Trip post #2

Since there is nothing to report from Orion I will give a short update on our upcoming trip.

We have prepared, fixed, replaced and otherwise cleaned our house in preparation for the arrival of, we'll call them, "The Norwegians". Actually there are a super nice couple with a daughter who is a little younger than Sam. They are excited to get here and we are working out all of the details like using computer networks, the availability of coffee, and discussions on where to ride bikes and such.

We are leaving Wednesday night (2/4) at around 8:00 pm and flying into London. We are staying in London for a couple of days to take in the sights. For some reason Sam knows all about Big Ben and Beefeaters. We are flying from London to Oslo on Sunday, taking a train from one end of Oslo to the other, and then flying from Oslo to Alesund arriving Sunday evening.

Some interesting things have cropped up that we didn't anticipate. We had to call our health insurance company to allow us to get prescriptions for 6 months of medication. Sara is getting her braces removed for 6 months since she won't have an orthodontist to regularly care for her teeth. She is VERY excited about this. Sara will be attending school in Norway as our host family has set this up with the school down the street. She gets to go to school without the drag of actually being required to do the work. Don't tell her but we are gonna make her do the work and then some. Sam is sad to leave his school behind, but is even more upset he can't take his dog. All in all though we are excited and can't wait to get on with this adventure that has been months in the making.

More from Orion as it arrives. Hope for continued boredom from that front.