It is great to go on an adventure to visit far off places but it is always nice to come home again. After an exciting few weeks in Bergen, Norway and a whirlwind weekend in Copenhagen, Denmark - Ian, Liam and I are happy to be back on the farm. We missed Charlotte, Emily, Avery and everyone else. We'll get back to the happenings on the farm with tomorrow's post but for today I thought I would share some photos from our adventures away.
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Liam was ready for a grand adventure.
Whether Mama and Papa were ready is another story entirely. |
Our trip had a bit of a rocky start. This is best illustrated in an excerpt from an email we sent to our families upon arrival in Norway:
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They misplaced Liam's airplane dinner but we brought lots of food so it was okay. He slept for about an hour on the plane so we were thankful for that.
Things began to go downhill after that. There was a miscommunication between the Air Canada and Scandinavian Airlines ticketing systems that resulted in Liam not being issued a boarding pass for the second and third legs of our journey. We had to stand in line at the service counter in Frankfurt for over an hour while the airlines sorted it out.
We celebrated getting everything sorted with a Bavarian soft pretzel. We gave a piece to Liam who partially choked on it and subsequently vomited (copiously) all over himself and his stroller. After clean up (disgusting) we gave him a sippy cup of water to rinse his mouth which he proceeded to sip and then spat (repeatedly) all down the front of his clean, dry sleeper.
He slept soundly all the way to Copenhagen where we exited the plane to a mysterious smell (never good). Liam had explosive pooped which had leaked all in his third sleeper of the day. About a hundred wipes later we arrived at the check in counter only to realize that the carry on bag that they checked at the gate at the last minute in Frankfurt because there was no room in the overhead bins for it contained our boarding passes for the Copenhagen to Bergen leg. It was a huge fiasco to get new boarding passes because apparently even our old boarding passes (in our checked suitcase) were incorrect and didn't indicate that we had an infant traveling with us. Even though Liam was given a boarding pass; apparently the confirmation number on the pass was invalid.
It took forever (at least 40 iterations of The Bear Went Over the Mountain and lots of wailing and sad baby tears) for the airlines to sort everything out. We were the last people to board the plane and had to sit separately.
We arrived to pouring rain in Bergen and the revelation that my suitcase had been lost in transit..."
However things improved after a good night sleep and some very, very, very expensive Norwegian food.
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Liam got lots of practice eating in a restaurant like a civilized human.
Here he is carefully assessing his meal options. |
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| Liam: "I love Norwegian cuisine!" His favourite item was peppered mackerel. Seriously. |
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| Liam practicing his snuffleupagus snort at breakfast. |
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| Not a picky eater. Yum - shrimp! |
We saw lots of cool stuff...
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| Mama and Liam in Bergen city center. |
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| Mama and Liam at the top of Mount Ulriken. |
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| Papa and Liam at the top of Mount Ulriken. |
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Liam savouring the amazing view
(aka trying to climb over the guard rail and down the mountain). |
Papa and Liam saw even more cool stuff while Mama was working.
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| Liam at the top of the Fløyen Mountain. |
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| Liam "hiking" with Papa on the mountain top. |
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| Liam on the ferry heading out to the fjords. |
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| Papa, Liam and the Norwegian fjords. |
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