This is the view from UNCLES CAFE in downtown Kristiansund. The harbor ferry (or Sundbåten in Norwegian) on the left is the FRAMNÆS and is older and has gorgeous woodwork. I couldn't see the name of the one on the right but it has a cute face with its' round life preserver nose.
I love this older house with it's tiny windows and the details around the front entrance.
Looks like Kristiansund grew up and surrounded the house.
I'm going to miss the norwegian tradition of gathering around huge bonfires on the beach on Midsummer Night. Families gather and have picnics. I'd never been to a picnic at night before I moved here. Only it didn't seem like night because Norway is truly the land of the midnight sun.
These are the tasty Norwegian homemade rolls my neighbor baked and shared with me. Actually she gave me over a dozen but these are the last three so I thought I better take a pic quick, because she gave them to me yesterday. I believe they call them Kringler. They are soft and mildly sweet with a hint of cardamon. Steve likes them slathered with Nutella and I like mine with butter. They are usually eaten with a cup of coffee. There are hundreds of recipes for them already on the net so I'm not going to bother repeating one here. Just search Kringler or norwegian figure eight rolls.
Now, about my stomach. You could say the rolls are like my stomach these days, ( no, not soft and slathered with butter!) tied in knots. I haven't been blogging because it's too painful to write the following words. We are being relocated to the Netherlands. Of course I'm excited about our newest adventure but I'm leaving all the great new friends we have made here. And all of this stunning natural beauty. And our beloved rekkehus(rowhouse). So I will try to post every few days of our remaining few months here. We have relatives coming next week and will be doing little trips off the island to see more of Norway.
I took this terrible and weird photo on one of our rare sunny days. It looks like our peaceful little island community is about to be visited by a very large Arthropod.
Jeg tok dette forferdelig og rare bildet på en våre sjeldne solfylte dager. Det ser ut som vår fredelige lille øysamfunnet er om å bli besøkt av en stor leddyr.
But thankfully it is just another platform rig cruising by.
Men heldigvis er det bare en annen plattform riggen reiser med.
I spotted this manhole cover in the Myra neighborhood and haven't found another one like it anywhere in town. At first I thought the umbrella looking shapes were meant to symbolize all the rain that Kristiansund gets. But that can't be right as it is usually far too windy on our island city to even think about opening an umbrella. Then I took a closer look at the shapes and thought they resembled the clipfish that Kristiansund is famous for. I asked some locals at the wonderful Easter dinner we attended and I think I have a better answer. I'm going to say "I think" because my norwegian is not so great even after five years of living in this beautiful country. I think the shapes are there to represent the wooden umbrellas they lay over the drying clipfish to protect them from the rain. I hope in the very near future to get a picture of one of these "fish umbrellas" for you. I seem to remember seeing some in Karihola.
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