Syttende Mai, Norway’s Independence Day. There are endless parades, countless bunads, and people everywhere. Everyone went out to watch the parades, but after about three hours it started raining, but by then we had taken plenty of pictures. Karla & I decided to go back to Peppe’s Pizza one last time for supper and ran into all our students there.
Lots of self explanatory pictures, some with captions anyway.
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| The red overalls are worn by graduating seniors. They wear them for the entire month of may without washing them. It is call russ. |
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| Spectators From Every Vantage Point |
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| This is the Northern Ireland Band that our May Sem met on the Norway in a Nutshell Tour. |
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| She has a helium balloon on the end of her ribbon. |
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| A Young Patriot |
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| An Umbrella Repair Shop |
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| Hoards of People in Some Places |
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| Not Much To Hold On To |
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| Norwegian flags were everywhere. |
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| A Quiet Patriot |
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| Portrait of a Self-Portrait |
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| Balloons & Bunads |
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| The man on the left is wearing the traditional garb of the Sami (Laplanders). |
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| All tradtionsl dress is welcome. |
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| More Russ - They are Everywhere |
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| And then it started raining. |
The following are pictures by Karla.
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| This couple asked me to take their picture for them. |
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| Pegasus takes flight. Tonight there are many free range balloons in the skies over Bergen. |
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