Blogs from Norway, Europe - page 166

Danielle's semester has essentially begun, two of her classes (introduction to Norwegian for international students and feminist writers) having started yesterday with the other following next week. I, on the hand, am stuck without school responsibilities for another week and even then I will only have two classes regularly meeting (one of which doesn't convene for the entirety of November). Not sure how I'll keep myself busy in the meantime. Picking berries? Racing stroller-pushing young Oslo parents up and down the trails outside of town? Concocting further situations in which I can embarrass myself in front of the natives? Who knows. The other two classes meet sporadically, one of which I think is largely field-based, perhaps even fjord-based! I'm a bit apprehensive about my science courses, as the classes that I needed to take that were ... read more

Here's a picture from our day at Hovedøye. ... read more

Skøl Everyone!!! Wow...I LOVE Norway! It feels like home to me. We spent our first day of our tour in Lillehamer & toured the Olympic Ski Jump. We made a trip down the ski lift and watched the althetic young lads training on the hill. It was very funny to see this in the middle of summer. But the jump is covered in green plastic fringey stuff and they wet it down. They were jumping right beside us as we came down the lift. The Norwegians keep their homes and properties very neat and tidy! Very colorful. Some homes have tile roofs but there are still lots that have sod roofs. Darlene is concerned about picking her raspberries off the roof. Apparently, the roof does not rot - weird!!! Today we drove up over the mountains ... read more

(Danielle speaking) My blessed being of a father is sending a cheap Dell laptop in to support the troops abroad. So we will be saved. Thank God. Will be able to call people, etc. in about a week, I expect. According to Dan's brother, his has an ethernet port somewhere, but it's been impossible to find. Hmm. We'll see. Just for the record, when we have our Skype up and working again (when internet access is achieved), we can be reached at (816) 399-4749. And we will only hear a call coming through when we're online, but don't hesitate to call if you like, because you can leave messages. We've already gotten some from my dad and Dan's dad. And we will call back as soon as it's a normal time where you live. I am ... read more

Hey Leute! Ich habe es ja schon lange vorgehabt, mal ein paar Bilder aus Norwegen zu zeigen. Jetzt ist die Zeit hier fast rum, und ich habe ewig gebarucht, um mal die Muse zu finden, einen passenden Platz im Internet zu finden, um Bilder daraufzustellen..nun hier sind einige. Bis jetzt sind mir 7 verscheidene Wal-und Delfinarten vor die Augen gekommen. Unser Hauptdarsteller ist aber der Pottwal, deshalb dazu ein paar Infos mehr: schaut auf jeden Fall auch mal diese Seiet an, da gibst noch einiges über unsere safaris (auch selbst von uns Gudies geschrieben: whalesafari.com/m/nyh/?mid=m462&id=21&vn=736 Der Pottwal/ ist ein Tier der Extreme: Er ist der größte aller Zahnwale, männliche Pottwale werden durchschnittlich etwa 16 m lang und wiegen 50 Tonnen. Das entspricht etwa dem Gewicht von 10 Afrikanischen Elefanten. Sie haben den größten Kopf und das ... read more