Rob-n-Hild Take the High Road!
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Valle and surrounds |
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Our tasks for today were to drive some garbage and recyclables to
the local tip at Rysstad. We also visited the Setedalsmuseum, did some work,
visited Janet, and tested the new waffle maker.
While Rob was in a meeting back in Valle, Adelheid and Hild borrowed a trailer from Hege. The cat was not helpful but very snuggly. |
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Most of the items we picked up from the barn at Systog (Bjørnar's house),
and some old fences from Hege's field. Hinny was not helpful and wanted
to play with her soggy wet toy instead.
There are no photos from the tip. We were too busy. |
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| Meanwhile, back at Adelheid's apartment, Rob was focused on his meeting. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| After visiting the tip, we stopped by the Setesdal museum. Setesdal is the valley Valle is a part of. There was an exhibit by local artist, Olav Bjørgum, whose drawings Rob and Hild have at home. There was also a new exhibit about the local culture in national costumes, ... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| We were amused to find historical description of what made people from this valley, Setesdal, different from the rest of Norway. Don't know how to respond to that. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| On our way out of the museum, Rob spotted a book about potatoes. Of course he couldn't walk past without reading in it. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Outside we found a really nice-looking play ground with a tiny climbing wall and a two seesaws. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Of funny things to watch today was an articulated robot lawnmower!
We also found these wise (?) words based on local folklore: Norwegian: Tri ting skal du akte deg for: Duskeregn, Klattegjeld, og Smådrammar English: Three things to avoid: Drizzling rain, small bits of debt, and small drinks. |
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| Being who we are - we couldn't walk away without saying hello to some rams grazing in a nearby field. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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For dinner it was time to test the new wafflemaker. It works!!
Rob and Hild also enjoyed finishing off the left-over kompe from yesterday: fried in butter, of course! |
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