I did actually find the courage and motivation to go to the fitness centre. I did not find norwegian best friends so far. But: I was there for almost every day for the last 1,5 weeks - for swimming. My stamina is very bad, but I reckon if I go there every day for a swim, it will get better. Also, there is a sauna and sauna is always good.
The uni makes me read a lot, the celtic/old nordic studies are challenging. The readings are a lot and a bit hard, and the lectures are exhausting and difficult to understand. But I plan to finish the major part of the paper for the norwegian class this week, so I should have relatively much time for the readings afterwards. Let's see if this plan works.
The choir is still challenging. We had a choir seminar, and this week was just choir on monday, tuesday, friday, sunday, sunday, monday. I was glad it was over. The pieces of music are stunningly beautiful, nevertheless I fear the fact that everything has to be sung my heart; no score allowed -- I do know not a single piece so far.
-- In the end, everything's going to be fine. If it's not fine, it's not the end.
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From friday until sunday, I went to Amsterdam with a friend. We flew there friday evening, arrived at our couch surfer's place at 9pm, talked a bit with this awesome host. Then we went to see the city for that evening and the whole saturday. We run around the whole time, took a tour on the canals, went to the Rijksmuseum and the Sex Museum and were amazed how beautiful this city is. Really, it's worth going there... so many beautiful houses... And ridiculously many people in the red light district.
Also the flair and feeling of the city is very very nice, it was almost hard to go back to Oslo...
I really have to mention that it is a great thing to live in Europe, where it is possible to see quite lot of another city somewhere else, just within a week end.
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