A week-end in Brazil.

The sun is burning! But you can always cool yourself a little in the hammock in the shadow under the coconut palm trees. Or why not take a swim in the crystal clear turquois water? Then relax in the white sand with a refreshing caipirinha while listening to some bosanova music........
Could be reality in Porto Galinhas!

In Porto Alegre reality is TOTALLY different!!!!!!

Friday afternoon at around 3 pm, we discovered we had no water. The reason? Yara had not payed the bill!! Fair enough, they had told "someone" 3 months ago that they would cut the water today, but give a warning or a second message - nooohhh - what's the point? It's much more fun just to cut it it on a Friday afternoon!! In the middle of cooking for dinner guests and Sondre needed a shower after soccer training and Anniken had been in bed with fever for 2 days and her hair looked exactly like that - it was the perfect moment!

Saturday Thor-Inge had showed them enough comprovantes and argued enough so they turned the water on again - but this day we had enough water, because the sky open up as well. So the family Storbrua rented 5 dvd's and spent the day in the sofa! (+ Cathrine ran 6km on the treadmill :-)

Sunday the rain stopped, but we got an exciting storm, which made our curtains INSIDE the house blow, it took the electricity and of course the computer. HELP!!!! What does a modern family do without a computer???? We were lost!!!
T-I, my tough husband, went for a run and I decided to put on some winter clothes (the real viking) and go for a walk in the storm. When I came out I was freezing so I had to start running to keep warm. Before I knew it I had been running 7 km :-) WOW - 6 yesterday and 7 today - just call me Grethe!!!
In the afternoon, I took Sondre to the shopping mall, together with the rest of the city, so he could buy himself some new clothes for all the pocket money he had saved up the last months. If he wasn't the coolest guy in school before - he certainly is now!
For a reason the electricity was working in Anniken's room, so we all cuddled up in her bed with a lot of duvets and watched a movie in the evening.

What a nice week-end in Porto Galinhas it could have been!!