It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Last night we grilled hot dogs outside! It was pretty cold but with our heat lamp, blankets, layers and wood burning fire the whole thing was very koselig (cozy and nice and comfortable, pronounced coosh-li). We had two types of dogs, the regular ones and then these fatty ones with cheese inside (ostegrill). We wrapped them in lompe (this pita type bread made from potatoes). Also roasted marshmallows and made s’mores with these cookies that already have chocolate on them. And we bought these special Easter eggs with vanilla inside and melted them too.

Today I went to the MFK (Molde Football Klub) game. I met Kine there since Marte had a huge test she needed to study for. The game was really exciting! Molde won 3-2 and I got to cheer along with everyone and sit in the nice stadium out of the rain and wind under Kine’s koselig blanket. It was definitely more fun than the game I saw in France.

The big news of the day is the eruption of a volcano beneath Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull (ay-yah-FYAH'-plah-yer-kuh-duhl) glacier. It’s responsible for shutting down almost all European airports (24 in France, including CDG). This is what an article on yahoo said, “The agency said Britain had not halted all flights in its space in living memory, although many were grounded after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States.” Over 4,000 flights have been cancelled and they have no idea how long this will last. Experts have said this could take days to clear up which would be pretty unfortunate for me since I’m supposed to fly back to France (although it wouldn’t be bad staying in Norway, it’s just I want to go to Belgium too.)

Anyway it’s a huge disturbance. A bunch of world leaders were going to attend the funeral for the Polish president and it’s the Queen of Denmark’s 70th birthday so some of her royal pals were going to visit her, but can’t now, not to mention the fact that all my friends are traveling, or trying to travel, right now and can’t get to where they need to go what with the train strikes and volcanoes. What can I say? It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world.

Heidi

P.S. I bought my very own Norwegian brunosthøvel (brown cheese slicer). And it’s the cheese that’s brown, not the slicer.