Long time no see!

I didn't intend not to update my blog in nearly two weeks, but after I came back to Israel up until now my boyfriend was busy preparing for his final project in architecture (he's now officially an architect - hurray!) and couldn't help me take photos. Naturally, I could have thought of a post where I could have taken the photos myself, but I wasn't feeling very inspired since I feel a little sad being back here (being home made me realize that I really miss being in Norway).

This post was not meant to sound completely depressing - I do feel better now as the last couple of days we've been able to spend all our time together and that's been wonderful. I have also begun teaching my boyfriend Norwegian which I think is a lot of fun - especially since he is a clever student!







Shorts, socks and hair band from H&M, blouse from Noa Noa and shoes from Zara.

Countryside

This weekend I spent at the countryside where my late grandfather grew up - picking cloudberries, a few blueberries, visiting my godparents and reading books. I have many fond memories from this place, where I as a little girl spent a lot of time with my grandparents in their cabin. The meadow where these pictures were taken used to be one of my absolute favorite places to play when I was younger; either with animals that I would make from cones and little sticks, running around and making flower crowns or just lying amidst the straws and flowers and gazing at the sky.








Vintage dress, cardigan from H&M, tights and shoes from Topshop

Weekend wedding

As a promised a few days ago I'm going to show you pictures from my friend Amalie's wedding that I went to last weekend. The wedding took part over a whole weekend and I stayed in a cabin with three of my friends - that was a lot of fun! A great wedding all in all, and Amalie looked so beautiful and luminous the whole time.



The weekend started with a three hour drive to where the wedding was held. A long drive, but it was spent chatting (I hadn't seen my friends in six months) and sleeping (for my part).


Linn, Jeanette and Amalie.

Kristine and I.

When we arrived we changed and went to the barbecue that was held on Friday evening. For dessert there were lots of yummy strawberries.


The latter part of the evening we spent composing and rehearsing a song that we were going to perform at the wedding the following day. Then we went to sleep.


(Odd photo of me in the morning)

The morning of the wedding was somewhat stressful doing our make up and getting ready before we drove to the church where the marriage took place.

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We were given heart-shaped rice to throw at the bride and groom.


We then made our way to the reception where there were canapes and heart shaped toast.


While we were waiting for dinner we hung around outside.


Dinner - which included many touching, warm and funny speeches, excellent food and kisses (I'd never heard of these traditions before, but whenever the bride or groom left the room all members of the opposite sex had to run up to the one who hadn't left the room and give him or her a kiss on the cheek, or, if everyone was stomping their feet or knocking on their glass with a knife the bride and groom had to get down on the floor or up on two chairs and kiss). I haven't included any more pictures from the dinner as the rest didn't turn out the best.

After dinner we went back to the cabin to rehearse the song a few more times, and I also changed my dress as I wasn't feeling comfortable in the one I was wearing.


Then, when we came back again, the tables had been moved and a dance floor had emerged. We performed the song we'd written for Amalie and although it included some slightly embarrassing stories about her, she was delighted.



The rest of the evening there was dancing, drinks, night food (the potatoes - as I'm a vegetarian) and fun.

We took a taxi back to our cabin at four in the morning and went to sleep. The next day we had brunch, which I unfortunately have no pictures of before we drove to the airport.

Back home in Tromsø...

After attending my friend's enchanting wedding over the weekend (which I'll probably post pictures of in a day or two), I came home to my parents' house in the north of Norway yesterday. So far I've just been relaxing, chatting to everyone and going for walks with their dogs and frankly, I don't plan on doing much besides those things while I'm here. Sometimes it's so nice not to do anything at all. I'm also really enjoying the chilly weather and having to wear tights, cardigans and a jacket (I was too cold when taking these pictures) and not feeling the sun burn for a change.





Skirt and blouse from H&M, tights from Pamela Mann and shoes from Sixtyseven