First of all, the class schedule here is very different than what I'm used to. The semester is 16 weeks long but my classes are all 10 weeks of lecture, but throughout the 16 available weeks.
Intro to Norwegian is the only class with 10 consecutive weeks (so it is over the last week of March). The other two classes have several weeks off in Feb and April and then the classes end in the beginning of May.
I'm taking Intro to Norwegian, which is Tues/Thurs 9-12. I'm really looking forward to more of this class. So far I can introduce myself (Jeg heter Morgan) and ask related questions (Hva heter du?) This class is pretty fun since we are all international students.
I'm also in British Literature (Tues 12-1 & Wed 10-12) and this class is going to be ALOT of work. I have solved my problem of what book to read next because I'll be reading nonstop for this class! I'll be reading Emma by Jane Austen, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Mrs. Dalloway by Virgian Woolf, a VERY large 2 volume book called Norton Anthology of English Literature, several short fiction stories, a couple plays & poems by Shakespeare, Wilfred Owen, John Clare, John Donne etc... Many many items to read!
My other class is Language and Settlement of England from 400-1200 AD and this also will have alot of reading but this class is set up very differently from any class I've taken before. We will have 10 lectures over the settlement of England. But we need to write a min 10pg (preferably closer to 20 pages) paper on any topic we find interesting. The paper is our only grade in the class. So much more free-for-all then I'm used to but it should be interesting.
I'm also taking 2 online courses from CSU (finanace & management). I think I'll be pretty busy, if not in actual school time, in the amount of studying I'll need to be doing.
Last Friday I went cross country skiing with my cousin Tanja and her mom. It was extremely difficult and tiring but SO fun! I was told we'd go for a mile, no big deal, but in Norway the mile is much longer than the american mile.. so I actually went 10km or 6.2 miles!!! Quite the work out, but I made it and had a great time!
On Sunday, John & his girlfriend gave me a personal tour of Oslo's waterfront and some places around town. It was good to finally see the water and then walk around and get a feel of the places I've been to via the tram or metro and how to relate to each other. I didn't realize that the National Theatre (one of my most common stops) is a few blocks away from the water.
Yesterday I went snowboarding in Oslo. It's always interesting traveling to new places in the city but I forgot my directions at home (seems to be a habit of mine) and had to text my cousin and talk to the guys around me to figure out what my stop was. They all found me pretty entertaining and laughed at the American girl sitting on the metro with her snowboard and no idea how to get up to the mountain. Once I got up there it was horribly cold (-10C) but it was really fun to get out and board. The runs are shorter than back in CO but I've been spoiled living in the Rocky Mountains.
Tour of Oslo Waterfront
Snowboarding
Beautiful Sunset
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