2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/akorpela/rss.xml http://www.getjealous.com/akorpela http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=235105&go=akorpela Oh how the time flies! Briana and I returned to Norway on Monday. I had my Norwegian final exam on Tuesday morning, and a viewing of "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" Tuesday night. Wednesday morning was my litterature class final exam. All the students in the class, five Norwegians and five Americans, had a party afterwards as a final hurrah. It was a classic Norwegian drinking fest, which ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=235105&go=akorpela Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=235101&go=akorpela Last Friday morning I left Bø for Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm is "the capital of Scandinavia" with 1.5 million people- the largest city in all of scandinavia. It is also incredibly diverse. We must have heard 15 different languages in the short time we were there. The city is actually a series of many islands. A lady we met on the bus said she heard Stockholm was composed of 300 islands. The bigg... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=235101&go=akorpela Fri, 8 Dec 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=228913&go=akorpela Last weekend I went back to Elverum, home of the relatives. This was my third and last visit, and I enjoyed it greatly. I arrived after dinner time on Friday. We enjoyed a very typical Norwegian Friday night with lots of TV watching and snack eating. Among others, we watched the season finale of "Skal Vi Danse," which is Norway's version of "Dancing with the Stars." This show is a huge deal in Nor... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=228913&go=akorpela Fri, 24 Nov 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=224719&go=akorpela Although not in the United States, I was not about to miss out on Thanksgiving this year. The Americans here in Bø decided to get together to celebrate. We had our celebration at one of my professor's house, Judy. Judy is originally from Chicago and lives about an hour from Bø. The five American students and the international student director, Lisa (from Iowa), all prepared a dish and met at J... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=224719&go=akorpela Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=223651&go=akorpela Bergen! What a great place. At about the size of Madison, Wisconsin, Bergen is Norway's second largest city. It was once Norway's capital and has been a center for shipping and fishing for hundreds of years. Our journey to Bergen began on Friday. We took an overnight train which left Bø at 9.30pm. We stumbled off the train, sleep- deprived and sore in the bum at about 7:00am on Saturday. Since not... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=223651&go=akorpela Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=213918&go=akorpela Ok, I couldn't resist. Skien is the name of the town we visited, and is actually pronounced by most like "shay-in," but so closely resembles the english word, that we Americans just call it by the winter sport. Skien is not known for skiing at all, but rather for Norway's most famous playwright, Henrik Ibsen. Ibsen's plays, although largely unread outside Scandinavian communities, are the world's ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=213918&go=akorpela Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=208975&go=akorpela This is week has been nothing short of madness. Outside my three huge papers due this week, we managed to squeeze in three field trips (and that's after one was cancelled). Unfortunately, I have no pics to go along with this entry, but I will focus the writing on the latter two trips, as they make for better stories: First, imagine 14 foreign students, clad in heavy rain gear to fight the downp... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=208975&go=akorpela Sun, 22 Oct 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=206825&go=akorpela With only a week and a half delay...I conclude my fall break blog with our stay with the "rellies." After Trondheim, mom, Maren and I made the long drive back over the mountains to Hamar, a city close to Lillehammar. In Hamar, we met Karl's parents, Ole and Alis, at the Arneberg church. The church can be seen from Ole and Alis' house in Hamar, and its graveyard will serve as Karl's new resting... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=206825&go=akorpela Thu, 5 Oct 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=203889&go=akorpela Trondheim was Norway's capital until 1217, and is today the third largest city in the country with 160,000 inhabitants. The city is packed with history- it was home (for a while) to Leif Ericson and the Viking king Olav Tryggvason, the first to introduce Christianity to Norway. Trondheim today is also a major center for education and research, and among other things, downright cool. We spent tw... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=203889&go=akorpela Wed, 4 Oct 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=203813&go=akorpela After my sailing trip, mom, Maren and I set off for a driving tour around eastern Norway. We left Bø on October 1 and drove to Kongsberg, an old silver mining town. Our intention was to catch the mine tour, which is now running only one day a week in the off-season. Of course, we were 10 minutes late and missed the tour, and in our frustration, drove off to Lillehamar to explore and stay the ni... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=203813&go=akorpela Sun, 1 Oct 2006 12:00:00 GMT