..... Advent that is! The first weekend of Advent Bergen celebrates with 'lysfest' which translates to Festival of Lights. Last year I was unable to attend because I was prepping Thanksgiving for 70 international masters students. This year it was raining hard all day but Martha, Nici and I donned our best rain gear and rallied to partake.
Wow, wow, wow. Music, fireworks, and Christmas cheer.
**note: these photos are from the web but give you the idea. Exactly the same tonight but add umbrellas
All I have to say is- Christmas on the Prado (aka December Night), you have met your match. I just witnessed one of the most spectacular fireworks displays I think I've seen. And I've seen a lot of 4th of July fireworks! It was 13 minutes (yes, 13, it's on the schedule) of July 4th 'finale-style' fireworks. I kid you not. Insane! And, everyone is around the lake (picture above) with the fireworks over the lake so you are right under the fireworks. Annnnnd, they let you carry fire torches here. I know, right?! Real fire?! Ahhh the things you can do in a place where all people respect laws and don't slap lawsuits on each other every 5 seconds. (I know, most Americans are this way too, it's just the few that ruin it for the rest of us).
Anywho, what a fantastic kick-off to the holiday season.
God Jul!
lisa liv
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