After London me and Alexis were going to be apart for the first time in almost two years. Alexis goes to France to visit his family and I go to Norway to visit my sister, Tatiana, and my nephews. After so much time together it will be weird to be separated. :-(

I took a morning flight to Oslo and spent a couple of hours sleeping in the chair at Oslo airport while waiting for my next flight. But soon enough my mother arrived, which was also going to visit Tati, and we spent four hours catching up. To see my mother again after 10 months it was just too good!

We were greeted at theTromso airport by Tati and her husband Yngve. Never heard of Tronso? That’s normal … Because it is in the very far north of Norway, close to the Artic region and Santa Claus home. Tromso is so much in the north hemisphere that in the winter they have almost all day night and in the summer they have almost all day with daylight, and it is when they have the famous midnight sun. Unfortunately I missed that for 1 week, because now it begins to darken a bit evru night, but in the photo below you can see how looks Tromso by midnight.

Getting at my sister’s home and being greeted by my nephews is for sure a reward. They are the cutest things in the world and it was great to see them again. I had 10 days there, so I took the opportunity to enjoy them a lot.

Tati went with Yngve to Oslo for two days to see a show and my mother and I were babysitting the boys. It was good for me to practice. Hehehe… One day Yngve’s sister, Heidi, invited us for dinner at her house and it was a delight. They were for my wedding in Brazil and we had many good stories to remember.

The center of Tromso is very cute and has a very traditional Norwegian architecture. On a beautiful sunny day, which is not so common, I did a bike ride with Patrik to enjoy a bit of the city.

Tati organized on Sunday a party to celebrate our anniversary earlier (that would com on 24th and 25th of August) and the anniversary of Patrik that was in July. We spent the previous day in the kitchen making pies, I made my favorite Banoffee pie and she did a traditional pie from Yngve’s family with fruits of the forest. Both were beautiful and delicious!

I also had class of banana muffins, super healthy with no sugar. It was super fun. Who would imagine that I would learn it with my sister. Hehehee

We decorated the whole table and arranged with nice fruit plates, the muffins … And it was super gorgeous. Party organized with love always gets more beautiful. :-)
Note: special thanks to Heidi who made the delicious chocolate cake for us. I even got the recipe for me.

On Monday, we had a special day here. It was the first day of school for my nephew Patrik, who is 6 years. They make a small opening ceremony and all family members can participate. I loved it! I live so far from my nephew and I was happy to be able to participate in this important moment of his life. A happy aunt!

My time here is ending, but before leaving me and my mom found some time to take the cable car and enjoy the beautiful view. Even in bad weather is too beautiful!

On my last day I took the boys to the school and the kindergarten. Picking up Henrik at the kindergarten, of 2 and a half years, is pure joy. Thewelcoming is so warm that it is impossible not to be happy!

On Wednesday it was very hard to leave. Listen little Henrik saying “I love you Caroca” is heart breaking! Patrik went to school and gave me a big hug of goodbye, and was crying all the way to my sister’s house. It is very hard to be so far from my nephews and miss so many important stages of their lives. But I’m very happy to have spent this time here. Now I go to France to meet Alexis and visit my French family.