It is officially the end of my first full week in Oslo. I am slowly adapting to the European differences in lifestyles. Compared to America, it's a bit more laid back. Overall, the speed of people's life seems to be more casual and slowed down. Civilians walk to and from, with bread in their backpacks and umbrellas in hand (which, by the way, seems to be a status symbol in this town). People walk everywhere and take trains and busses when they can't. The car flow is thinner, but the smell of gas and oil still lingers in the air. However, Oslo is a very clean city. There is occasional trash on the sidewalks, but nothing significant enough for me to turn my head. The two German girls I met, along with another from Atlanta, visited
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