Corporate culture here is just a little "different." Today a package arrived from Marathon (Kimber's company) that was a gift to celebrate their take-over of operations on the Alvheim FPSO (the ship she goes to on occasion.) The gift was a pair of wool felt slippers. I think something was lost in translation, but the label was probably meant to say "You can feel as warm in your home as you do in your heart with Marathon taking over the operation."
We also attended a dinner party last night to celebrate the opening of the Volund oil field, which is one of the fields that feeds the FPSO. It was quite a celebration, but a little different than anything you might see in the U.S. After mingling with champagne, the banquet hall was opened to seating and a men's chior performed some songs. There were two songs in particular that were written especially for the occasion. The text of one is pictured on the right. You can click on the picture to get it big enough to read.
Next, there were some speeches, one of which was a safety brief by the hotel banquet coordinator on how to evacuate the hall in case of emergency. Then, as we began the first course, there was a video in Norwegian, which I assume was funny, and which was filmed on the FPSO. The evening's "hosts" were then introduced.
The hosts were a pair of brothers that are apparently very famous in Norway and have a show on Norwegian television. They did a few funny bits in between courses, then a couple of things in Norwegian (which, again, were apparently hilarious.) I will say the "Dancing Penguins" bit was fun to watch. They also did an act in English that was apparently lost in translation.
The food was excellent, and the people-watching was entertaining. There are several Scotsmen working for the company that showed up in full dress kilts (I have to get one!) It was also nice to get together and meet some of the people I have only heard about until now, and I enjoyed all their company.
Finally, another sunrise picture with some really cool clouds from a couple of days ago.
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