We made it to Norway!

2nd cousins(once removed): Grethe and Ingrid are sisters and their spouses Bjørn and Lars.  Very, very warm and kind.

Beate (Ingrid and Lars' daughter) and her two children Alba and Oliver.  I have many beautiful pictures from Alba.

Anders (Ingrid and Lars' son). Also very welcoming.

See what I mean, isn't this room great!  It is Lars' office/library.

Another view.

I love the warm colors.  I may be changing back to yellow.

This is Lars' parents home.  They originally had a larger lot but Ingrid and Lars built their home next to it.  It is still in the family.

A word of advice:  don't take the bus from Copenhagen to Oslo.  It's not the worst, but pretty boring.  The Swedish countryside is pretty, though.  Norway is beautiful!!!!  It has the topography of Colorado, but the greenness of Oregon, the perfect combination.  Our cousins met us at the bus terminal and we had dinner, very yummy.  Today we went to an art museum with a cousin named Inger-Johanne (very nice) called Henie-Onstad Art Center which was started by Sonja Henie, a figure-skating gold medalist in the 1920s-1930s, and her husband Niels Onstad.  They had a Matisse, Klee, and lots of others that were great but not known to me.  Later, we went to Ingrid and Lasse's home for a family get-together.  I loved, loved, loved how their house was decorated.  It was very warm and comfortable feeling.  We met quite a few relatives, they were all really kind.  I wish there was no language barrier, most of them speak English well but all I can say in Norwegian is "I don't speak Norwegian."  I think we have a big day tomorrow, so goodnight.  There were more relatives there, but I didn't get good pictures of everyone. (Christian and Charlotte-you should come visit Colorado also, its just a little out of the way).