Im in Norway. Yah sure you betcha

Well its official. I'm in Norway.
It is starting to sink in that I am here finally, although I think the idea of a whole 3 months hasn't quite sunk in.

The plane ride over was uneventful, just long with 3 transfers all in all. The main SAS flight on over was nice because I had a filling warm dinner, a solid sleep, and then woke up with breakfast. Also the timing of the flight has left me with very little jet lag thankfully.

The land of the Norsk doesn't seem all that different to me so far. It is just subtle differences, like the airports are so much prettier and the houses we passed on the train seemed to have a little village charm thrown in. The biggest differnece is that for once I am not one with the native tounge. I can't understand hardly anything people say. It isn't all that bad though becuase everyone speaks great English and if you need help you can ask and get an answer easily. It's kinda funny though becuase I no longer know the language my brain has decided to compensate by remebering Spanish words so I catch my self saying si and lo siento a lot.

So far in Hamar I have shopped and thats about it. We (there is four others from PLU with me) had to make sure to do the shopping yesterday becuase everything is closed on the weekends. Thankfully Christine's roomate is from Norway and could help us hunt down things we needed in the stores as well as be a translator. The grocery store is a fun adventure with everything labeled in Norsk and trying to figure out what you need without freaking out about prices. The trouble is that everything is in Kroner, (NOK) which is roughly about 6 NOK to 1 USD. It ends up with me spending 466.56 NOK, which seems like a lot but is really only $76.

Well thats all for now. It's time to make some breakfast. Cheers