Hei! Hei!

Alright, so it is almost the end of welcome week here at NHH. So far, I have been having a wonderful time! I'm starting to settle in, and have really enjoyed decorating my room and cooking my own meals! (Yes Mother, I am actually cooking. Believe it or not.) Anyways, on Tuesday, I went with 6 of my friends to city centre to get some important items: shampoo, conditioner, socks, tape, brush etc. It was pretty nice outside so I got to see the beauty of Bergen in daylight! For all of those who haven't seen what Bergen looks like, here is a little taste.

The picture above is a part of city centre called Bryggen. I can pronounce it really well with my awesome Norwegian accent. Anyways, more pictures to come of the beautiful scenery here! One of the great things about Bergen is the Starbucks-like drinks that you can get in convenience stores. All of us hadn't eaten in a LONG time, so we got food and then stopped at 7-Eleven for some drinks. It is funny though, because everyone here thinks that I'm from Norway so they all talk to me in Norwegian. The other problem is, I want to be seen as a local so badly that I never respond in English, I just smile like an idiot.

This is our group touring the city! Alise was taking the picture, but she's wonderful.
Then, we made the trip to IKEA. Basically, IKEA is awesome and is the only way that I could afford anything for my room because everything in Norway is so expensive! We had to take the bus back, though which wasn't fun because I bought quite a bit...

So...that was Tuesday. On Wednesday, we had orientation at the school in the morning and I met all of the other exchange students. There are nine Canadians here, all from the East but I don't know them very well. We met with our mentor groups for the first time after our morning session. I'm just briefly going to list the names of the people in my group and where they are from. I have three mentors:
Simon-England
Christoffer-Norway
George-New York City/Paris
Then, the rest of us!
Caroline-France
Michael-Germany
Carlota-Spain
Jia Yun-Singapore
Toby-Switzerland
Callum-New Zealand
Polina-Russia
Oliver-Finland
Jan Hendrik-Holland
Before our "Baptism into NHH" we had a pre-party where we got to know each other. It was really great, and I love everyone in my group! Then, we went to "Klubben", one of the many bars on campus for our first party. Lots of dancing, laughing, and talking. And...they played Single Ladies so I went a little crazy. But that's to be expected. Yesterday, we had course registration in the morning and then games at the gym in the afternoon. Then, my mentor group had a pre-party at Christoffer's apartment. On our way there, however, it was snowing like crazy! Here, the snow is very wet so we were completely soaked! I capture the moment with Caroline and Polina.

Then, went to "Metro", a club in city centre and had a great time!


Finished the night with some McDonalds (I know, I know-I'm a horrible person. DBJ), watched an episode of The Vampire Diaries with Simone while drinking tea, and then slept through the whole night!! I think I'm finally getting over my jet lag!
Anyways, more stories to come-I miss you all and hope you are loving life!
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