Snow and new sofa

This week we have got a lot of snow and we are finding out how it is to be living in a house and having to do everything ourselfs! But its nice. We have also managed to find time to bye a new sofa that fits perfect for our new livingroom. Tomorrow we have decided to stay home and take it easy as it has been quite a busy week. Oh.... And Charlotte has been offerd a job at the local health club.

Christmas in Norway

After staying over one night in Copenhagen on the way back from Geneva, I finally arrived in Sandefjord on the 22 of December. Christmas was great with the family in our new place. We even had entertainment from Theodor, Haakon and Selma. More later....

Last Lunch At CERN

The last traditional Christmas lunch with oysters at CERN was today, this afternoon I am taking the plane back to Norway. It is a bit strange to think that this is the last working day at CERN after 5 years, but I am confident that we have made the correct decision. I will however miss at the friends I have made here as well as speaking French? Strange but true!
Thank you Geneva and CERN J

Sunday Trip

Last Sunday I did not feel to bad, after beeing sick for two days. Nice weather to, took this photo on my walk outside CERN.

Satellite photos

It is pretty amazing that you now can see your own house via a satellite photo on the internet! I actually used this Norwegian site when we bought our house, is we did not even see it ourselves before be bought it. The website is called: http://www.norgeibilder.no/ only for Norway, it gives much better detail than Google earth. Hey there’s our house!

smelly cat smelly cat!

When the cat is away, the saying goes. Well in this case we have new member of the Isaksen family. She doesnot have a name yet so if you have any suggestions feel free. We got the cat from my sister since hear daughter is allergic. I have been in bed sick for two days now! Staring to feel better, but no quite there yet. I guess it is all the stress in the last months that has finally caught up with me.

Soon Christmas

Well Christmas is getting closer for every day and so is my stay at CERN. Starting to miss the family now. However I am getting trugh the new book by Michael Crichton very quik with all of this spear time in the evenings.

Finnland house in France

As it was sunday I decided to do small trip and have a look the new house Magnus is bulding in France. The house was deliverd from Finnland (his homeland) and looks very nice! It really stands out as a scandinavian house amongst all of the old style French houses surrounding it, but in a good way of course! Magnus is one of those gyes that does everything him self, and succeeds with it. Good luck!

Escalade in Geneva

Today I was in Geneva to meet friends and have a look at the escalade. The escalade is a celebration of a houswife that discoverd that the catolic Savoiard tryed to climb the city wall and sease the protestant Geneva. However the women was making soup and decided to poure this over their heads, it seems to have worked since they arecelebrating this still after so many years (it took place in 1602). The day was ended in Francisco and Valeries house together with some excelent soup of course.

Snow in the moutains

Then the first good snow has gome in the Jura mountains and things are looking good for our trip to Zermatt next weekend. I hope that we will have some nice weather so I can take a nice photo of Matterhorn for the album.

E-mail in Norway

We have now have new mail adresses in Norway as I have informed most of you earlier. However i thught the domain name was a bit to loooong, the adresses I gave you does work but if you prefer a shorter version you can use:

lasse.isaksen@sfjbb.net

charlotte.isaksen@sfjbb.net

Haakons kindergarden

Haakon has now done his first week in the new kindergarden, and he is loving it!

Life in a Hostel

Coming back to CERN to finish the last 3 weks of my contract I am staying at the on site hostel, The room are quite qute=small, but they have WIFI and a good med so I guess I du not need more. Only 13 days left now and next weekend we are going to Zermatt to do some skiing.

Back in Geneva

Well then I am beck in Geneva and have installed myself in one of the rooms of the CERN hostel. After spending one week in the new house in Norway the prospect of going back to CERN staying in a fairly bleak room was not the most temping taught however it is no so bad as I can sleep a bit longer in the mornings with no kids ;-)
Charlotte told me that she had been outside cleaning snow most of the morning and that se loved it (you got the job my dear!).

Finally there!

After 2 days on the road with car, train and boat we arrived safe in Sandefjord Monday morning. The last nate was spent in an nice hotel in Strömstad, Sweden. Have used the last days getting things out of boxes as quik as possible but there is a lot of them. We are not also on the net and tomorrow we will install the Cat5 cable for the TV. Broadband is great!!!