Sunday, December 25, 2005

Christmas Day in Kvitsøy

We took Figo for a walk this morning before eating the annual pinneskjøtt, colrabi, and potatoes for dinner. It was a beautiful, sunny, but windy day. This is my third Christmas in Norway. I have never seen so much food in my life. It seems there is some sit-down meal or desert every two hours. Last night we had the usual cod, potatoes, and carrots Christmas Eve dinner. Between the meals were cakes, deserts, sandwiches, and everything else.

The nice thing about living here is that I will be able to bicycle next week, rather than lying around as I would if we were vacationing here. I think I gained about ten pounds two years ago over Christmas.


This photo sums up Kvitsøy nicely- sheep and a lighthouse.


Figo is a border collie who loves to go on walks. He protects us from the vicious sheep. Actually, the sheep literally pee themselves at the sight of him.


The view from the light house hill.



The huge short wave radio antennas off in the distance.











2 comments:

song 2 the siren said...

Wow. That's really beautiful. It looks just like what movies say it does, small villages and animals and rocks and stuff.

filtersweep said...

That is what happens when you have an entire nation with the population of less than Minnesota.

Farming is done on a much smaller scale, so there aren't the huge buffers between zoning areas like in the US.

Kvitsøy has maybe only 500 people on it - and certainly more sheep (you really have to "watch your step" wherever you walk. The island is only 6 square km- great to visit, but too small for my tastes.