Toten Folkehøgskole (Sunday, Day 11)

Randi and I had a nice breakfast of salami og tomat med brød, scrambled eggs, og sølbær syltetøy med brød (salami and tomatoes on bread, scrambled eggs, and huckleberry jam on bread.)

Jahn Frydenlund stopped by to drive us to Toten Folkehøgskole, where Linn would be attending to learn Chinese and Arts. We drove over the bridge over Lake Mjøsa, through Gjøvik, and on to Toten. Randi had Jahn stop in Gyøvik to see if the paddle steamboat was there, but it was put away for the season. Linn was unfamiliar with the area, so she followed us. At one point Jahn got mixed up, and a "We're lost" turned into "We had to get ice cream for the American." ;) Randi bought me a Norwegian ice cream sandwich, which had a graham cracker flavored "bread" instead of the Oreo cookie chocolate flavored "bread" the American ones have. It was delicious, especially with the Norwegian creamy ice cream. She also got a free treat, so she got me a chocolate covered vanilla ice cream bar on a stick, with a huckleberry flavored inside. :)

We stopped at the school in Toten, and were directed to the administration building, where one of the faculty, whose name is also Linn and lived in Philadelphia for a few months, gave us a tour of the small campus, and led us to Eli's dorm room and Linn's dorm room. Jahn then took us out for pizza at Lena's Grill – a restaurant with hamburgers (including the "Moelvenburger" -- funny, cause Randi and Linn lived by Moelv), pizza, baked potatoes, and baguettes (open-faced sandwiches.)

We got a pepperoni, onions and ____ pizza, a ham and pineapple pizza, and a taco baguette for Linn. It took quite a while for the pizzas to come out and even longer for the baguette. While we were waiting, the waiter brought us water in a pitcher, and we had to ask for cups! Later, he was cleaning up a table and dropped and broke a plate full of food – quite a mess. So, when we finally got our meal, and got everything we needed, we ate well, then Randi and Linn placed everything evenly on the pizza trays, making sure to lay the glasses down so the server wouldn't drop them too. Then, we started "safety" packing them by placing them on stacks of napkins, and I folded up a napkin to brace the glass to keep it from rolling off. Linn had to take a picture of our joke, and of course I had to take one also! :)