As we returned home from our visit to the Ski Jump and the encounter with real snow, our visitors were kinda tired on their first day. The kids slumped around on the couches and sofas with their iPads and the childrens Television.
Wife and sister started to prepare a thai meal with the imported ingredients and rice from "my" mega sack of rice.
As I sat there with the 4th book from the Red Gambit Series (See separate thread) I hear some quiet piano playing.
The youngest daughter is playing a simple tune. To encourage her I go and watch her play.
She has the music sheet up on the screen of her iPad and the iPad on the little wooden stand attached to the piano where you in the old days would put the sheet in paper version, to play from.
Amused and stunned I realize that our future is being formed as we speak, or rather play, by technological changes like this.
What is next - do we print pampers at home from our 3D printers?
We go to bed for the 2nd night in anticipation of another day.
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Morning has broken and is accompanied by drizzling rain, No worries!
We have plan, or rather a list of things to do which we pick from as we discuss in the group over breakfast. We pick something according to the weather, our mood and what the kids would enjoy doing.
A visit to the Exhibition in Oslo where the KON TIKI and the sailing ships from the great arctic explorations to the North and South poles are preserved, wins the day. My wife and I have been there before so she knows that this may be more fun to kids and Asians then one might think, or rahter, it is usually more impressive to Asians than us northerners, who have the arctic climate, the myths and the achievemens as part of our lore.
Interestingly, on a rainy Eastster holiday the place is choke full with locals and foreign tourists alike (Chinese and Koreans), so I struggle to find somewehre to park!
As we line up at the ticket counter the girl behind it speak english to the Hebrew family in front of me, Norwegian to me and Thai to my family!
It turns out she is from Surin and married to a Norwegian. A very welcoming start to our visit
But now - first Thing First: THE THAI ESKIMOS:
- THAI ESKIMOS!
To create a bit of expectations I had told the children about the live size Ice bears on display which had been hunted down in the Arctic and stuffed for display - an imposing sight. Pictures of these would add to their visiting experience and stories for friends to tell. The Ice bears did not disappoint:
- You kever know who's behind you......
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The sailing ship FRAM allow for visitors to go onboard and below deck, which suited my little son just fine - he could now play hide and seek with all of us, which concerend me. Although the ship is well secured in most repsects there are places and steep stairs onboard to stumble down for a six year old.
The net result is that I was buzy keeping trail on him and trying to descend and mount stairs ahead of him to anticipate any accident, irate activity derailed me from making any pics onboard. As we came to the Sailing Raft KON TIKI however, shots for posterity were taken:
Our Thai family was oblivious of this expidition, usefull reminder to us Norwegians oftentimes dvelling in our selfcontent ignorance, assuming that our place is on the world stage whereas other look Norway up in the Dictionary or the Telephone registre to find out what that is.
The story was not missed though - and there are som well made video clips to watch on large displays which very effectivley communicate without words what these endevours were about.
We returned home for a quiet evening in and for me to write this report.
To Readers and Moderators alike:
These stories are developing way outside of anything Hua Hin, if the thread is out of place I can post it elsewhere (Thai Visa?) for a bit of fun, just let me know, I will not be offended.
One Day I'm gona die. I can live with that.
please
