Official opening of the norwegian embassy in Lebanon

Picture taken on "by the way" here you see Camilla and I with the Norwegian flag in the back ground.

We were invited for a celebration, it was the official opening of the Norwegian embassy in Lebanon, the embassy was opened the 22^nd of October 2007, and the ambassador will be approved when the new president is elected and approved her, inshallah, I hope that this date will come very soon.

The opening took placee in a Norwegian owned pub called “by the way” where they actually sells Norwegian waffles. It was a big surprise for me that there were so many Norwegians in Lebanon, I guessed there were around 30 Norwegians in this country, but after I talked to the internship (that turned out to be from Ålesund) there are as many as 70 people here.

It was strange to be surrounded by so many people speaking Norwegian, and I must say it would actually be more comfortable to speak in English. It was served food with a loud speaking crowd present. We mingled around and tried as best as we could to talk to many people. The most people living and working here are on different missions through helping organisations, like for example Norwegian refugee council, the UN and ect. It was really nice to meet Norwegians again, and it temps for repetitions.