The holiday is here and we would like to send our love and blessings to family and friends around the world. We wish you a peaceful Christmas and even if Christmas is often a lot of work too, we hope you find time to relax and just be together with your family.
Here, Christmas food was pork ribs prepared Norwegian style, Chester (a kind of big chicken) and a dessert called Dronning Maud fromasj. We celebrated in our house together with Eni’s family.
Merry Christmas!
The Wisnaes/Rodrigues family in Brazil.
It is difficult to describe in few words the gratitude we feel towards our family and friends for everything in connection with our wedding.
We got a lot of wonderful presents, money and help. The list of people we would like to thank is too long to put here, but a heartfelt THANK YOU goes out to everyone. And there is a picture on the way to you.
The day in Norway was perfect from start to end. And the dinners we have had here in Brazil have been lovely.
Now we are looking forward to seeing as many as possible of you here in our house. You are all welcome, let us know as early as possible.
Months have passed since the summer, but I am finally adding some more to this website.
After coming to Norway, Eni and Tete stayed with me in Oslo for a week to try to get papers ready. We got that sorted out, met many friends there and then headed for Karmøy and my family.
Weeks of sunshine passed. I never thought I would hear a Brazilian complain about the temperature in Norway, but it actually happened. Not only that - Eni managed to get a sunburn while she was at the beach. This say a lot about summer 2006 at Karmøy! The water did not get too warm though. But that did not stop Eni and Tete from trying a swim! I am quite impressed by their guts to try just about everything that people suggested in Norway. They even tried Gammelost (literal translation: Old cheese - fermented, well aged cheese)! Not that they or (or I) liked it. But they tried.
The big day, August 5th 2006 came and we had perfect weather. After a beautiful ceremony we headed for the old part of Skudeneshavn and the beach at Åkrehamn to take pictures. Simon Bjørn Nielsen was the generous photographer and we are forever grateful to him for the beautiful pictures. We are waiting for your visit to Brazil, Simon!
The party was held in a place quite close to my parents house. There were about 50 guests that gathered to celebrate with us. We had some wonderful food, heard many lovely words from family and friends, sang, danced and enjoyed the moment. And then time for cakes. When you visit the Wisnaes family, you will never leave hungry…
The last weeks in Norway was spent packing my stuff to get it ready to ship to Brazil. I will be moving there as soon as possible, but still go to Norway to work. After a couple of days in Oslo running around to various offices and the Brazilian Embassy in Oslo Eni and Tete went home to Brazil with heavy luggage.
The autumn has been full of work for me and I am now in Brazil. Before I left Norway, I went to the Brazilian Embassy in Oslo to pick up our marriage registration. The Norwegian registration was a mere formality. After bringing the paper from the Embassy to a cartorio (public register) here in Goiania, we now also have a Brazilian marriage certificate and we are officially married in both Norway and Brazil.
Since none from Eni’s family could come to Norway for the ceremony, we have had a series of dinners here in Goiania to celebrate our marriage. I have been received with open arms here and really feel welcome. It is a great feeling.
We hope as many as possible of our friends around the world will come to visit us here. Think about Brazil for your next vacation and let us know well in advance. We might be able to help you plan a wonderful vacation here in Brazil.
If you need help translating any documents to Norwegian, Portuguese or English, I recommend you talk to Arne Berge in Oslo. I can put you in touch with him. Just call me or drop me a message.
