Yesterday morning didn't go as smoothly as planned. The person who was to give me a ride slept in, but luckily his brother was very kind and took time to take me to the station. Once I was dropped off and alone, I realized that handling my luggage was more difficult than I had anticipated. For the year I brought a backpacking pack, a large duffel, a large suit case, and my guitar. I used the duffel strap to tie my guitar to one of my bags which worked good enough. I had no idea where the train terminals were, but after searching I finally found mine. To continue is the series of unfortunate events, when I arrived on the platform I found out my car was the very last one. After struggling to get first bag on the train, a kind man offered to help with my second. I gladly took his help and thanked him. The ride went smoothly and rather fast. Before I knew it I was in Bø, being greeted by student guides from the school. We were all given bedding bundles and driven to our dorms. Shortly after I went down to register so I could get internet access.
After getting that all arranged and meeting some other international students, I walked back up to my room. I live in Breisås 3, its a cluster of 2 story houses which have 4 rooms (with their own bathrooms) and a kitchen on each floor. While setting up my room I opened up my bedding and found it rather unattractive, so I proceeded to spend quite a while doodling on my comforter. Is this something you need to know? Probably not. But it happened. I hadn't eaten all the day so I figured I'd go to the store. To my pleasant surprise I walked down the hill just in time to glance over at the train station and see Hannah, another student from PLU, who had arrived and was waiting to be driven up to her accommodations. Since she lives in the same complex as me, I rode back up with her to drop off her things in her room so we could walk down to the store together. We explored a little bit more of the town, but our hunger took us over so we bought our food and walked back up. This was my 3rd time up the hill already. The hill isn't too bad, but it is not the best. It takes about 15-20minutes to get to the top from the bottom (and 30mins from the school), and when it is warm outside, your wearing a jacket and carrying heavy bags, it can result in a very damp forehead.
Later that evening all the international students gathered for a meeting/party at Kroa. Kroa is the student building at TUC. They host concerts, open mic nights, have a bar, and provide lots of opportunities for students to volunteer. After giving the informative presentation we were free to mingle. For the most part the international students kinda interacted with each other. There seem to be a lot of students here from Spain and Eastern Europe. I think there are about 90 international students altogether? I am not quite sure. At one point some of the Norwegians asked if anyone wanted to join in a game of Flip Cup. Hannah and I joined in, with our cups filled with water haha. I won the 1st round for our team, but then lost horribly on the 2nd, thus retiring myself from the game for the evening. I was tired, so around 11:30pm I decided to walk back to my room and hit the hay.
After getting that all arranged and meeting some other international students, I walked back up to my room. I live in Breisås 3, its a cluster of 2 story houses which have 4 rooms (with their own bathrooms) and a kitchen on each floor. While setting up my room I opened up my bedding and found it rather unattractive, so I proceeded to spend quite a while doodling on my comforter. Is this something you need to know? Probably not. But it happened. I hadn't eaten all the day so I figured I'd go to the store. To my pleasant surprise I walked down the hill just in time to glance over at the train station and see Hannah, another student from PLU, who had arrived and was waiting to be driven up to her accommodations. Since she lives in the same complex as me, I rode back up with her to drop off her things in her room so we could walk down to the store together. We explored a little bit more of the town, but our hunger took us over so we bought our food and walked back up. This was my 3rd time up the hill already. The hill isn't too bad, but it is not the best. It takes about 15-20minutes to get to the top from the bottom (and 30mins from the school), and when it is warm outside, your wearing a jacket and carrying heavy bags, it can result in a very damp forehead.
Later that evening all the international students gathered for a meeting/party at Kroa. Kroa is the student building at TUC. They host concerts, open mic nights, have a bar, and provide lots of opportunities for students to volunteer. After giving the informative presentation we were free to mingle. For the most part the international students kinda interacted with each other. There seem to be a lot of students here from Spain and Eastern Europe. I think there are about 90 international students altogether? I am not quite sure. At one point some of the Norwegians asked if anyone wanted to join in a game of Flip Cup. Hannah and I joined in, with our cups filled with water haha. I won the 1st round for our team, but then lost horribly on the 2nd, thus retiring myself from the game for the evening. I was tired, so around 11:30pm I decided to walk back to my room and hit the hay.