Trondheim

We are now in Trondheim for the night and will spend the day here tomorrow. It's a really nice city. We ate in a Norwegian restraunt called Two Rooms and a Kitchen. I was searching for somewhere to have some reindeer, but didn't see any here. So for starters I had some baked white fish with a butter sauce and asparagus. Then for the main course I had Ox steak with a side of Ox Jaw?? The steak was great!! The Jaw pretty much tasted like a roast, not too bad. And for dessert I had some sort of vanilla mousse with rasberry ice cream. Very good meal! We are staying at the Best Western Chesterfield. Really nice little hotel. Just some sight seeing tomorrow and heading back. We took the north ferry into Rorvik this time through the mountains. Very, very winding road and not too fun in the rain. Drove through some snow packed on the side of the roads. Norway is really a beautiful country. Unfortunately my memory card reader doesn't want to work, so I'll have to post some pictures later.

Quick Update...

Well the internet has been down all day until now, so no e-mail from back home can somewhat make work difficult. It's finally back on. The weather here is not too bad. Litte cool in the morning and evening (40's) and really nice during the day (when it's not raining). The sky will be clear and then the rain comes and goes and clear again. The local kids like to "cruise" the strip (maybe a 1/4 mile all the way around). One kid in is tractor (no kidding), I'll try and get a picture sometime if I can. The others do donuts in the parking lot and no one seems to mind. It gets dark around 11:30 and then comes back up around 4:00!!!!! I'll get some pictures posted soon.

Scenes from Norway...

Finished our first day of work here, only 14 hours!! Had dinner about 10:00. Went to bed about 12:30 and woke up at 6:00. Probably another 14 hours today. Overtime will be nice, but it is going to catch up sometime. Here's some pics from the airport to the hotel.

Oslo Airport Terminal:

First place after leaving the airport, Hell!

Scenic Drive:

Waiting for the ferry in our Prius caravan:

Hotel:

We Have Arrived- Our luggage on the other hand...

is perhaps in London??? Eventhough we didn't go through London. It should be here sometime today. This was a long trip!!! We ended up flying from DFW to Frankfurt Germany, to Oslo Norway and then from Oslo to Trondheim Norway. Then, we drove for about another hour and a half to the ferry. Then we finally got to our Hotel. The hotel is a little different than we are used to but it will work just fine. I'll post some pictures later tonight.

Colgate Wisp

Okay, this little thing looked pretty cool in the comercial. So cool in fact that my wonderful wife picked me up some to take on this trip. And about the time our flight was cancelled I thought, man these are going to be great!! Well I was wrong. There is not much for instructions other than "No water or rinsing necessary. Single use. Just brush and go!". Not sure what this is supposed to do but that little "freshening bead" didn't quite cut it. Fortunately the room has some mouthwash and that was a lot more re-freshening than the wisp!!!! If you aked me I'd say this product was a DUD!!!!

Not Leaving

So the weather here in Texas didn't want to cooperate (imagine that!), so our flight that was scheduled to leave at 7:20, was delayed until 9, 9:30, 10 all the way up to about 10:50 and then cancelled. The other flight to London that was leaving at 9:00 did actually depart sometime around 11 or later. We could have gotten on in coach but decided we would try again tomorrow. John at the ticket counter did a great job at handling our tickets and then provided us a room at the Ramada Inn. That worked out just fine. Got a little sleep and Jos didn't have to wake the boys up and drive back to the airport. So now off to Germany to connect to Oslo and then to Trondheim.

Chillin' in the Admiral's Club:


Weather:




Not exactly the Four Seasons, but hey it worked out just fine:

Leaving

Getting ready to head out today. Bags are packed and fingers are crossed that my carry-on will fit in the overhead. Hayden had donuts this morning and we had Whataburger for lunch. Brought some roses to my beautiful wife before I leave.