A plan is emerging

In case you didn’t know, I’ll be 30 on 10 April (please feel free to buy me stuff). 30 is such a nice, round number, and besides, it’s kind of a big deal in Norway – it’s the age by which you really should be married, according to tradition. Hence I’m planning to celebrate in a big way, a bigger way than usual. Deciding on how has been a bit tricky. There are several things to consider: How much money can I afford to spend? How much money can I expect the guests to spend? How many people can participate? What would the people I most want to see enjoy doing? What would I enjoy?

The latter, for example, pretty much ruled out the “huge party at suitable venue” option, as I tend to prefer parties where it’s actually possible to talk to everyone. I considered other options, one of which was a mini-cruise from Oslo to Kiel with Colorline, but that ended up (as I’d expected) being rather too pricy. The more I deliberated, the more I felt that the ideal thing would be to find a cottage to rent somewhere within reasonable travelling distance from Oslo and with enough space for the most indispensable people.

And then I found this: Frykdalsstugan 3. Perfect in every which way. We can even go “fyrhjulsåking” (some sort of go-cart-like car thingys). And they’ve got somewhere to celebrate Saturday night where they can even provide food.

So that’s where we’re going (8-12 April). Wanna come?