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                  This weekend has been a pretty slow one. It was Cara's first full
                  week of work at UiB, so I kind of let her set the pace. None of
                  that hike 10 miles up a mountain nonsense. We
                  spent yesterday afternoon at Ikea. We took the free bus up
                  there from the fish market and had lunch (yummy kjøttboller!)
                  there at the cafeteria. Ikea makes more sense after having
                  been to several Norwegian shopping centers. Then today we
                  loafed around and took advantage of the sunshine swimming in
                  the North Sea at the Nordnes Sjøbad. 13°C! I got
                  stung by a jellyfish, but the kiddoes also brought goggles so
                  we got to look at the starfish on the rocks underwater. Cara
                  was unsure about the cold water at first, but after a few
                  minutes she got used to the idea of swimming out there with
                  me and Zara.
                 
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