Sunnmøre Village in Ålesund, Norway
Friday, October 5, 2018
My first adventure stop on the cruise with Brooke was in Ålesund, Norway. Even though it rained on and off all day, I had a great time exploring Sunnmøre Museum with Brooke! Sunnmøre Museum is an open-air historical museum with more than 50 buildings. It was constructed on the site of the medieval town of Borgund.
Brooke and I had fun scrambling around and peeking inside the different buildings. It was raining for most of our time there, but we enjoyed ourselves anyway. I loved the sod roofs on the different buildings! I've heard that some people would put goats on their roof, but I don't know if they did that at Sunnmøre or not!
I loved the rocks along the little shoreline. They were a little slippery, but very fun to climb. I was worried I'd fall into the water, but luckily I didn't. Wouldn't it have been fun to grow up along the fjords?
I just realized that the rock in this photo looks a little bit like a headstone! Don't worry, it isn't! I think it was some sort of hitching post. Unfortunately, there weren't many interpretive signs and the ones that were available were written in Norwegian!
Here I am climbing some a ramp to a barn! Brooke and I were going to take photos in the barn, but it was very dark. Oops. Then, another tour group came and we weren't able to get a clear photo without lots of people. Still, it was very fun to play in. I don't want to say that Norway and Sweden are the same (they aren't!), but playing at Sunnmøre Museum reminded me a lot of a favorite book of mine. It's called The Children of Noisy Village and it was written by Astrid Lindgren. Astrid Lindgren also wrote the book Pippi Longstocking. I'm a city girl, so imagining living in a small village is fun for me.
Once it finally stopped raining, it was time for a fun photo shoot! Keep an eye out for my next blog post so that you can see what we did for the photo shoot.
Have you ever visited a historical park? Where did you go? What did you do there?
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ålesund,
brooke,
disney magic,
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Hi Inky! What exciting adventures you and Brooke are having. I love following your blog! Since we have a favourite book in common - did you know that Noisy Village really exists? The tiny village of Severdstorp consists of three farms only, just like in the books. It is located near Vimmerby, Astrid Lindgren´s childhood home, and in fact, Astrid´s father, Samuel August Eriksson, grew up on the Middle Farm (like Lisa and her brothers in the books). The house in your picture reminds me of another favourite, too, though - the Little House books (Banks of Plum Creek, in particular). Must be the grass-covered roof :)
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