Indescribable Bergen!

Wow, my time in Norway with my family in Bergen has been incredible. So incredible it is difficult to write about both emotionally and hard to put into words. But I will do my best. We [family in the US] first got into contact with family in Bergen, Norway on April 1, 1998 exactly 9 years ago on this past April 1st when I was at their flat. Thankfully my wonderful Grandma had the will to find family and learn more about our family before we came to America. Through her research she found Gunnar, and they have been emailing since they first made contact 9 years ago. As a young kid I can remember my Grandma and Mom reading me these emails and explaining where Norway was, and I have always wanted to come and visit. So you can imagine what meeting our family here meant to me.
When I got off the train in Bergen, after traveling for a day straight and being up for two days straight...totally worth it, I was nervous about not being able to pick Gunnar and his wife Britt out of the crowd on the platform. Miraculously it was a non issue as a I found a couple and we both checked eachother out and somehow instantly knew eachother even though pictures we had of eachother were 8 or so years old. It was almost like it was meant to be, which is how the whole trip felt.
Gunnar and Britt were so great to me, taking time off from work to show me around Bergen, Lakevag, and where Nodre Vaggen was [where my family is from] before the Nazis took over the area in World War II. I got to meet my grandmothers first cousins who are wonderful women, so hilarious! Neither of them speak english and I only know the little Norwegian they taught me so there was a great language barrier. Thankfully Gunnar has excellent english and was able to translate so I could speak to them. Gunnars mother even tried to speak to me in German just in case! I also met one of Gunnars daughters and her adorable 5 year old daughter. Saying goodbye to them was very difficult, and I already miss them very much! I will write more later when I have had more time to digest what I have just gone through, there is so much to write about.
My current plan is to leave for Ireland this Friday, Good Friday in fact, but this might change due to poor transportation in Ireland on the weekend. I might leave for Ireland tomorow which would be fine with me, it is really hard to be in Norway and not be in Bergen. But as I said I will write more later!
Harda!