Sunday, March 3, 2013

Out and About

 Yesterday Stein (the principal at my school and who helps coordinate the student teaching) stopped by to show us the town. He took us to the store and showed us things we might like to get.  He also took us for a walk around town. 

The Kvinnherad Church is one of the largest medieval stone churches in Western Norway. It was built in 1250.













 The view from the church

















Another view from the church















Puttball. A game of soccer and golf that I hope to learn. However, I don't understand the picture of the kid feeding the calf....What does that have to do with puttball?


















Those are all the pictures I took yesterday because I kept forgetting to pull out my camera. So this morning Ingvill, the Principal at Malmanger, and her husband Lars came by to see if we wanted to go for a walk. 

This is the traditional roofing. Sod and I believe the white stuff is birch tree. I asked if there was a purpose or if it was more for looks, and they said more for looks. However, the sod is better for windy weather because it's heavy so your roof doesn't fly away.

















Lots of boulders and rocks for the trolls to eat
















This is the part of the Barony where the servants stayed. Now it's a little bed and breakfast.
































This road leads to the Barony but they decided to show us the stone garden instead and let us explore the Barony by ourselves.

















This is a Lavvu where you can go and have lunch with some friends if you would like









The saw mill




























The old saw that they still use

























 This water runs to the mill




 A swing set and a teeter totter



















This is a table by the saw mill where you can come and eat lunch






















The Steinparken or stone park, is lots of rocks that have been sculpted and placed together in a unique way show the geological diversity of the Folgefonna peninsula.

That's Lars, and my roommate Erica. 









































This rock is very rare and very hard to find. It's a form of lava rock but what makes it so interesting is usually lava rock melts and forms one big blob.....

















 However this rock doesn't melt together. The rocks stay  as individual rocks.





















 Striped rock

















I thought this table would be fitting in a Vikings home!
















You could almost pass this rock by without knowing it was pink. The top part has been sanded down so you can see the color, the bottom part is what it normally looks like.

















Just more proof not to judge something from it's outside appearance

















Smile





































 
 One of the schools that Katlin will be teaching out is a little ways out of town. She wanted to see how long it would take to get there so we decided to keep walking.

Katlin, Erica, Me



















I really liked the colors of this boat
  



























The crosswalk signs are very classy























Our cabins and the sign for Rosendal



 Another view from our cabin

















 
 Standing on the pier looking at the cabin


















Starfishys!!!




















Next time: Shopping....




3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow!!! That is really cool. What is a Barony? And a Lavvu? Can you really eat inside of it? Are the starfishys next to your house?

This is me! said...

Who knew that people in Norway had tepees too? Obviously, the trolls have not been told about the rock garden. The Barony is probably an awesome place if their servants quarters are so nice. Amazingly colorful starfish!! My 2 favorite pictures: the one of the cabins all lined up from the side, and the picture of Rosendal's sign with the water and your cabins in the background- beautiful!

Lindsey said...

Rosendal Barony-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barony_Rosendal

Yes you can eat in it. Lars told me that one day I should bring my friends and have a picnic there. Yes the starfishys are right by my cabin!!!

I saw all the rocks and there was a bridge near by and I wanted to yell out "TROOOOOOLLLLLLLLL" but no one would have got it.....I still need to find Troll Hunter for my roomies to watch.