Yesterday was another fine weather day in Trondheim - sixties and sunny. We decided to break up into two groups, Gwyneth & myself and then Nic & Ethan to give the kids a choice of what they wanted to do. Gwyneth wanted to go into the city center for some window shopping and to spend her allowance! (She also wanted to go to the Tyholt Tower with the rotating restaurant on top but we are going to do that tomorrow night with Chris and Siri). Ethan wanted to go back to the Children's Science Museum for some hands on fun.
Gwyneth and I got out first - around 10AM and we didn't get back to the apartment until around 4PM. We found the ceramics store that sold beautiful things decorated in a style that is traditional to the region. (We got a bowl). We went back to the hobby store again so I could enjoy the beads in peace. We found the Husfliden store (the national store of Norway of sorts where you can buy expensive authentic souvenirs). We walked around and looked and Gwyneth found another coin for her collection. She has been collecting "Norwegian Heritage Coins" that sell for about 25 Kroner ($3.75) and you can usually find them at major tourist sights. We found a nice one that had the map of Trondheim on the back. Her parents like them because they don't take up much space!
We walked around through the pedestrian malls. Gwyneth especially enjoys the outdoor carts for some reason. A lot of people here sell these crazy plastic sunglasses with lines of plastic running horizontally across the eye holes and she likes to try them on. We found a woman selling nice earrings that she made and we came away with a few. Gwyneth was also on a mission to find a change purse/wallet for her allowance I think. We had seen some in a store in the mall before and we went back nothing seemed right. So we checked one of the department stores (H &M) and there we found it! It was big enough for her bus pass, had change section and she could keep dollar bills. She can also keep her collection coins in there - so she was happy.
We stopped for some fish & chips at some point and enjoyed it outside. Did I say that the day was beautiful, just gorgeous and by the afternoon it seemed like a lot of Trondheim was outside. Later on it was the ice cream and coffee stop and then we were on our way home. Oh, I forgot that the biggest find of the day was by Gwyneth who found a "Dahl's" pint glass on the ground when we first got down town. We weren't beneath picking it up and taking it home for Nic - looks like brand new!
Once home, Nic arrived with a sleeping Ethan about an hour later (and he slept until 8PM when we finally woke him up). Nic did a quick turn to the grocery store as tonight was going to be the night that we try the portable grill that everyone uses around here. Siri told us that it is a bit of a problem as people use them but then don't throw them away. On our trip with her to the Ringve the other day she pointed out a special collection box that was next to the beach just for these portable grills. He was back by 6PM and had walked to the farther away Bunn Pris because I was craving these strawberries that I had seen there (thanks Nic!). I guess that I will let him blog about the grilling experience but I can say that it tasted delicious and we finally got a meat that tasted like we expected.
After dinner there was some TV watching, a video call to Judy, Ed, Steph & Bob who were at the Cape, and a bit of a struggle in getting kids to bed but it was finally accomplished by Nic. It is almost 9AM here on Sunday morning and they are still asleep.
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