Smiling in Norway
What a blast, everyone is so nice, and sledding is lots of fun. To get us to the sled hill and teepee, they loaded us into little open trailers and pulled us by snowmobile. Brrrrr, it was cold. But lots of fun!
What a blast, everyone is so nice, and sledding is lots of fun. To get us to the sled hill and teepee, they loaded us into little open trailers and pulled us by snowmobile. Brrrrr, it was cold. But lots of fun!
Inside the TeePee was warm due to the fire, and they had furs on the benches to further warm you while you were sitting. It was lots of fun. Thanks so much to the Norwegian office for including us in their evening event. We joined them for dinner after the event at a nearby hotel. Everyone was so wonderful and welcoming.
This shows everyone getting in line to go up the lift with their sled. A pole slides into the steering wheel and then pulls you to the top.
Thats me in the helmet, I'm sitting on a plastic sled with a steering column and brake and I'm heading up the hill (my sled is being pulled by a ski lift), and when I get to the top I'm going to go speeding down super fast. Good thing they have helmets.
For a winter event, the Norwegians meet at a ski hill and joined in a teepee for hot drinks and visits around a flame. They hosted sledding competitions for the kids, and for the bigger kids they had sledding.
Morgedal (the city) was chosen as the site for lighting the Olympic Flame for the Winter Games in Oslo 1952, in Squaw Valley 1960 and in Lillehammer 1994. The flame still burns here today to mark those events and that Telemark (the county) is the Cradle of Skiing. What we today know as a sport, skiing developed in Norway as a means of getting around. Furthermore, Norwegians invented ski waxing, the modern binding, and the laminated ski. Telemark skiing was also invented here.
Coworkers in front of the Olympic flame in Telemark, Norway.
Barb works with our Valve Automation division in Ohio,
Tov is the country manager for Norway.
Another view of the Heddal Stave Church. It was closed so we couldn't go in and visit, but it was very beautiful. On the eaves there were mixes of crosses and dragons, showing the blend of Christianity with the Viking era.
The largest remaining stave church in Norway, built in approximately 1250 AD. Located in Telemark Norway
