torsdag 5. mai 2011

Around the world in three days

Last weekend I visited countries such as Cuba, Norway, Palestine, Ecuador, Venezuela and Hungary. I had falafels in Palestine, mojitos in Cuba, had salt-and-vinegar crisps in Scotland. and watched Indian dancing in India. The two things I enjoyed the most was all the dancing in Cuba and being surrounded by soooo many Norwegians in Norway. How was this possible? All this travelling and no jet-lag? How come?
The famous Scot Robert the Bruce and me in Scotland. (I wish my friends Mette and Ragni could have been with me to experience this great moment, meeting Robert the Bruce himself, in person:) Excellent!

It was the la feria internacional de los pueblos in Fuengirola, and gosh how much fun it was! On the feria ground there were 33 countries represented, and all of these countries presented their food, their culture, their customs and their folklore. Norwegian speaking people can read more about it in this article.
The famous EC Singers

The famous EC Singers' band

Salsa dancing in Cuba (Susan and George)

Eating falafels in Palestina (Gyda and I)

Bhangra in India

Elaine and Julio in India

 Vera and me in Norway. Can't remember if it was before or after our concert?

More salsa on the cuban dance floor (Lena and George)

Colombian dancing 

Enjoying "vafler" in Norway (Susan and George). Getting ready for the famous "allsang"/singalong/cantados a todos with Norwegian spring songs.


"Kom Mai du skjønne milde" (and their Norwegian pronunciation was actually quite good!)

"Per Spelemann han hadde ei einaste ku."




Argentina. The meat. Where is the Health and Safety??

Egypt. The dancer was spinning so fast that it was implosible to get a proper picture of him. But his dancing was amazing!

Elaine and me trying to copy the Indian dancers! 

As you probably can understand, this feria was great, and I had lots of fun with friends from school, friends from the choir and friends from the Norwegian church. And at one point they were all joined together on the dance floor in Cuba. My three worlds down here merged into one. According to the article referred to above, more than one million people visited the feria. Fantastic!