Despite the monarchs increasing age, they still do quite a bit of traveling. \u00a0They will spend nearly two weeks in the U.S. this fall visiting New York and the Midwest (Iowa and Minnesota specifically). \u00a0I don\u00b4t think their full itinerary has been made public yet, but I imagine they will visit St. Olaf, my Alma Mater. \u00a0Since I can remember, members of the Norwegian Royal Family have visited numerous times. \u00a0In New York, they will celebrate the 100th anniversaty of the American Scandinavian Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n Another piece of interesting news on the Royal Family involves a church in Miami, FL. \u00a0This fall, Sj\u00f8mannskirken Kronprinsesse Mette-Marits Kirke-Scandinavian Church and Center<\/strong> will open. \u00a0Sj\u00f8mannskirken <\/strong>(The Seamen\u00b4s Church), which operates the Norwegian Seamen\u00b4s Churches around the world supports the naming of this church. \u00a0Mette-Marit,<\/strong> a former party girl, has shown a more religious side of herself in recent years. \u00a0She goes on pilgrim hikes, promotes hymns, and supports the State Church. \u00a0The church in Miami will be the 6th church that bears a royal name (the others are in Stockholm, Paris, New York, Torrevieja in Spain, and Copenhagen). \u00a0Visit the Sj\u00f8mannskirke <\/a>website with a page in Norwegian on the new church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I must admit, I\u00b4m a bit tired of hearing about the Royal wedding in England. \u00a0Every time I turn on the news or the radio I hear something about what the kind of underwear Kate plans to wear or how down-to-earth, yet very classy she is. \u00a0I also don\u00b4t care much whether William has facial…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2011\/04\/DSC02072-e1303980668226-350x241.jpg\")