http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/SharkLady/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from SharkLady en-us Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:17:10 +0000 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:17:10 +0000 Yay I am ALL done with finals and since the tests are FINALLY over I can finally update this blog which I've wanted to do ever since I got back but got a little bombarded with the studying. So after Copenhgagen I arrived in Stockholm around 1pm and was so exhausted barely able to keep my eyes open until I saw the Swedish welcoming pictures of famous people at the airport. And when I passed In http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/blog-459191.html Wow can't believe that it is December 12th and I have finished all of my traveling within Europe during this fall semester. It has been quite a semester and quite a time in my life. And this last adventure had some key excitements to it that made it totally worth the lack of sleep going solo to one city and just getting away from Bodo. Well first off I should point out kind of a strange coinci http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-459190.html This entry is not about traveling it's not about the things I've done over the past week or the new friends I've made or the laughs we have shared. It's about an old event an old friend one that passed away exactly 2 years and 3 days ago today. And when the date was pointed out to me earlier this afternoon I just stopped and stared. I wasn't home I was in Sweden on the actual anniversary of h http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/Nord-Norge/Bodo/blog-459385.html So I am a little behind in my updates but last Thursday was Thanksgiving and it was by far the best day here in Bodo. It didn't start of so well as I just got agitated by some things of the past and it ruined most of the first half of my day. It just got me thinking too much and feeling bad about things. But around 4pm when the people started showing up and I was running around helping Libby and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/Nord-Norge/Bodo/blog-456373.html Continuation from Part One...After an awesome day of sightseeing I returned to my hostel to shower and get ready. Sadly all of my roommates had checked out so I wasn't sure when or if I would be getting new ones. And then my phone started going off reminding me that my GRE scores were available. So I went and got a Global Card went to the nearest pay phone and dialed in to America to check my http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-455873.html Well it's been a few days since I returned from the United Kingdom and I still can't believe that I got to go. Despite going alone it was by far one of the best trips of my life and one of the best experiences that I've had since being here in Europe. Maybe it's because I've dreamt about London for a very long time and trust me it didn't disappoint. I am a nut for British authors actors their http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-455871.html Life in Norway...well here I am writing yet another blog about this beautiful Scandinavian country and only two days after I wrote my last one. I guess writing kind of helps me helps me clear my mind too. And I'm just sitting here in the comforts of my room waiting on my Russian friend. Have you ever waited on a Russian Well they are quite the characters as they give you a time end up being a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/Nord-Norge/Bodo/blog-454660.html So today was NOT the best day...actually it was downright sad. My roommate and I both were on the verge of tears and we haven't seen the worst of it yet. Today was our last Norwegian language class with Kit. I went to the afternoon session while my roommy and some of my later class favorites also went to the morning session. So in the afternoon one there were only about 9 people and we had a sho http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/Nord-Norge/Bodo/blog-453713.html There was a spark of inspiration a need to write a few hours ago. What was it that brought this on Well I was watching Julie and Julia sewing part of the strap on my travel backpack and sipping a warm cup of tea when I suddenly felt the urge...the need. Could it be because the heroine of this movie the whiny yet determined Julie was blogging about her cooking triumphs and following the recip http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/Nord-Norge/Bodo/blog-452722.html After returning from Auschwitz our spirits were pretty low...especially Destinee's whose family had been Hungarian Roma gypsies that we learned were just all killed one day in a brutal execution. Nevertheless as it wasn't extremely cold outside we decided to go trinket shopping for our family. We wandered in and out of the alleyways around the market square a couple times to find the best de http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Krakow/blog-451769.html It's so strange to think that it's November 8th. Time has gone by pretty quick. It seems like every year once Halloween hits the rest of the year just blows by. Well Halloween here in Norway was alright. They don't really celebrate it here rather they go door to door at Christmas and do kind of a caroling tradition then. And since the only good nights to go out are Wednesdays and Fridays there http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Krakow/blog-450039.html It's now Monday and my Sunday went by so quick just like my trip to Trondheim. I can't believe it's almost November Anyways my trip to Trondheim was absolutely amazing even if it was a little quiet as I was by myself. I was a little nervous as I was packing on Thursday night. I love traveling and don't mind going alone but heading out at night by myself has always intimidated me a little. But http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/Trondelag/Trondheim/blog-448097.html It's Sunday one of my used to be favorite days of the week and I am back to the comforts on my little humble home in Hoglimyra. A part of me really wishes I was still out traveling out occupying my mind moving doing stuff seeing new things taking pictures wearing myself out walking all over a city and just out doing. Instead I'm being a bum now and writing this blog before I tackle my hom http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/Nord-Norge/Bodo/blog-446628.html As I walked to class this morning after a brisk night that covered the layer of ice with a nice layer of powdery fresh snow I kind of zoned out while Libby and Brad talked about fishing. Now I love fishing but these two...they live to fish. And they have so many fish in their freezer that their apartment now smells like fish. So as they talked about it and I remembered the fact that I left home http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/Nord-Norge/Bodo/blog-444633.html ldquoTwenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didnrsquot do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.rdquo Mark TwainIt is with cold ears and a humble heart that I write these words. My camera is still cold to the touch my legs still reddened from a chi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/Nord-Norge/Bodo/blog-442912.html It's snowing Okay well it was snowing last night at approximately 3a.m. when I was walking home from the student pub Samfunnet after a very fun and interesting night with some old friends and some new. So not only did the snow put me in an even better mood it just made me smile which hasn't happened a whole lot this week.It's been a LONG quiet week here in Bod. And it all started after com http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/Nord-Norge/Bodo/blog-441716.html Day Three had to be my favorite day in Bergen. It didn't start off the greatest though as bad dreams constant snoring from the Spanish guy and people whispering and packing up their stuff to leave early in the morning caused mine and Destinee's sleep to be a little interrupted. The joys of staying in a hostel though I guess However we were surprised to find that two of our 6 roommates were A http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/Vestlandet/Bergen/blog-440806.html The past week has been a bit of a blur as I set off on my first Norwegian vacation. But there were things that occurred the night before I departed during the trip and last night when I returned that I have been thinking about a lot. I did something...something very unlike me. I finally found my anger and I did something sneaky. And perhaps the concept was for the right reasons but in actuality http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/Vestlandet/Bergen/blog-440395.html It's Sunday and another rainy day here in Norway. There is a sense of calm on the horizon and a sense of unrest in my room. It has been a very trying week...okay it's been trying for awhile but this week was especially trying. Why Well the weather has been very dreary. It's been raining with heavy winds all week. And the sky is filled with a gray hue that everyone can sense in their hearts. Th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/Nord-Norge/Bodo/blog-434669.html Hilsen fra Bodo.It's nighttime here again in the small Norwegian city above the Arctic Circle. And today was not an overactive day by any standards but not my slowest day either. It started a little too early and I had a bit of trouble pulling myself out of bed at 7a.m. to get to my one and only class today Norwegian language at 815a.m. And after putting in my eyes aka my contacts I popped http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/Nord-Norge/Bodo/blog-434661.html