So I've been to Norway twice before we moved here, and for some strange (And yet great for my husband) reason, the weather was always pretty nice. I had heard about the Bergen weather that its raining all the time... that its slushy snow in winter etc etc all the terrible things.... Well I never saw any of that before... what on earth are they talking about?
I was boasting that I brought the great weather... when I was here in January 2009, it was a lovely little winter.... cold .. but not too cold. Mind you my husband was telling me that it doesn't get too cold only like -5 C So I was thinking.. oh .. that's something like Sydney Australia weather... something I had been through .. survived ... and really enjoyed.
Of course this time I totally forgot about the fact that Australia is a DRY place while Bergen is decidedly WET.Needless to say, the winters are totally different no matter WHAT temperature they are!. Australia had some beautiful winters! Perfectly clear blue skies. In fact alot of the time that i remember the sky perfectly blue and clear was in Winter. hmmm But then again when it was warm .. who was looking up at the sky for some weather blues relief right?
The Second time I was here was in June... and boy was it lovely!! ... people were out and about and we actually had a few days of some serious tropical weather. Now let's get the tropical weather in Bergen in perspective. This simply means that you have weather at around...ish.. 30C... However, the winds in Bergen are enough to bring that temperature down to about 25. So stay out of the winds... oh and stay out of the shade .. because it IS the SUN and not the air around you that is warm... But that particular week was lovely...
Imagine I'm sunbathing on our back patio taking in the sun ... I just came from Broiling sauna like heat in Jacksonville, USA, and before that the lovely Mild June weather in Tobago.... so how is it that I'm already as tanned as I can get .. and I'm stripping down to a bathing suit top to take in SUN?... Yea I thought it odd to ... like.... I KNOW that its rare.. so let me take in some Vitamin D while I can. So I forgive all Trinidadians (my brother included) who run away to cold places and call 10C warm weather... not pointing any fingers ... (fingers pointing to Canada)
Anyhoos... enough daydreaming about Australia, Mild weather in Tobago and 2009's June... I'm in Bergen 2010 now ... (slaps herself to wake out of the dream). And its NOT dry... according to my husband's Best friend, (and joke about politicians, Heaven and Hell) ...The Campaigning is over .... and once he got me here ... there's no turning back .. so the weather no longer needs to co-operate with him....
So now .... after I write that lovely blog about lovely weather it slaps me in the face with a day like yesterday ... and now today ... sigh.
its just about ooohh i figure 9 C outside ... but um ... the winds are enough to blow that 9 C right through you... at 34 km/hr!
But that's ok cuz now I understand what keeping the weather forcast on your igoogle settings is all about .... Yuh know how we in de Islands does Look the calendar year over EVERY year and check out de long weekends and mek plans for dem? .. Well I think people here look at the weather forcast EVERY DAY to make plans... Rain? .. um stay home... Sun .. AH Picnic.... Sun with Chances of Rain ? ... Let's go hang out somewhere????
Whey Yuh Sey??? .. Love de weather God Gih Yuh Yes!! .. Cus Somewhere else somebody Loving up they own!!! ..
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