When I woke up this morning, the house was empty so I got ready and made myself breakfast and then walked down to the T-Bane station. The ticket machine was out of order so I had to go find another station down the track before I could get on. By this time it was already 1 and the kids we're getting out of school. They don't have any school buses so all of the kids ride the T-Bane to school and back so the train was filled up with middleschoolers on the way to do...

Today, I said goodbye to Peter and Sissel and hopped on a train bound for Oslo and new adventures. I'm staying with Sissel's sister Anne Christine and her family for two nights. Their oldest daughter Julie met me at the train station when I arrived. She had just come home the day before from studying at UW of all places! We walked around the downtown area for awhile and she showed me the opera house, Akershus Festning (Akershus Fortress, which was built in the 13...

Peter and Sissel were so generous that they wanted to pay for my fjord sightseeing trip, despite my insistence otherwise. They couldn't go since they had to watch the kids so Peter dropped me off at the dock and I set off by myself! The boat trip lasted about 2 hours and took us up through the fjords to a little town called Mo. I sat on the second story of the boat the whole time, which is uncovered. It turned out to be a perfect day, so I got to enjoy the warm s...

I woke up and went upstairs to find the whole family in the kitchen making breakfast. All three of their kids are so cute and little Caroline Louise was very shy and curious of this newcomer to their home. After we finished eating, everyone started getting ready for the day. I got to meet Sissel's brother and parents when they dropped off their Volvo for us to use to today (cause it seats 8). Our first stop was Troldhaugen, the home of composer Edvard Grieg who l...

Today I bid farewell to David and Hannah and set off on the train, by myself in Europe for the first time! After about 4 hours I found myself in Oslo, Norway. A new country and a whole new language. And it was downpouring. But luckily I wasn't trying to sightsee in the rain, I was traveling further west to Bergen, Norway's second biggest city. The Oslo station was closed for maintenance so instead they had buses traveling to nearby stations where people could cat...