo documentation in our photo gallery
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New photos!

We've uploaded new images to our flickr gallery, mainly from the trip to Greece.
Be sure to check them out!

Great Greece!

Hi everyone. We had a lovely time in Greece, it was fun and educational. It was interesting to witness the culture of ancient Greece and get to know the history behind it. It was also very fun to hear all the old folk tales form ancient Greece, about King Minos, the centaurs and the ship of Arcos. We also saw a lot of extraordinary things that we never can see in Norway, like Meteora, which was really stunning. But the best part was to meet and to be with all the students form Italy, German, Spain and of course Greece. And the social activities we had together were really great!

Greetings from Eirik and Gaute.

*New photos from our trip in the gallery.

Germany, here we come