Min år i Norge

This blog is for my friends, family, and anyone who is thinking about or participating in an exchange program. It will document my everyday life and learning of the language and culture in Norway!

Monday, October 24, 2011

Lengt tid siden min siste post!

Long time since my last post!
Sorry på oppdatering ikke mitt blogg! I haven't been doing too much, but some good stuff has indeed happened. The football team has been doing great, we just recently won the semifinals on our home field 41-0 over Bergen! This Saturday we go for gold against the only team that's defeated us, the Oslo Trolls.
Min norsk går bra, men jeg bør snakker mer. Det klasser med andre utvekslingstudent er fin, og hjelper mye.
Well that's all I can think of for now, so I'll try to update more regularly... Ha det bra!

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Hyttetur, Hundkjøring, og Skole

Trip to the cabin, dogsledding, and school
last thursday me and my family went to their cabin in Hurdal, which i am told is just forest. From what i saw, that was pretty accurate. They used to live there, before they moved to Eidsvoll. at the cabin I got to try dogsledding, and it was awesome! we didnt use a sled due to lack of snow, but they use carts for the mountain road i did it on. the owner said they can reach 40-50 km/h!
i got back from the cabin saturday night, and i dont think we did anything the rest of the weekend. if we did i forget...
other than that ive  just been back in school. i wrote a short story in norwegian the other day, i think it was ok. jeg kan snakker og forstår mer og mer hver dag, og jeg tenker det min skriving og lesing er ok, for nå! ha det bra!

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Fotball kamp, Oslo, og 4 dager av... stuff.

Football game, Oslo, and 4 days of stuff
so i havent updated the blog in a while because ive been really tired... right now its 4 am.
I'll start with saturday; That was the day of our home game against the Oslo Vikings. They're one of our main rivals, but we shut them out 25-0, plus i played a pretty good game i thought. it was a great day.
Sunday we took easy, just chilling at home playing games and watching tv. that was it
Monday i headed out at 9am to Oslo alone, fending for myself in the wild. It took a short bike ride, bus, then train to get there, but i did. there i met up with two of my friends from AFS and we headed to an Americans apartment. From there we were going to go to an american pizza place, but it was closed so we took the bus to what was once norways biggest mall. There we found a burger king, and just hung around while we figured out what we wanted to do. after getting soft is med sjokolade (vanilla soft serve with nesquik on top), we decided to head to Veiglands park, to see the naked statues. That was a blast!
after that we took the trikk (norwegian charlie) back to the area surrounding Oslo S (Sentralstasjon) and i had a classic norwegian cheeseburger- salad, corn, and thousand island dressing. it was good though!
once i got home we had a turkish meal prepared by Ilke, an exchange student from turkey who is staying with us for the week. it was veldig bra!
Today, october 4, was my dads birthday. i really  missed him, but i know he had a good time. Im so thankful for him, and hes really been helping me out throughout the year (more than you'd expect). Gratulerer med dagen!