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Category: Ramblings | Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:44 am

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Once upon a time there was a man called Ivo Caprino. He built a fairy tale park near Lillehammer, and we went for a visit.

The trolls play a big part in Norwegian fairy tales. This troll didn't manage to hide before sunrise, and turned into stone. He doesn't look too unhappy about it though:



All proper fairy tales need a castle. Here's the one in the park:



All castles need a princess. This is the one who lives in the castle:



All princesses need lovely surroundings, of course:





And all princesses need a hero to rescue her from the three-headed troll:



A few of our fairy tales comes to life inside that castle. The princess nobody could silence:



Askeladden (the ash lad) and the good helpers:



The three trolls that shared one eye in Heddal woods:



The troll horse and the princess on top of the glass mountain:



Look at the crowd cheering:



This is depicting Edvard Grieg's music "The hall of the mountain king":



You can listen to the dramatic music piece on YouTube.

I think the sandbox is very creative:



Nobody played in it because there was cold rain coming down all day long. We had a nice stay despite of the weather.


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Biita wrote on Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:55 am:

Wow,,I guess we need to go back to Lillehammer for a visit! We seen it as we were out, but didn't stop. Great pics, and stories you included. I'm so happy you had a great time, even if the weather rained that day. Thank you for sharing!

Personally I think all of Norway is like a fairytale. lol. Its just so different from any other place in the world.

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eileen wrote on Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:07 am:

We've nothing like that here in Scotland. What a great place to spend a day!!! I love the skeleton in the sand pit. Thanks for the photographs Droopy.

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toni wrote on Sun Jun 01, 2008 1:02 pm:

The US being a mish-mash of cultures we don't have fairy tales or myths we can call our own and I think that is part of our problem.

Thanks for sharing yours.

Is the practice of brightly painted walls and furniture in homes still part of interior design there or has that been relegated to the past? I think it is wonderful.

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SongofJoy57 wrote on Sun Jun 01, 2008 3:41 pm:

What a grand time!!!! I love fairytales, and have collected a few old books . . . I would love to go to your land . . . it looks very enchanting!!!

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glendann wrote on Sun Jun 01, 2008 3:56 pm:

That is a wonderful fairytale.I'm so glad to read your fairyland wonder.Thanks for sharing your visit with us.You must have enjoyed it very much.

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Droopy wrote on Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:22 pm:

Thanks all, it's a fun place for children, even when it rains. *lol* Toni, I don't think anybody painted their walls for decor, but doors and wooden furniture were often painted like that. They still are, by the way. That's the sort of handiwork Biita does, it's called rosemaling, rose painting.

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Sjoerd wrote on Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:29 pm:

Thanks a million for the very interesting fotos and commentary.
I don'tr know anything aboput Norwegian fairytales, so this was extra i9nteresting.
Thanks again.

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tschnath wrote on Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:15 am:

I love fairytales, they are fun. It looks like a great place to go. I'm sure the children have a great time with the old bones in the sand box when it's not raining. Thanks for sharing it with us.

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