Island paradise?

A visit to the archipelago of the municipality of Sund is a first for me. As most of you know, Norway is a country with hundreds of small and large islands. This weekend we were invited by friends to stay on their “private” island. It was a treat, and we all had lots of fun. The kids got a chance to go fishing for fish and crab, rowing a small rubber dingy, swimming and diving (some involuntary) and lots more … not to forget the occasional chase by the island’s only and lonely permanent resident, Mr. Ram.

We arrived early and were picked up by boat. The trip out to the island took no more than 5 minutes. Just arriving we headed straight out again to check on the fishing nets. Sadly there were no fish caught this day, but we were assured that fish is caught on a regular basis, and that today was probably more due to poor placement or whatever … Put it differently, my friend is not exactly your local fisherman … pure luck if you ask me

Getting back to the island we were treated with some waffles before we suited up and jumped into the freezing water, wearing nothing but wetsuits and whatever else you need in order to free dive. Freezing water or not, the wetsuit kept me surprisingly warm. Diving with proper gear is a must and something that really got me thinking that it might be this year’s investment … if I’m allowed that is

Having done our fair share of diving we turned our focus towards other activities such as eating melon and watching the kids rowing the rubber dingy while trying not to drown their friend who were still busy diving for whatever he could find at the bottom of the ocean.

As the evening went on we fired up the barbecue, and no we did not throw a shrimp on it but some proper meat. After having our fair share of barbecue we topped it of with some sweet strawberries for desert.

Thanks guys for a wonderful day … following are some pictures to remember it by!