Just back from a March 2003 visit to Norway. Highly recommend the Hafjell ski area just north of Lillehammer. Our family of four stayed at the Oyer Gjestegard hotel right down the road from the ski area, and found it wonderfully convenient. The staff is friendly and everyone speaks English, although I think we were the only English speakers at the hotel. The family room was smallish, but comfortable, except for one sofa which was made up as a bed but was too narrow. Our older child slept in the bunk bed which is over the larger parent's bed. Go to the Web site ... for lots of info about the area. We did the obvious, ski, both cross-country and downhill (my first ski lesson, and I'm 42, so anyone can try it!) We also made arrangements through the local Tourist Office (which is right across the street from the hotel) to do some extras, like an evening horse-drawn sleigh ride, a ride down the Olympic bobsled track in a special "bobraft" (a blast for the adults and my 10 year old, but the 3 year old was too young) plus dog-sledding (we got to drive the sled, too) and tobogganing down a snowy hillside. On that last one, we were again the only English speakers amongst another family from Denmark, but the squeals of delight from the kids were universal. The host family were local Norwegian farmers, who didn't speak much English but were very friendly and hosted all of us in their farmhouse for cookies and hot drinks afterwards. All of this ran into a pretty penny, but was worth every cent. Go!!