Ankomst

After a long and uneventful skip over the Atlantic, several hours waiting around airports, and short, crammed ride by train, I have arrived in Hamar, Norge! The first night our PLU gruop was met by Knut Haugen, the International Coordinator at Hedmark University College, and a couple of students and they gave us some info about Hamar and the college, etc. Yesterday we met the international students from Namibia who will be in the Norwegian Society and Culture course with us. We were all invited to the home of Inger Haug, our Professor and the Program Cooridnator, for dinner and conversation, etc. It was really fun. My roommate, Bryanna (also a sophomore at PLU), and I had a very enlightening conversation with two Namibian students after dinner, and it was really a lot of fun to exchange questions and opinions and such. All the students on the trip are very open and interested in lots of different things--its really cool and I'm looking forward to some good discussions in class!!

This morning Bryanna and I met Inger at the Domkirke, a large Lutheran church at the center of town, for service. It was really fun to experience. I understood the Apostles crede...and father son and holy ghost...and yep. That's about it. But it was cool anyway. 4 babies were baptised during the service, and the families were dressed in traditional attire. That was fun. The babies were cute.

Tomorrow we start our main orientation activities and our crash course in Norwegian. No lolly-gagging on this trip! It all seems like its going to be a lot of fun!! I'm VERY excited. Hopefully it doesn't all go by too fast!