This is a great picture of their cabin! i love this quote and it is exactly what we did during our hike on Wednesday and now today. When hiking through the mountains in Norway there are no trails to hike on. We walked on rocks, thick grass, and wet land and through mud, bushes and waterfalls. It is a true adventure with no destination in sight.
On Wednesday, hiking up the mountain it was inevitable that our feet were going to get wet. The snow is melting and the land is very wet. We got to the top of the mountain and there were puddles in our shoes. YOLO, as Even would say.
However, today we were not feeling the sporty spice energy that we were feeling on Wednesday. We packed our bag and just headed out for an unplanned hike. We stopped at the waterfall and filled up our water bottles, tiptoeing around all the mud puddles, trying very hard not to get wet. We walked past Maren's aunt and uncles place which is over the hill about a 20 minute hike. We stopped and ate bananas, nectarines, and chocolate for a snack on a big rock outside of their cabin.
Suddenly, dark rain clouds started moving in on us fast. We went under their little porch to finish our snack. We got out our seat pads to get comfy and started reading, waiting for the rain to pass.
After about 10 minutes of being freezing cold, we looked at each other and knew the rain was not going to pass. I took off my sweaties, since they are the only ones I have at the cabin and put on my shorts.
Maren kept telling me I needed to stop frolicking around because my feet were just gettig more wet than they needed to be and I was getting my legs wet. Two minutes later we both started running for home. Well so much for not getting our shoes wet. We got home and my bare legs were wet and cold and our shoes were puddles again and muddy. But we sure had a lot of energy. It felt good because we both have been sick these past two days. It was an adrenaline rush that is for sure. Norwegian Vikings!
We warmed up by the fire and thought about starting dinner. Last night when we had soup, Maren was disgusted with me that I took the bowl from the table and wanted to just serve the soup from the oven. That is a big NO NO here in the Børve household. I am finally learning the Norwegian ways so I heated up soup and boiled water for our tea. I set the table with all of the food and we ate by the fire.
I went to put on my sweaties that were in my backpack from the hike. They were gone. My backpack had opened up as we were running in the rain through the mountains. Eff! So much for dry pants now. We put on our rain gear and headed out trying incredibly hard to retrace our exact steps which is near impossible. But we FOUND THEM :) déjà vu from last weekend right Maggie? ;)
Afterwards, I laid on the couch with the intentions to read and just fell asleep for about an hour. NO WORRIES IN THE WORLD.
Maren and I were laughing that the only worry we had today was making sure we took a good picture.
Arvid and Hilde joined us at the cabin around 10:30 pm. Time is like non existent here because it is always light out. It is a bizarre feeling. Hilde brought me cream cheese and salami from the store because I told her it was delicious. We sat down ate our snack, drank a glass of red wine, and I learned the history of Hilde and how she met Cyndi's family andKerry. What an amazing story that was.
A very relaxing and wonderful day. I am praying for sunshine tomorrow because Arvid told me he would hike to the Hardangerfjord with me in the morning if it is a nice day.
Miss you all in the states. It is crazy to think about what you all are doing as I go to bed at 1:30 am.
Goodnight!
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