Reisen til Norge

(be warned this is probably a long one)

Final preparations for my trip to Bergen began on the 3rd August, i spent the whole morning packing and re packing my suitcases in the hope that they would not be too far over the weight limit - which meant i had to leave a fair amount of my things behind - sad times- i am far too materialistic for my own good :Pbut finally i managed to get packed and ready to leave.The first destination on my Journey was south london in order to say goodbye to my family and to avoid having to drive to the airport from Leicester at stupid o clock in the morning. Driving down to london was so fun especially watching my sister Alice mime along to the new eminiem song feat rihanna.when we got to London we headed straight to my aunts house so i could say goodbye to my beautiful cousins;

Ticket Booked!

the title really says it all i have finally booked my plane ticket. I am officially moving to Bergen on August 4th 2010 and i am damn excited!

I decided to move in quite early as i thought it would be nice to get a chance to explore the city a little before all the introductory classes and lectures start.

So now all i really have to do is decide what im going to take with me, two 20kg suitcases really doesn't seem enough :/ where will all my shoes live!? although as i am losing weight at the moment chances are i will have to do some shopping before i go *le sigh* it's a hard life!

**in other news**
I have just gotten back from my camping holiday to camber sands in sussex and i am vair tanned which i am enjoying lots but now it is back to the drudgery of Leicester and work at least the sun is still shining :)

right i'm off to do some inventory of the huge pile of clothes and shoes on my floor most of which i am pretty sure i will never wear again ha!

kyss kyss beaches!

Best letter ever!

Ok so possibly the title of this post is a slight exageration but it certainly felt like that when i opened up my post this morning to see my letter of acceptance from University of Bergen!!

Now that i am 100% sure that i am going i have sooo much to organise, luckily i have already sorted out housing which is one less worry!

39 days to go untill the big move and i am soo excited!

Life Update

Ok so a few people have been nagging me about updating this blog so here i am updating!
the reason i haven't updated in a while is because this blog was meant to be about things i want to do when im IN Noway which i'm not at the moment, that will come in August, so untill then i will try and update it with my preparations for moving :)

expect some more posts soon!

Try smoked salmon

I actually tried this a few weeks ago and the experience was erm strange. not horrible but very different to anything i have ever tried and quite salty.

The reason i decided to try fish is because the last time i was in Norway everyone seemed to think i was completely crazy for not eating meat or fish and it definitely restricted my options at meal times so i have decided to be a lot more open to trying new things including meat and fish...we shall see how it goes!

Listen

Here is the list as it stands at the moment, I'm sure i'm going to add to it loads as i think of more things i want to do or see:

• see the northern lights.
• try hjemmebrent (karsk).
• read a whole book in norwegian.
• visit Alta.
• try lappe.
• celebrate 17 mai in Norway.
• go skiing.
• have a picture taken in Hell.
• try akevit.
• visit preikestolen.
• hold a whole conversation in norwegian.
• get a tattoo.
• see kaisers orchestra
• swim in a fjord
• try smoked salmon
  
• take fløybanen
• To run in the midnight sun marathon (probably 4.2 or 10k)

That's all i can think of off the top of my head.

kyss kyss

Selina

en idé

My housemate Linda and I were in the kitchen today talking about general things, when we started talking about different types of food she had tried since moving to England; crumpets, flapjacks etc, which got us on to the topic of the things i am looking forward to trying during my Exchange to Norway (if it ever gets sorted)which is when i came up with the idea of writing a list!

The plan is to write a list of all the things i would like to try, see and do while i am in Norway (from the huge and amazing things such as seeing the northen lights to the much smaller things like trying lappe) and then each time i am able to tick something off the list i will write an entry of my blog about it!

The List isn't fully compiled yet so that will have to be my next entry.

kyss kuyss

Selina.