Celebrating the Norwegian National Day

This time of year is filled with (desperate) studying, preparing for exams and writing of term papers.

In between I squeeze in time to enjoy spring..


.. and lunches on campus with hot Asian chicks.

Lilly

After more than a year of intensive training, I'm finally able to harvest the fruits of my labor:

Vidar, cleaning my bathroom
- and we don't even live together!

And ironing my skirt..

(I'm really just kidding. Vidar does this stuff out of free will, well most of the time - no training aquired. Damn, what a good catch!)

.. just in time for:

The Norwegian national day!

Thuesday May 17th I got a break from studying for the Chinese exam next week, to celebrate the Norwegian national day.

I REALLY want a Norwegian national costume (and a Thai one, for that matter), but it is insanely expensive.

Maybe one day when I'm rich.

Snapping self-portraits,
waiting for the bus to
Vidar's momma's house
(while Vidar is looking the other way,
trying not to get too embarassed)

Momma-not-in-law

I made cheesecake!

Linus

Back to studying.

Late Christmas Dinner with the "In-laws"

One of my hard-working teachers

You try getting a bunch of Norwegians to learn Chinese.

Today we actually made the teacher cry.

I hope they pay her enough.


This evening Vidar and I went to his momma's house for dinner.

To my pleasant surprise we were having one of the many traditional Norwegian Christmas dishes; Pinnekjøtt - leftover from Christmas - and since I spent Christmas in Thailand, I haven't exactly had my share of greasy Christmas food this year (or, eh, last year that is).

Handsome maaan!

Ueh, blurry

Vidar making fun of me trying to get a
decent shot of myself

Pinnekjøtt is ribs of lamb or mutton that has been salted and dried, soaked for thirty hours in water before getting boiled together with birch sticks. Yeah. It's salty and rich, and very tasty!

Beer and aquavit
- a flavoured spirit produced in Scandinavia

Linus with his beloved tennis ball

FML

Narcissist-Kine
- self proclaimed attention whore

Have I mentioned that I have the most awesome co-workers in the world?

Not only do they contribute to my every other weekend working beeing so enjoyable - they are also willing to spend time with me, even when they're not getting paid! And they feed me!

High five!

Santos is the lucky doggie living in a cosy nest
with his two mommas,
Tulla & Trine

Trine

He gets a lot of attention

Can you blame him?

It's still fårikål-season and Tulla had been slaving over a hot stove the entire day in order for us to have a binge feast.

A sight only a true Norwegian would love?

Yum!!

*Full and happy*