Today, eight months ago, I arrived at the Gardemoen Flyplass in Oslo after a long trip.
Gjesteinnlegg av Mari Berulfsen:
Påske i Norge!
I Norge, har alle som går på skolen påskeferie en gang mellom April og Mai. Tidligere, har jeg pleid å dra på hyttetur i påskeferien, for å gå på ski og spise kvikklunsj, men de siste årene har jeg vært hjemme og slappet av. På påskeaften, pleier barna å få påske-egg. Påske-eggene er laget av papp, og "påskeharen" fyller det med godteri. I påskeferien skal Noellen komme på besøk til oss(Line og Mari), hvis hun får tid :-)
God påskeferie, til dere som har det!
Guest post by Mari Berulfsen:
Easter in Norway!
In Norway, everyone who goes to school has Easter vacation between April and May. Earlier, I used to go on a cabin trip during Easter vacation to go skiing and eat kvikklunsj, but the last few years I have been at home and relaxing. On Easter, it is usual that kids get Easter eggs. Easter-eggs are made of cardboard and the "Easter Bunny" fills it with candy. During Easter vacation, Noellen will come to visit us (Line and Mari), if she gets time :-)
Have a good Easter vacation, to those who have it!
Påskeferien starts Friday after school. I haven't heard very much about Easter in Norway yet, but I know I will as the days go on. I've seen many giant easter eggs in stores around town, but I'm used to having an Easter basket! I guess the theme is essentially the same - kids get lots of candy from the Easter bunny!
I really haven't heard about the religious aspect (the fact that it is a Christian holiday...) so I couldn't tell you whether or not people go to church on Easter in Norway. ...
What I CAN do, is talk about what is normal at home for me. Growing up, we would go to my elementary school or the recreation center a few days before Easter for a giant Easter egg hunt! This was always so exciting because there would be little plastic eggs all over the place with lots of chocolate and sometimes money inside (or at least that was the rumor).
Also, more recently, we go to the "sunrise service" up at Killington Peak. "The Beast of the East" would have a limited number of seats to ride up the gondola up to Killington Peak for a service that started roughly around 6-7 AM, as the sun rises over the mountain. I am normally asked to play the piano at the service, but I guess I can't this year! The best part about the ride up and the service was that my mom and dad, and other who would never buy season tickets to ski at Killington, could take a free run down the mountain after the service was over. Two years ago, I arrived at the service with my hair, makeup and nails from prom the night before! I went to bed around 4:30 and woke up at 6... I wasn't a happy camper.
It has always felt like such a nice, neatly knit community at home when we had the service; a couple hundred people all packed into one room with music and readings...
Another cool thing, which I'm not sure if it still happens or not at Killington since it has been bought, is that they would hide Easter eggs around the ski area and one or two would have a free season pass for the upcoming year! That was always exciting to hear about.
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On another note... I MISSED FREE CONE DAY AT BEN AND JERRY'S YESTERDAY! There is actually a new scoop shop in Oslo on Karl Johans Gata and Devin and Abby gloated about getting free icecream. Didrik and Catherine went too, heldiggrisene! I was telling everyone here how special that day is at home. Nearly everyone knows that it is free cone day in Vermont. I remember many times when we would go get our free cones right after dance class was over and the line would be SOO long! But, it was always worth it :D
NOTE: a lot of people do go to church on Easter in Norway, and I will talk about that in the near future :D
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