I arrive in Norway!

It was an easy trip here, no problems with planes or bureaucracy. My friend Daniela Kiefaber also did the IGMA show and was flying back to Germany on the same flight. She talked a nice man into trading seats with me so I had company for the 7-1/2 hour flight to Amsterdam. Very foggy there.

I arrived in Stavanger at 11am local time (5am for me). Thommas and Jorunn were waiting for me. I had been told not to sleep until evening, but decided a 2 hour nap would be good. I got up at 3, had some delicious cake and then after a very tasty fish soup, managed to stay awake until 10:30. Next thing I knew it was 9:30am, but I still stayed dozing in bed until noon.

By then my long lost cousin Bjorg came to take me to her house. We shared family pictures and stories and she took me to the church yard where some of our relatives are buried.

I learned a great Norwegian phrase "hulter til bulter" which means helter-skelter. Just like the churchyard we saw.

Now that I've been up for 12 hours I'll go back to bed and tomorrow I'll be on Stavanger time for real. And we're going to see a fjord so I will have more pictures for sure.