MUNKHOLMEN

May 24th, 2002

In the morning Ari Behn hosted an excursion to Munkholmen, while Princess Märtha Louise prepared herself for the wedding. Around 10:00 the royal guests and family members, many still sleepy after having partied long, arrived at the quay at Ravnkloa. Most guests wore beige and grey colours, except for the Prince of Orange who arrived in red trousers. By boat they toured the Trondheimfjord heading for their destiny, the island of Munkholmen. The sphere on board was very good.

At Munkholmen the guests enjoyed a 30-minute performance of extracts of the opera "Olav Engelbrektsson" by the Steinvikholm Music Theatre, a wedding gift from the county administration of Sør-Trøndelag. Afterwards Queen Sonja and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden chatted with the singers. A lunch was served at Griffenfeldts big room. The main course existed of 'dampet breiflabb' and 'ristede kamskjell med spinat', asparagus, roots, potatos with salmon-caviar sauce. As a drink the guests were served a French white wine, Gentil Hügel. As a dessert they got strawberry - and vanilla-mousse on a bottom of walnuts and with marinated fruit on top.