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For my last semester as an undergraduate student enrolled at UAHuntsville, I've been accepted to study abroad at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Oslo in Norway. According to the university website, it was established in 1811, before Norway gained its independence from Denmark, which I think is pretty cool. :D Over the past few weeks, I've been doing my best to get all of my affairs in order before departure; this included filling out a Declaration of Acceptance on the university website, applying for housing (the rental contract for which has now arrived in the mail--I'll be living in the Kringsjå student village!), applying for the visa, etc. It's turned out to be quite the exhausting process, especially while juggling a lot of responsibilities here at home, but I'm going to take a page out of my dear friend Jennifer's book, who is being an awesome Fulbright Scholar in Celle, Germany as we speak. This journal is intended to be a travel blog, not a personal diary, and so my personal whinging will stay out of it.
So, my travel itinerary at the moment: I'll leave Huntsville International Airport on January 5th for London, where I will spend a few days with my father's family in and around Wimbledon. Having family scattered across the globe is pretty nice, I'll go ahead and admit it; last year while Jennifer and I were in Germany for a university course, I was able to meet up with my paternal grandmother's family in former East Germany. It didn't seem to matter that I spoke no German and they spoke no English, because when you're family, somehow these things just sort themselves out. :) Anyway, I won't be going to Germany, at least not immediately, on this trip. On the 9th, I'll fly out of London and straight to Oslo, where the SiO people are supposedly going to meet me to help me get to my student village in the city.
I've been looking at some photographs of Oslo online while preparing for my trip, and it looks so strikingly modern in comparison to other European cities. Here are some photos nicked off Google:
This is actually an image of the University of Oslo itself. :) I'll be there soon!
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Photograph of a longboat in the ship museum. I'll be all over that. :B
Norwegian flags!
I'm sure I'll post a few more entries while I'm here in Huntsville as I prepare to leave. Go ahead and bookmark this if you want to keep up with my adventuring.
For my last semester as an undergraduate student enrolled at UAHuntsville, I've been accepted to study abroad at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Oslo in Norway. According to the university website, it was established in 1811, before Norway gained its independence from Denmark, which I think is pretty cool. :D Over the past few weeks, I've been doing my best to get all of my affairs in order before departure; this included filling out a Declaration of Acceptance on the university website, applying for housing (the rental contract for which has now arrived in the mail--I'll be living in the Kringsjå student village!), applying for the visa, etc. It's turned out to be quite the exhausting process, especially while juggling a lot of responsibilities here at home, but I'm going to take a page out of my dear friend Jennifer's book, who is being an awesome Fulbright Scholar in Celle, Germany as we speak. This journal is intended to be a travel blog, not a personal diary, and so my personal whinging will stay out of it.
So, my travel itinerary at the moment: I'll leave Huntsville International Airport on January 5th for London, where I will spend a few days with my father's family in and around Wimbledon. Having family scattered across the globe is pretty nice, I'll go ahead and admit it; last year while Jennifer and I were in Germany for a university course, I was able to meet up with my paternal grandmother's family in former East Germany. It didn't seem to matter that I spoke no German and they spoke no English, because when you're family, somehow these things just sort themselves out. :) Anyway, I won't be going to Germany, at least not immediately, on this trip. On the 9th, I'll fly out of London and straight to Oslo, where the SiO people are supposedly going to meet me to help me get to my student village in the city.
I've been looking at some photographs of Oslo online while preparing for my trip, and it looks so strikingly modern in comparison to other European cities. Here are some photos nicked off Google:
This is actually an image of the University of Oslo itself. :) I'll be there soon!
Photograph of a longboat in the ship museum. I'll be all over that. :B
Norwegian flags!
I'm sure I'll post a few more entries while I'm here in Huntsville as I prepare to leave. Go ahead and bookmark this if you want to keep up with my adventuring.
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