Sterling Bear's Holiday Pictures 1

Sterling Bear arrived in Tyssedal safely, if a little later than anticipated. While she was here she met a new friend, Friendship Bear, and she had a sightsing around Tyssedal. Here she is, ready to go.

The first thing we wanted to show her was our sports arena "Tyssohallen". This is where our fotball teams and gymnastics groups practice. People have played foootball here for years and years, but a couple of years ago we got a "real" football field, an indoor hall and a club house. It is all thanks to many of the parents in Tyssedal who not only managed to get the founding for building it, but also put in hours and hours of volunteer work to actually build it. We are very proud of "Tyssohallen", and of our parents.

Sometimes during summer holidays the weather is nice enough for us to have a swim. We can swim in the fjord, but with the meltwater from the glacier it can be quite cold unless the weather has been warm for some days. We also have a small outdoor pool, "badedammen" where we can swim and play.

We play outside a lot. Some of the children in year 5 have a little hut that they have built themselves. There are many other games to play outside too, like hide and seek and climbing trees. Sterling Bear tried a little tree- climbing while she was here.

Sometimes we go to the school yard after school and play a bat-and-ball game we call "langball" with the other children who are there. That way we get to play with children who are both younger and older than we are. Everybody knows everybody here.

When we visit our friends, we often use our bicycles to get around. In Tyssedal there are many steep hills to get up and down, so we really have use for our protection equipment! Here is a picture of the view from upper Tyssedal. It gives you an idea of how steep the hills might be.