They met me at the Lillehammer railway station at night and drove to the place – a small village in the mountains behind the boom. A few summer barns and one hotel – that’s Hornsjo, a small alpine village above Lillehammer in Norway.

The road was about to be closed due to the snowstorm and we barely managed it with chains and stops for grabbing snow from the windscreen and lights.

Photo album

Driving to Hornsjo

It is the right place for those looking for snow.

Hornsjo, Norway

My volunteering was making a promotional movie for the Institute. Skiing, swimming, sauna and table tennis were in addition.

swimming pool

I won a big Teddy Bear in a local tennis tournament. I can smash the whole day missing either the table or the ball but the next day I hit both. So probably it was the next day. Now I carry this “key ring” with me.

Bear Bear

Firstly, it’s my space keeper. I put my Bear Bear on the airplane on the seat next to mine and nobody asks to free it. Secondly, my Bear Bear always and everywhere has a special welcome and… me with him. Thirdly, it’s a light and worm pillow/blanket.