This month is very exciting for me. I have 3 friends and my mom visiting, within the next four weeks. Besides missing them like crazy and how excited I am to see them, I am also extremely excited to do more traveling. Within the next month, we will be traveling to places such as Bergen, Lillehammer (where the 1994 Winter Olympics was held) Gol, and Oslo. Who knows, we'll most likely be spontaneous and travel other random locations as well, but for now, that's the list. We are all extremely excited.

So what have I been doing since my last and only blog post? Well, I have been up to many things. As I had mentioned before, in my last post there are many things to do outside here in Norway. This is certainly a place for those who love to be outdoors. There's a saying that goes, "Norwegians are born with cross-country skiis attached to their feet." Quite a popular thing to do here, you see many people outside on their cross-country skiis. As a rookie in the world of cross-country skiing, let's just say I don't have the natural talent that my friends have here.
I have been out with my snowshoes, which are quite fun. However, every time I bring them out to go, my roommates laugh at me. They think I look ridiculous. Apparently snowshoeing is not all the rage here. I had to learn the hard way. I don't mind the mocking, I think I look stupid as well, but it's good exercise and a lot of fun.

Another fun thing to do is to go sledding. We went up to an area called "Ringkølen" the other day and had a blast. I couldn't feel parts of my body by the end of the day, but every moment was worth it. (The hot cocoa and Norwegian Freia chocolate goodie certainly helped to finish off a fine day of sledding as well.)