Last night lots of us internationals took the T-bane to Nationaltheatret, which is a beautiful, historic part of the city with lots of lovely 19th century architecture... and I would have taken pictures, but unfortunately the night performance of my camera is lousy. Anyway, the whole fountain area was lit up with lovely white Christmas lights, with dome rooftops lit brightly to cast all kinds of shadows over the masonry. We saw the palace, too, which I'll need to photograph when I'm next able--but that wasn't the point of the trip. The point was to go ice skating.
This was a little bit of an adventure for me because the last time I went ice skating, I must've been 12 or 13, skating indoors in skates that definitely fit my feet. This time was much different, and I struggled to squeeze my feet into a pair of leather skates that were half frozen from the cold and didn't exactly fit. But once I got out on the ice (and miraculously didn't fall!) I felt like I was actually accomplishing something (even though, as stated earlier, these events really don't get us interacting with each other anymore than we already were).
This morning, Elif and I are going to the police station to register as internationals, then we might do a little bit of shopping. I need a hairdryer and some decent drapes, so a trip to Oslo City--the mall--and IKEA (pronounced "ee-KAY-ah" for all you uncultured yanks) might be in order. Tonight from 4-6 is International Coffee Hour (you get a cookie if you can spot the problem with that event), and after that, I think I'll come home and try to get some work done on a few projects I've been neglecting. Like my writing and drawing, for example. :)
Hadet bra~
.. the problem with the International Coffee Hour is that it's actually two hours? :P
ReplyDeleteVincent does look pretty yummy, I must say ;) mm Irish.
Ice skating sounds fun! I find it ironic and funny that you're the one that's been ice skating, and I never have and I'm the one that lives up north :P .. unless sliding around on the icy roads in my shoes counts?
I love that you and your friend are going to register as 'internationals', in Japan we had to go register as 'aliens'. I don't remember if that was the official translation or just the one that everyone used, but it was hysterical.
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah orientation events are pretty useless...good on you and your friends for going out in the city! At Gaidai there were tons that were too freaked to go out, even in groups (I had to work at my roomie's self confidence to even get her to go to the grocery store, she was running out of food). And yes, please go back sometime for architecture pictures!