Julia Visits


Landing in Trondheim

Ten years after we said 'Goodbye' to each other in New Zealand my German exchange partner and I finally reunited in Trondheim - of all places!

Julia is busy studying and working as a doctor in Germany, and since we did the exchange we have always kept in touch and promised that we would see each other again. It was Julia who finally put her foot down, found the time off work, booked the plane tickets and organised her visit.

Of course, it was then that Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland erupted and it seemed as if nature was going to prevent us from seeing each other again..... Luckily Julia was able to take a flight the day later, and we met her down at the train station just after running Sprint Cup number 3 up in Dragvoll.

It was great to see her, and amazing how little we had both changed really. We spent lots of time talking about New Zealand and all my friends and family she met there, and Germany and the people and places I saw when I visited her.


Julia took some nice pictures of boat loving Trondheim


On Friday we did some sight seeing in the town, and then we took the tram back up to our place and walked in the forest round the Kyvannet.


Nidaros in the sun for a change!

At the 'intersection' in the forest above our place
On Saturday we decided Julia should experience some Norwegian orienteering culture, so we all headed out on a trip to Fosen, a ferry trip across the other side of the fjord. Julia completed her first sprint orienteering event with me.


At the finish of the sprint event

After a long day we headed home, and the next day Julia caught her flight back to Germany after a brief but really nice visit. Our new goal is for it not to be another 10 years before we see each other again!

Comments

Kate Pedley said…
So awesome that you guys finally got to meet again! Hope Julia is doing well - she doesn't look like she's changed a bit! :)
May 10, 2010 at 4:18 PM
Unknown said…
Yeah, it was neat to see her again Kate. She was very interested to know what you have been up to too. It is amazing that that was ten years ago, it doesn't feel so long really!

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Em
May 18, 2010 at 8:18 AM
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