On my Norwegian, I'm a such a failure. I'm beginning to understand a little bit, but I don't speak any and if I do try it takes a while for people to understand what I am trying to say. So it can be very frustrating at times. It can also be upsetting when your just sitting there like I REALLY want to be able to understand this but I can't, or when you know that you should know what it means, but your memory fails you. Oh and since I have come here my memory has failed, I think it's the constant flow of new things that my brain is like omg too much can't remember it all.
I had my first session of real homesickness a couple of weeks back. It was horrible because there wasn't anything specific that I was upset over and I just couldn't stop crying definitely didn't enjoy that. Even though I was crying I never actually wanted to go back home, which I feel is a good thing so I don't really miss home in a way that I want to go back, I think it was more that reality hit me that I was going to be here for a year. Since then I haven't been that upset, I will get little bits of sadness which I just have to push through and distract myself.
My body has adjusted to the temperature, I now think that 7 degrees is warm, which is slightly scary. But hopefully that means I'll be able to wear shorts in summer without freezing. Also my host family has come to realise just how unfit I am (they didn't believe me at first) and are quite amazed. So I think they have plans to make me fit by the end of the year. Stine said that she will take me running (yes me running, I know, it will be hilarious) so I will probably die but it will burn off all that Norwegian chocolate :) Oh and my family is the perfect match everything just feels normal (besides the large amounts of walking) I don't think I have any problems with them at all and hopefully they feel the same, if not awkward :)
I nearly forgot, we had the winter vacation and during it we went to visit Stine's family that lives in Oslo. On the way we took the boat across to Sweden and then went shopping in Sweden for a bit and then left to go to Oslo. So.. I have now officially been to Sweden YAY!!! Even if it was only for a few hours and just to the shop, was still there :) In Oslo we went to Vigelandsparken which has famous sculptures of naked people, was really random but cool. Also met up with another exchanger and they showed me around Oslo and got to see all the sights there, so that was fun.
And just as an end note it does not feel like I have been here for as long as I have, time is going by so fast. Also this post has been a massive ramble of thoughts going through my mind, so if you didn't understand sorry :)
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| Trondheim |
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| My school/ town |
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| Me looking stylish :P |
