Today is the national day of Norway,
where we celebrate that we finally got our own constitution in 1814.
This is the day where we all get soaky drunk, over eat ice cream and hamburgers and pass out in the park from alcohol poisoning - just as described by our forefathers in the Constitution.
Others just stuff as much ice cream they can down their children's throats and pray that the day will be over soon. but the most important tradition of all for the Norwegians on this day is the parade. Here in Barcelona my Norwegian friend Mari and I will of course follow this up with our own personalized version.
The parade in Oslo starts early in the morning with the children. Walking from their school thought the entire centre and up to the royal castle. There they greet the royal family. They are as always standing on the porch waving to the people until they get wrist infections, simultaneously suffering from the serious disease I like to call "superfake smiling". The adults that are not scared of being smeared in with icecream often joins in the parade as well.
If you haven't been hugged for a while and need some serious crammy body contact, this is the day to visit Oslo. Extra exercise is also a bonus. It is absolutely impossible to get a train, tram or bus, so no matter where you live - you must count on your feet to take you there. (For reason - see picture)I have heard a lot of Norwegians claim that people all over the world are jealous at our parade and how much we "love our national day" in Norway. (Especially the swedes they say.)
So....Mari and I will go around in the streets as a two woman parade - wave our flags and shout "Hurra" and pretend the trees are the royal family and wave our Norwegian flags at them.
I am sure everybody will understand what we are doing, and maybe even join in
Or not
Big smiles and waves with the flag
~ Åsa
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