Annika's Year at Agder

It’s Wednesday evening! We woke up pretty early this morning to start our day of museums. But before we get there, let’s rewind to last night. Alright so we’ve arrived at the brick building. We quickly learn that we are at a concert in an old mausoleum. What kind of concert would they hold in an old mausoleum you may ask? Spiritual music. This means chimes, gongs, guitar, vocals, didjeredo (Obviously did not spell that right), wind chimes, and some silence mixed in there too. I will add a picture, but we were asked to lay down, hence the mats, and use the blanket to keep warm. We laid in a circle around the middle of the chilly mausoleum as the two person band (A man and a woman) began to play in the middle of the room. It was beautiful, haunting music. Some people fell asleep, some people fidgeted  the whole time, and others snored loudly. I didn’t fall asleep, but it sure was beautiful and made everyone quite sleepy.  After an hour and a half of that, the musicians walked out to sign

Hey hey hey! It is Monday, best day of the week. Let’s get this trip started. We woke up at 7am and met at the bus at 7:30 to pack it full of stuff. After that, I ran to Hilde’s office and she helped me book a doctors appointment to try and solve my face issues. That will most likely be after break. By the way, Hilde works in the office at Agder. Very sweet person :). We had a quick breakfast, packed a lunch, and we were off!  I’ll add some pictures of the inside of the van, but we are pretty crammed in here. I am in the back left corner of the bus, which is one of my favorite spots because I can lean on the window and sleep. My favorite  🤩 . They had an issue with the air conditioning, so it was soooooooo hot. By hot I mean people were taking off clothes and sweating like crazy. Like hot hot. At first we just thought Marianne (Who is driving) was just torturing us back here, but we later learned the AC doesn’t work and they needed to uncloud the windows or whatever that’s called.  Af

Alrighty. Tomorrow NLC and Global leave right after breakfast to go on another trip. This time we are going to Oslo! The trip lasts until Thursday, and then autumn break starts so my friends and I are just staying in Oslo. So I’m gonna post right now, and then hopefully I will post again when I get home. Potentially the 9th or 10th of October. Here are some events from the last few days. A couple days ago two girls from the school took some epic pictures of the three of us. Kinda funky fresh.  Yewon and I outside the school :) Marlene, Helena, and I after the Saturday night events.  Cute little care package from my momma💜 Me attempting to do Lukas’s hair.  Packing list for our trip  We had a 1920s themed evening last night. The Checkpoint Charlie class was in charge of entertaining the school for the evening. They did dinner, games, an escape room, and a super fun little dance. That’s Helena and I We made some brownies while watching pirates of the Caribbean’s. My favorite.  There wil

Our task for the day was to find a stranger, have a conversation with them, and record it. In Norwegian. I know. I freaked out at first too. It turned out to be really fun though. But let's start from the beginning. For the last two weeks, we have been working a lot on questions and basic conversation skills. This means things like where do you come from and what languages do you speak. Fun stuff. It is actually surprising how many words I can pick up now compared to when I first arrived. Even if it is one or two a sentence, I feel proud that I am making some sort of progress. Shoot I just burned my mouth. I suck at guessing when my tea is cooled off enough. Anyways, Wednesday. We wandered around avoiding our task for a while. This meant stopping at a bakery, clothes shopping, me buying hair dye (😏), and a necessary trip to Normal. Time for a photo break.  Here was our Norwegian introduction.  Marlene and Helena. Two of my favorite people in the whole world.  Okay, this place has