Anne-Lise and I spent Christmas with her sister Berit, husband Jan, and their family in Tjome, an hour and a half train/car ride south of Oslo.
Waterfront community, seen from the bridge between Notteroy and Tjome (islands).Norwegian Shores is part of the seafood industry, including local wild harvested oysters.Jan’s and Berit’s house (center); lobster traps are out after short Oct-Nov annual season.View south down Tonsbergfjorden; the sun is near maximum winter solstice height.‘Ribbe’ (bone-in pork belly) is one of the highlights of Christmas Eve dinner.Three generations – two of them enjoying traditional beer and aquavit with dinner.Jan, fitting the “Captain’s” role, took us out on a boat trip around the fjord.It was calm and crisp, with the low noon sun; our house framed beyond, at the center.Due to the steep, rocky bottom, it’s all floats and docks – no moorings.On the way in, we retreived Jan’s 13 private-catch lobsters, including a rare blue.They may not be kept alive past December 31, a month postseason – Hello, lobster parties.The boiled 2-3/4 pound blue lobster is on the left.The blue was longer than the “lobster guillotine” used to split and crack them.A split chicken(+) lobster served in an unfamiliar way.The sunsets were familiar, and seemed to last forever.
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