London in May

 Dark chocoloate with chilli and pistachio ice cream. Heavenly. 

Good times!

Miss Mo and I went to one of the best cities in the world: London! (See how I'm in shock cause of all the fun we had?)

It was so sunny and summery every day- our freezing northern hearts melted and I fell in love with the city once again

We had a four day weekend and jumped on the plane. 2 hours later: Hello London!

We goofed around town (trying) to speak British English while eating, drinking, laughing and frolicking in the sun

We had our palm read by a Chinese man in Covent garden with a thick Cantonese accent. (Miss Mo is behind that cardboard hand) Apparently she'll have four children. Better start workin on it then! He told me that I will travel a lot in my career. "You will fly high!" And he basically guessed that I was a journalist which was funny- But he also said lots of general stuff that could be true for anyone. Anyways good fun. 

We did a lot this. Hanging around in the sun. 

We were having a beer when this cool London girl passed by. We made friends with her and she joined us on the overgrown chair and reccommended some cool places for us to go out. She was so friendly. I love holiday friends!

A woman with a headscarf, an (annoyed looking) tourist scratching her back and a business man on the tube. Oh I love the diversity in London!

Oh the breakfasts feasts we had! 

Thanks London and Miss Mo for the happy times!

The kids are OK!

Yeah, the 17th of May is all about friends, family, pigging out and having champagne for breakfast, but most of all, it's about the kids-

and parades. Lots of them

Check out these cute kids in their finest outfits!

My fondest childhood memories are from this day. I could eat as much ice cream, cake and hot dogs as I wanted. Come to think of it, that's still my idea of a perfect day. Just add lots of alcohol...

It's just not all about pigging out though. This year especially, I really thought about how much we have to celebrate in Norway. You can't take democracy, freedom, peace, wealth (and champagne for breakfast) for granted.

The happiest day in Norway

On the 17th of May, it's hard to pull a sad face

Cause that's the day we celebrate our constitution in Norway

Everyone's dressed up and the atmosphere all over the country is festive and joyful

My good friend Kim visited me from Bergen to celebrate. I guess it's the only day during the year it's socially acceptable to have alcohol (and cigarettes + coffee) for breakfast!

This is how I celebrated two years ago

If you have the opportunity to visit Norway, try to be here on the 17th of May. There's really no day like it over here. 

Stockholm details

 One of the reasons I like Sweden so much is that I love the language. I like how they pronounce things. It's very pleasant sounding and a sexy I think. And it's nice to be abroad and still be able to speak Norwegian!

 Also, in Norway, we grow up with Swedish children books, like this guy, Alfons Åberg, except in Norway, he's called Albert Åberg. I loved the illustrations- and still do. And what do you know, turns out he is older than me. 4o years old this year!

 The Swedes spell many words differently and their pronounciation is different from Norwegian, but it's still so similar we can understand each other well.