Tramway to Lian

Today was Monday and Nic went back to the office. He works too much :). The weather was cloudy but there was no rain. Tonight we are going to dinner at the rotating tower so I didn't want to knock the kids out too much. We decided to take a ride on the only Tram in Trondheim. It is part of the bus system and so we can ride for free with our passes. The tram line is the northernmost one in the world and you can read other interesting facts here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trondheim_Tramway. We made it down town to the center to catch the 11AM Tram - the run every 15 minutes from near the center during the week. We were almost the only people on it as you can see from the photo. The kids goofed off and I enjoyed the scenery. The end of the tramway was at a recreational area called Lian. We could have gotten off and gone for a hike but we decided just to stay on the Tram for the ride. The video below shows us turning around at the end of the line. It takes 20 minutes to get from the center of Trondheim to Lian.

On way way back down we stopped at the Ila Parken (with the zip swing) for a little play time. It started drizzle a little after an hour and the kids were hungry for lunch so we hopped back on the number 8 around 12:30 which takes us to our apartment. We stopped at the Rema1000 for a few lunch supplies and a lot of snacks. (I think the kids are starting to learn that I like to buy snacks). We are sampling all of the Norwegian Candies. So far the favorite of the kids is a chocolate bar called the Non-Stop which basically has M&M's embedded in the chocolate.

So here we are. Gwyneth is working on her math and Ethan is working on his math using the Didj handheld game. You can set the game for different skill sets and he is working on addition with the numbers 1 through 5. He just proudly announced that 1+1=2! I'm about finished with this blog and will head over to facebook to publish some photos. Someone will blog later about our rotating tower dinner!