Arriving in Norway

 

Hello! Sorry for the delay in new posts. Been recovering from a cold (doing a lot better now :D)

So I am in Norway now and it's been pretty fantastic thus far! I had a nice somewhat short flight and met up with my pen pal Amanda just fine. We had a nice chat during the drive back to her house while she pointed out some things in her town. It kind of reminds me of Sandy, small but still fairly large. When we got to her house, we watched an episode of "How I Met Your Mother", "Phineas and Ferb", and I showed her the movie "Kiki's Delivery Service" since she had never heard of Miyazaki before. Met her mom and she is so friendly! She is always smiling and is just so cute :)

On Thursday (July 19), I slept in the longest I've ever had so far (till 11am). For breakfast we ate some bread with lots of different things to top it with. I tried some Norwegian cheeses, a chocolate topping (it was a mousse-like version of nutella but no hazelnut taste. it was still DELICIOUS), some little fish, and showed Amanda the American classic combo of PB and J. After we ate, Amanda and I went to the mall to look for a European adapter for my electronics and I met Amanda's friend Mona while she was working. We got some ice cream and chilled in the Solbrod cafe while we savored our ice cream (I attempted to make a Winnie the pooh sculpture with my ice cream. Looked nothing like him, but I tried). Amanda and I then looked around the mall while we waited for Mona to get off work. We spent most of the time in the Body Shop (the "Bath and Body" of Europe) and Mona met up with us there.

Amanda then drove Mona and I to a city at the coast named Glesnes and we had some snacks while we talked about things that were the same or different in Norway compared to the states.

We all then went to the super market to pick up some stuff for another friend named Juni. Afterwards, we went to Juni's house to pick her up and we drove around to the little islands. After our mini road trip we went back to June's house in hopes of seeing a dolphin. He didn't show up but we all had a fun just hanging out.

Yesterday (July 20), Amanda took me to see Bergen. We saw a juggler named Bob do some cool tricks, we went on a train that went up to the top of a mountain for a phenomenal view of the city, went a on guided tour in a museum about the old merchant and fisherman lifestyles back in older Bergen, walked through the fish market, played for some of the lobsters and dead fish, looked at some funny hats, and spent a lot of time looking around in a  bookstore.

When we got back to Amanda's house, her aunt and cousin were there for a visit and they were pretty nice. 

Working on posting the pictures now, hopefully they'll be all rotated this time.

Good night everyone :)