Visitors

The last two weeks have been packed with activities. From sunday to wednesday last week, I joined my class at the university on a trip, to somewhere in the middle of nowhere, as a get-to-know-eachother- trip. It was very amusing and social and I was very happy that I had joined. On thursday, I met Susanne here in Copenhagen for the first time. She had just moved here from Molde as well, and it is really fun to have someone that I know from home here in this city, too. 

When friday finally arrived, Knut came to visit me for the first time. We had a great weekend together, and I got to show him around in the city and had him meet some of my classmates. On saturday, we also met Ragni, which was really nice. I felt so happy to meet people from home, and not least was I relieved to be able to speak Norwegian, and only that, for a whole weekend. Normally, I speak a kind of twist between norwegian and danish, which makes the Danes understand me better, but makes me sound like a Norwegian fool. Can't wait until I finally learn some more proper Danish. 

This last week has been packed with activities at the university, to get us to know the university, the IT and other types of systems better. On Friday we had the student enrollment ceremony, where the headmaster of the university presented the different faculties and held a very nice speech. The old tradition is that all new students shake the headmaster's hand, which stands for an informal contract between the student and him, that the student will follow the University's rules. This took place yesterday too, and I can proudly say that I am enrolled at the University of Copenhagen as a musicology-student, after shaking Ralf Hemmingsen's hand.

Susanne helped me buy and put together a clothing reck!

Selfie in front of Amalienborg castle

Having the most Danish thing there is, red sausages, at Nyhavn.

Two pretty ones <3

We went on a canal tour, and passed the royal yacht.

Visiting Svanemøllen beach. It has been such a beautiful summer-week with sunshine and nice temperatures. Nice to finally have some time off with Knut. 

Now I am more ready than ever to start studying, and on monday it all starts. I have already bought my books, and I am so excited that I can finally call my self a music student. Next weekend will be something totally different, though. I am going on a trip from friday to tuesday, but I will not write about it until I'm back, so stay tuned!

-A

Hello Copenhagen!

Since the last time I wrote a blog post, I have moved to a new country and I am super excited about it. Together with my parents, I arrived on tuesday to move in to a nice and already furnished apartment and later we spent 3 days on exploring the city and get me settled here. Now my parents have gone back home, and I am actually all by my self in this city at the moment. I don't know anyone very well, but I have had my first day at the university today and my class seems really nice. I got to know a lot of people and we had some social activities on campus, both singing and playing games to get to know each other's names. My class is not the only thing that makes me sure I will enjoy living in this beautiful city. I can also just enjoy myself while walking the roads in the city for hours and hours. Everything is so beautiful here, and the sunshine and 25 degrees don't make it bad, either. I really can't wait to explore more of what this city has to offer me, specially the "being a student"-part of it.

My mother's appetizer at Hotel d'Angleterre

My dinner was a Chateaubriand. 

And two over-dressed macarons for dessert. 

Nyhavn viewpoint.

Saw this lovely sculpture of a beautiful friendship at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Good vibes at Højbro Plads. (Kontrabassen var tilstede, men jeg lette voldsomt, uten hell, etter de tre kineserne)

The cast of an outside theatre, Visen om Sidsel, that we enjoyed on wednesday evening.

Enjoying an apple cider while hiding from the sun and heat at the Royal Smushi Cafe, right next to Højbro Plads. 

-A

SPA

Etter 40 dager på sjøen i sommer ga verdens beste Knut meg en nydelig gave, nemlig et opphold på Farris bad i Larvik, og en mer perfekt gave kunne jeg vel aldri fått. Et nydelig hotell, med en deilig 3-retters middag og ikke minst et herlig spa, som de selvfølgelig er mest kjent for. Jeg kjente kroppen min var takknemlig for de forskjellige typene saunaer, både innendørs og utendørs jacuzzier og den avslappende atmosfæren der inne. Begge dagene av oppholdet vårt var vi flere timer inne på spaet, og jeg har sjelden vært så lei meg for å reise fra et hotell som jeg var torsdag ettermiddag.

After 40 days at sea this summer, Knut gave me a nice present: a stay at Farris bad, a spa hotel in Larvik, Norway. It was a lovely stay that my body really needed, with several saunas and jacuzzis, nice meals and a relaxing atmosphere. 

Fin kveld i Larvik! Nice evening in Larvik.

Life at sea

This summer has gone by extremely quickly and I am proud to say that I have been working on a ship with 80 other crew members for about 40 days. I've had stressful, long days, but also seen some of the most beautiful views Norway has to offer and have had some awesome colleagues on board. I would like to post some of the pictures I have taken when I had the time for it and my phone with me, because some of them are too nice to keep to myself.

Trollfjord

Trollfjord

Trollfjord

Nice view from the cabin. 

Right after the fashion show that the crew members arrange for the guests to present the clothes we sell in the shop. Together with my colleague Pernille :) 

Polar bear in Hammerfest, 70 degrees north. (There are really no polar bears in this city)

Svolvær in Lofoten.

Geirangerfjord

Some jacuzzi relaxing with other crew members after a long day at work, at 12 pm with the midnight sun in the background.

The ship I was working on, MS Midnatsol (midnight sun)

During the summer, I have entered the Trollfjord 8 times. 

Norway is so beautiful.

 I hope you enjoyed my pictures. I don't have a good camera, my iPhone is the only thing I use, but I hope you got a nice glimpse of the Norwegian coast and would like to take a trip with this coastline once too! I warmly recommend it to everyone. Now I am finished on board and am focusing on my new life in Copenhagen, that is soon to begin.