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My Home Page: Kelly Petit
Welcome here! I hope that you'll enjoy the pictures of my family and of my two countries. Maybe you'll feel like taking a trip either to Norway or France afterwards. While you're reading this page, you're listening to
Morning
composed by Grieg.
My Background
I was born in a small town,
Odda
in the south-western fjord
Hardanger
in
Norway
,the land of
trolls and the
midnight sun.
That is where my national dress comes from, it does look Norwegian doesn't it? All girls in my region get a dress like that at their confirmation. I spent most of
my youth
there, but I also spent some of
my
childhood-years on
B¢mlo, an island
off the West coast South of
Bergen,
where my
mother
,and
my sister and her family
still live and where we have
a chalet
. I have
another sister
who lives in the small town
Sauda
in one of the
Ryfylkefjords
I have lived with my family in France for quite a long time since I married a
Frenchman
32 years ago.I have lived in
France
since then, most of the time in
Angers
where we live now. We have
three children
: two sons living in France, and a daughter who is married to a Norwegian and lives in Norway.
My daughter and my son-in-law
have three
sons
the first, Frédéric, was born in March 1995. The second one called Pål-Henry was born in September 1998, and the third one, Patrick, was born in January 2000. We used to have a
cat
called Pussy, but she left us after almost 16 years of loyal friendship.
My Interests
I guess that the best - and fastest - way to really get to know me is by discovering what I like. So here goes . . . I love to
go boating
in summer,
skiing
in winter and
being with friends
.I adore movies - especially classic films. I like music, but once again I'm rather influenced by my background, I must admit I have a special taste for Norwegian music, both classic music and folkmusic. I'm an avid reader. I read all kinds of books from classic literature to modern science fiction and detective stories. Another passion is
genealogy
, which takes a lot of my time. But once you get hooked up there, you can't leave. I also like handicraft like
knitting.
I like dancing, especially good old Norwegian dances! Last but not least I'm a computer addict! And, of course, I like my job : teaching English! I bet you thought I was going to say Norwegian!:-)
Here are some pictures from the
Parismeet
with friends from the afpf's group in September 2001. We had a swell time.
My Personal Records
Retrospective of my life up to date in images
Still some work to do!
(Copyright © 1997 : JPayne)
Links to My Favorite Sites
Another way to really get to know someone - especially someone who spends as much time on the Internet as I do - is to learn their favorite sites:
Scandinavian art and literature on the web.
Art from Norway : click here and visit Eric Formoe's site.
Snorre Edda.
A good site if you intend to travel in the land of the Vikings.
Links to friends' home pages :
© 1998
kellypetit@hotmail.com
My E-mail address
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This page last updated on February 15, 2000
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