Just a quick holiday post, most of you will hopefully be preparing to say goodbye to 2010 in traditional style. Traditional of course having distinction dependant on where you are.
In Scotland, you buy enough booze for 30 people despite inviting only ten who will bring their own booze anyway... or go down the pub, drink until blindness sets in and do something/someone you will regret.
På Vest-norge however, you spend around £50 on fireworks and share some champagne with family. Alternatively, pay the same amount to visit an awful nightclub where they play 'We are the World, We are the Children' until you leave. If you are really lucky, you can find a house party where you can spend the £50 on 2 bottles of vodka and repeat the last step of the Scottish experience.
Norwegian Christmas food by the way, I officially love pinekjøtt(lamb rib), rødkal(red cabbage), surkål(pickled cabbage), medisterkake(meatloaf), ribbe(pork rib) and kalrabi(type of swede). Should any of you come visit, I will be sure to introduce you to this wonderful combination of flavours.
Past couple of months has been fun, had a Mexican come live with us following her having a none too pleasant experience with her host family. Their loss was our gain and we now have someone to say hello to when we get to the Americas.
Almost got all my ski equipment now, just need boots and skis. Prepare for pictures of me falling down a hill, damaging the equipment I saved so hard to buy.
In any case, I/we are still very much seduced by the life over here and having said a proper goodbye to Edinburgh a couple of weeks ago, the new start is really gathering pace now with both of us having perm jobs, our own car and plans to buy/build a house perhaps in the summer.
Happy New Year, Godt Nyttår and all that jazz, I wish you all a happy 2011.
TTFN
Tony
xx
PS - Returning to Edinburgh just after Easter, seeing a new mummy and daddy.
