On the road again!

This is the Viking ship in Hamar. You can see it larger if you click on it.

I took this picture from the lake.

This is from the end of our Geography lesson. It was lots of fun! About thirty kids,

Flying through the city on Bikes, and we would stop at anything we thought was interesting,

sit down in the grass, and our teacher told us about it. We went a pretty good distance

and saw all sorts of things. It is nice because Everyone enjoys it, and you

get to SEE things for yourself, not just read about them, so you learn

much quicker. We rode from our school to a residentail area, a farming district, an industrial area, a city, and then to another school, where we are here.

This is a picture of part of our school Library on an empty day.

It is cool because everyone likes to hang out here- The Library is for the
students you could say. They have Comfy chairs, a coffee bar and a Porch for sunny days.

Me Setting up Nemi. In the back you can see the Viking Ship.

This is one of the "holes" in Helvete.

Hello! it has been quite a busy week, as usual! last weekend I travled to Fefår for a Rotary conference. About twelve other exchange students came as well, and we listened to the meetings, went to the Governor's banquet, and did a presentation on Sunday. It was A lot of fun, and the area was beautiful! It was in the mountains, which are mostly trees and small farms scattered "on the sunny side". After the conferance on Sunday, I went with two Rotary members to a place called Helvete. We paid 15 cronner and hiked down a bit, and came to this really cool place where whirl pools from a long time ago had swirled rockes around until they carved out these vertical cylinders in the walls of the river bed. They were about thirty feet high! We walked down the river bed on these little wooden bridges for a while (trust me, they are not the idiot proof ones you come to expect at tourist attractions!), and then climed up a ladder and then a rope to get out! it was really cool!

This week I have been going to school, naturally, and I am understanding more and more. I am trying to do all my class work in Norwegian if it is possible, and with the help of Eline (Eeleena) or Hæken I can write a paragraph or so. For Norsk (Norwegian) we are reading a book to give an oral report on, and I have checked out a decent sized one, and during free hours, Hæken goes through it with me, with me reading it in Norwegian until I get to a word I don't know. It works out well, because I get a little farther every time! The local elections were this Monday, so we have been hearing about plenty of politics (though I understand hardly any of this!)

Another interesting thing: Yesterday I went shopping with my friend from school, Ida (Eeedah) and then we went to Dog show training. She had asked me if I wanted to go and I said sure, assuming she meant to watch, but I actually got to take a dog and learned how to show her! her name is Nemi, and she was last years Top B sized dog in Norway, if anyone knows what that means? I don't, but the explanation confused m more than the answer! Anyway, i have posted some pictures of it. The training was at the Viking Ship in Hamar, so that is what you see in the backround.

I leave again tommorow at 11 (No school for me!) and take a plane to....Kristansound? (I spelled that phonetically, but it is wrong so I will correct it when I know!) it is the Norway Rotary conferance, and all of the exchange students will give their presentations and Go to some Rotary sessions. Then the weekend after that, I am going to Flåm with my family, and will post more on that later!