Hello to the world

Trondheims Christmas lights, plus me in my trusty down jacket that has been my constant companion the last two months.

Hello to all readers of Emily and Chris's blog! I am sorry there has been such a lapse in posts, I'm not really sure how this occurred...but fortunately for you the drought is over and you about to be swamped with an amazing barrage of exciting posts! Well, maybe not a barrage but there will be many (0:

Chris spent 3 weeks back in NZ catching up with his friends and family and successfully reclaiming his World Rogaining Title with Marcel Hagner in the Championships that were held in Canterbury.

Chris and Marcel at the prize giving
Ian was also competing in the Rogaine World Champs and came 3rd in the Veteran category with Bruce Meder.

Chris brought a nice new camera back from NZ with him, so as soon as he got back he headed out and took some atmospheric 'dark' shots.

Dark and snowy is our land.

This was about 8.30 am.

The road to work is a snowy one!

I spent my time here busy with school, and a bit of climbing and cross country skiing - plus lots of social stuff - so the time went pretty fast. When Chris came back we went to his work 'Julebord' (christmas party) which was lots of fun and involved Chris wearing a tie! Then we drove to a ski orienteering competition in Vennebu (about 4 hours South).

The view from our window including our snowy wee car - poor thing he looks so frosty!

Chris ran from my school one morning down to his work place at Piren - it was just becoming light. You can see the fjord in the distance.

Helen and Ally came round for a Christmas feast before they headed home for Christmas.
We had 'secret santa' which wasn't very secret and roast lamb (-:

We competed in the long event on the Sunday. Unfortunately even though it was pouring with snow in Trondheim that weekend, Vennebu had an all time snow low, so there were a lot of rocks on the course. We stayed in Marthe's cabin with 7 others, so we had a great time anyway. Chris even managed to beat 1 Norwegian skier in the race on Sunday.

Ski conditions in Bymarke have been really good, so we have been skiing quite a bit - only now it is so cold that skiing isn't so good. Hopefully it warms up a bit soon! So now for the first new post - a weekend trip to Vindølbu. Happy reading!

Skiing through the forest one night we came upon this amazing Christmas tree!

Comments

Frances said…
Love that Christmas tree. Ours doesn't bear much ressemblance

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