After a very quick look at google this morning to find out exactly what the National Day is all about.......We thought it was independence from Sweden day but NO, actually it celebrates the introduction of the Norwegian constitution and the celebration started as a kind of demonstration against Swedish rule and has morphed into its current excuse for a party.....
In 1814 the constitution was ratified and it was not until 1905 that Norway finally gained independence from Sweden.
Nice we are informed now and for us it just looked like a great excuse for a party and missing the first 3 rehearsals from this morning:))))
and some locals look rather fabulous:)))
And most important we met Lithuania and Moldova out to celebrate National Day........and we confess we had to do some work for a rival web site this morning.....just some video......you can see the best clips here, and the full thing on oikotimes.com.......look for Lilian Brunell's post there and you'll find it:)))
And some of the video clips:) More of that at oikotimes
and we love these guys:))))))
And if you want to see more National Day you can go here.......
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16560452@N05/sets/72157624077861526/
That's it for now.....we are in the press centre and will be posting more later today.......just need some coffee:)
Toodles!!!!