Another great day of sunshine and semi-warm weather. This morning for breakfast we made strawberry and banana smoothies, something I've missed since I've been in Barcelona because we don't have a blender.
Maren made American pancakes (I've missed those too) and we had our typical Norwegian bread and cheese. After breakfast we walked to the nature museum of Elverum.
Just walking to the museum I got to see the beautiful landscape of Elverum. There is a river called the Glomma River that runs through the whole town. Apparently it runs all the way from the North of Norway all the way to the sea. The first day I got to Elverum the river had been frozen, but today the river just had chunks of frozen pieces and the water was flowing: you can imagine how beautiful that looked. There were bridges that went across the river to get to the other side of the town. Maren lived on one side and the heart of the town (mall, cafe, shops, museum) was on the other. 
The nature museum had everything you wanted to know about what Norway is famous for: their wood, what they hunt, what they fish, etc. It was really interesting to walk around the museum and learn about typical Norway because most of the things I hadn't known. After all, I had never been to Norway before.
After the museum we went to drop off Maren's car at her Grandpa's house so that he could change the tires from snow tires to regular tires. We just took his car for the afternoon so we didn't have to wait. Around her grandpa's neighborhood was a ski jump where, at the top, you can see all of the town of Elverum. We climbed to the top, took pictures and just looked out. I always see the ski jumps during the Olympics, but I had never seen one in real life before. I have to say, they are pretty amazing to see, especially without it being covered in snow.
Then we went to dinner at Maren's moms house. Her mom made typical Norwegian meatballs, fresh vegetables and split peas. All of it was so delicious! For dessert we had ice cream and porage with cinnamon. We sat around and talked with her brothers and Mom for awhile and eventually drove home.
When we got home we watched movies and ate chocolate and candy all night.
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