Konfirmacia a hic --- Confirmation and warmth

Leto je napokon tu:-D Tento tyzden nebolo mracika na oblohe a teploty okolo 20 stupnov. Nadhera. Ja uz ani neviem ze by sa nieco zaujimaveho udialo. V utorok nam odpadla matika, tak som si siel zabehat. V stredu stvorhodinovka francuzstiny, ale nakolko bol ucitel prec, mohli sme zostat doma. Navalil nam ale dost uloh - mali sme riesit ulohy ake mozu byt na skuskach, takze som mal co robit. Okolo 11:00 mi dosla SMSka od Lenky zo Sumavy, ze pride do Trysilu. Tak sme sa stretli pri skole, kde odovzdala darceky ucitelom telesnej, potom sme chvilu posedeli pri kave a rozlucili sme sa na stanici. Vecer sme mali golfovy trening. Posledny krat v hale. Driving uz otvorili :-D:-D:-D Takze sa bude intenzivne trenovat kym odidem... Venovali sme sa hlavne puttingu. V stvrtok na sociologii chybal ucitel, takze sme pracovali "na vlastnu ruku" - ako to tu v Norsku hovoria. Po skole jogging.V piatok opat samostatna praca na francuzstine, na telesnej test na kliky, potom dejepis, anglictina a domov. Atle mal v sobotu konfirmaciu - cize prijatie za obcana. Konfirmacia moze byt obcianska a cirkevna. Ma to uz dost dlhu tradiciu. Cirkevna konfirmacia zacala za vlady Kristiana neviemkolkeho v 18. storoci, obcianska konfirmacia zacala len v roku 1956. Samotnemu ceremonialu predchadza niekolkotyzdnovy kurz ktory sa podoba nasej etickej vychove - proste ich ucia ako byt dobrymi ludmi a spravnymi obcanmi. Konfirmanti dostavaju taktiez peniaze od celej rodiny a su to dost velke sumy - Atle dostal asi 17000 NOK dokopy. To by som uz asi bol na ceste niekde do Indie :-D. Takze v piatok sa vsetko pripravovalo na party po ceremonii u nas doma. Rozkladali sme stoly, stolicky, hrabali listie, Eva si zobrala volno z prace aby mohla spolu so starou mamou pripravovat jedlo (a toho tu teraz mame dost do konca mesiaca :-D)atd. V sobotu rano sme teda dokoncili posledne pripravy, vztycili sme norsku vlajku na dome (to oni robia vzdy ked sa nieco oslavuje) a o 13:00 bol slavnostny ceremonial v kulturnom dome. Prejavy, kulturne vlozky a odovzdavanie diplomov. Nasledne spolocna fotka a o 15:00 spolocny obed u nas. Mali sme pozvanych asi 26 hosti - myslim ze vsetko bola rodina. To je tak ked John ma dvoch a Eva troch surodencov a ti maju svoje rodiny :-P. Takze jedla bolo vela aj kolacov. John zlozil pre Atleho piesen o tom co vsetko sa zatial stihlo udiat v jeho zivote:-D. Mnoho muzov aj zien sa zvykne obliekat do krojov a tak som si spravil jeden obrazok s Evou a jej sestrou Marit:

Rozlucili sme sa so vsetkymi okolo 21:00. Spratali sme kopu spinaveho riadu a sli spat. V nedelu bola zase cirkevna konfirmacia, takze John s Evou boli pozvani k jednej znamej. Ja som si siel zabehat s Elisou a Ane a vecer som si pozrel hokej Lotyssko-Norsko. Takze taky bol moj tyzden.


The summer is here at last:-D This week there was not a single cloud on the sky and temperatures were around 20 degrees of Celsius. Beauty. I do not remember if something interesting has happened. On Tuesday we did not have Math so I went jogging. On Wednesday 4 lessons of French but our teacher was absent, so we could work on our own at home. He gave us a lot of excercises wchich could come up in the exams, so I had lot to do. At around 11:00 I got a message from Lenka from the Czech republic that she is coming to Trysil. We met in front of the school at 12:00, she gave some presents to the PE teachers, then we had a cup of coffe and she took the bus back to Elverum. In the evening I had a golf practice. Indoors for ther last time. The driving range is opened :-D:-D:-D. It is going to be a lot of practice now. On Wednesday we concentrated on putting. On Thursday, our teacher of Sociology was away so I worked with the tasks on my own and. Jogging after the school. On Friday I finished the French homework, on PE we had a push-ups test, then History,English and home again. Atle had his confirmation on Saturday - that means a ceremony where you are accepted as a citizen. The confirmation can be humanistic or ecclesiastical. The tradition is quite long here in Norway. The ecclesiastical confirmation started already in the 18. century during the reign of king Kristian in Denmark - Norway, the humanistic confirmation began first in 1956. Before the ceremony, the participants have to take part in a couple of weeks long course where they learn how to be good citizens and people. The confirmants get also a big sums of money from the whole family. Atle got around 17 000 NOK. I would have been right on my way to India :-D.So on Friday we were preparing everything for the party on Saturday. We set up the chairs and tables and tablecloths, raked the leaves, Eva took free from her job to prepare food and cakes together with grandma (and I suppose we are going to eat it until the end of month). Saturday morning we were finished with all preparations,rose up the Norwegian flag (they do it every time they are celebrating something) and at 13:00 there was this ceremony in the cinema. Speeches, songs, piano play and the awarding with diplomas. The common photo afterwards and then lunch by us at 15:00. We invited 26 people - all of them are a part of the family - Eva has 3 siblings, John 2 and everyone has their own family :-D... So there was a lot of food and cakes. John made a song for Atle about everything what has happened in his life so far :-). Many people tend to dress themselves in national costumes. So I took a picture with Eva and her sister Marit:

We said goodbye to everyone at 21:00, set the dishes in the dishwasher and went to sleep. On Sunday, Eva and John were invited to an ecclesiastical confirmation. I went jogging with Elise and Ane and then watched the ice-hockey match between Norway and Latvia. So that was my last week.