So...It's been a while.
What's happened...Aunty Lucy passed away in May. Raul and I went to NH and came back engaged. Teresa and Alex got married. Raul and I moved in together. Kyla and Ryan decided that they are going to be getting married December 2nd. I quit my job a Walgreen's.
A lot, I know.
It's my 22nd birthday tomorrow and I feel absolutely no excitement over it. None whatsoever. But oh well...I guess that's just how some things turn out. Maybe I'll feel better about it tomorrow. We will have to wait and see...
Kisses and good night, y'all...
Tallinns gamleby ,med sine lange rekke kirker og andre bygg fra middelalderen, er selvsagt hovedattraksjonen.
Hotellet vi bor på Tallink Spa and Conference er et estetisk karamellsjokk. Mange designmessige lekre ting, men en farvemessig utfordring.
Som alle vet bør et arbeidsfellesskap fra tid til annen trekke seg tilbake og evaluerer de prosessene som en til enhver tid står oppe i. Så også for mitt arbeidsfellesskap fakultetssekreteriatet ved Det teologiske fakultet. Høstens tilbaketrekning ble lagt til Tallinn hovedstaden i republikken Estland. Overkriften for seminaret var arbeidsformer og internkommunikasjon.
After a rather thought Sunday, we went on another sightseeing expedition on Monday. My and Roger went with Bob to his workplace “Bishops college” and got the nickel tour presented by Bob himself, our as he called it “Bring your Viking to school-day”. We saw the Gym, fitnessroom and the beautiful art exposition of the schools pupils. We also meet some of Bobs pupils, or “The Mob” as he calls them.
Then we went to the “Trade” witch is a shop for Salvation Army accessories. Some of my fellow bandsmen bought or ordered uniforms or other artifacts.
The next stop was St.Johns big museum “Two Rooms”. This is part art gallery, part Nature-historical museum and part City archives. I saw a very interesting exposition of Anne Hathaway Berry. She’s a local painter specializing in motives from New Foundland. Her pictures reminded me of the Laura Veirs cover of the Carbon Glazier album, I have to cheek that when I get home.
After lunch in Two-Rooms we were driven the long way (two minutes) down to the Town Hall to meet the deputy-mayor of St. Johns. We had to wait for him for over an hour before he let us in to the Council Hall for a short meet-and-greet.
After this highly political important meeting Roger and me went to “ Signal Hobbies“ witch is a shop for autocontrolled cars and other autocontrolled equipment. .Our good friend Larry Purdy took us there, but it close to early for us to get in. a sad day for Roger indeed, since we went on the road the next day before it opened again. Larry took us to “Freds” instead, our favorite local music shop.
Then in the evening Bob took us to his local Supermarket and showed Roger their local store for autocontrolled vehicles. We bought a couple of golfballs, autocontrolled of course.
After a rather thought Sunday, we went on another sightseeing expedition on Monday. My and Roger went with Bob to his workplace “Bishops college” and got the nickel tour presented by Bob himself, our as he called it “Bring your Viking to school-day”. We saw the Gym, fitnessroom and the beautiful art exposition of the schools pupils. We also meet some of Bobs pupils, or “The Mob” as he calls them.
Then we went to the “Trade” witch is a shop for Salvation Army accessories. Some of my fellow bandsmen bought or ordered uniforms or other artifacts.
The next stop was St.Johns big museum “Two Rooms”. This is part art gallery, part Nature-historical museum and part City archives. I saw a very interesting exposition of Anne Hathaway Berry. She’s a local painter specializing in motives from New Foundland. Visit her site: Here pictures reminded me of the Laura Veirs cover of the Carbon Glazier album, I have to cheek that when I get home.
After lunch in Two-Rooms we were driven the long way (two minutes) down to the Town Hall to meet the deputy-mayor of St. Johns. We had to wait for him for over an hour before he let us inn to the Council Hall for a short meet-and-greet. After this highly political important meeting Roger and me went to “ Signal Hobbies“ witch is a shop for autocontrolled cars and other autocontrolled equipment. .Our good friend Larry Purdy took us there, but it close to early for us to get in. a sad day for Roger indeed, since we went on the road the next day before it opened again. Larry took us to “Freds” instead, our favorite local music shop.
Then in the evening Bob took us to his local Supermarket and showed Roger their local store for autocontrolled vehicles. We bought a couple of couple of golfballs, autocontrolled of course.
On Sunday the 23rd we were on sevice
duty at the St.Johns Temple. This ment playing at the holinessmeeting at 11 o’clock and on the eveningmeeting at 19. Since we already were there we also played at nursing home in between.
Me and Roger managed to eat dinner at the Richie house with guests: My father (as always in nynorsk) his billets and a friend of the house, Elisabeth. This was one of our most fun meals ever because everybody spilled something on the tablecloth, it was hysterical and I guess you had to be there to see the fun….
On Saturday we went sightseeing i St. Johns with our own tour guide and saw the major sights: Like "Signal Hill" (the first place that sent radio signals to Europe) and Cape Spear (The eastliest point i America). We look at Government house (Residence of the Queens Lieutenant Governor in Newfoundland) and at the basilica of St.John the Baptist. More on the sights you can find at: www.NewfoundlanLabrador.com
After been tourists we went for the ultimate American experience "The Mall". We were warned by Bob about this but we couldn't let it be. . .
My father has that life philosophy that everybody understands him speaking Nynorsk (one of the two official Norwegian languages). Therefore he speaks Nynorsk to everyone he meets. So this episode took place at The Mall.
Me and my father took the escalator when three teenagers was making noise and bumped into us. My father turned around and said "Ka i all videste væra held di på med guta?" (Which is: What in the world are you doing guys). The boys went completely silent and took a step back from this madman. My father turned to me and said: "There you go, my son. Everybody understands Nynorsk, didn't I tell you?"
