Our day began with our pool crashers returning, and they spend the whole day here. As nice as they may be they still made a mess out of the pool.
We also took a road trip through New York. We went to Brooklyn, Queens, and SoHo. It was a beautiful day to be out and about. Unfortunately, morning traffic sucked. You know it is a bad sign when even the traffic sign does not state the approximate times.
I did however discover that a large turbo iced blueberry coffee is not large enough to make it to NY in the morning, then I discovered that it still makes you have to pee when you finally get on the the BQE!
Today is our independence day for Norway. While we may no longer be there, we still celebrate. We do miss the big parade in Norway though.
We spent the evening grilling hot dogs and burgers. Dad still had his beer and we of course had aquavit.
And our neighbors and ducks had to suffer through our singing of the Norwegian national anthem. Surprisingly our singing did not chase them away. They did however finally leave, for now, when dad said f###! Apparently that is close enough to duck for them to run away. Lol!
So all in all, it was a pretty good holiday. We are wishing you all a happy 17 Mai!
Adorable ducks! And the parade looks really cool :-) Do you have any Norway traditions you do in the States?
ReplyDeleteWhen we were in MN, the Norwegian church we belonged to did a childrens parade that brought us to the park for games. In Brooklyn they do a parade as well which they have a Miss Norway competition for. Unfortunately, I participated years ago in that and found myself disappointed by the soo called Norwegians there.
ReplyDeleteThat year Miss Norwegian Heritage was won by a girl who spoke 8 languages (Norwegian was not one of them), and had visited many countries(Norway not one of them). The prize for winning that title was a round trip ticket to Norway. She supposedly learned a few weeks before she was Norwegian and decided to run. The heads of the competition said they choose who wins way in advance of the competition. I was the only person there wearing a bunad and half the girls thought Norway was a city not a country.