Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Teodor's experience in Norway

            When we arrived in Tromso on November the 4th, we saw for the first time the students from Norway and we introduced to each other. They took us on a sight-seeing tour around the city, while we were waiting for the others. Tromso is a very beautiful city. After we welcomed the Irish and Spanish teams, we left Tromso in a bus and headed towards Storslett.
            On the next day, at 8 AM we went to the school in Storslett. There, the Norwegians talked about the area, what is the school all about, what is their curriculum, etc.
            In the second class, the hosting students arrived, and took us with them, to look around the school, and attempt in some classes with them.  I noticed that the school has very long hallways, and a big library with a reading area in it. The next class was Norwegian language. I met the teacher, and he started talking about the Aurora Borealis, and he even gave me some more information to read. This class was very interesting. After that, we got together, all the participants in the project, and every one of us had to present introduce his country to the others: where does he come from, the traditions in the country, etc. When It all ended, we went for a walk in the town. It started getting dark, and I thought it was around 6 PM, but it was only 2 PM. It was weird to dinner at 4 o’clock PM. My host’s mother was cooking Mexican food. By the end of the day, I talked with the family. The next day was Saturday, so we didn’t go to the school. The family took us around and told us stuff. It was amazing how the sun rose up at 11 AM and set up at 1 PM. They told me that the next weekend there won’t be any sun at all. After dinner, we went to the school to watch a football match.
            On Sunday there was a trip arranged to Mandalen, a small nearby town. It’s a Sami-center there. The trip was very exciting. I saw some very beautiful mountains, that turned out to be fiords. When we arrived, we had lunch- some reindeer meat. We watched a movie about the Sami-festival Riddu-Riddu, and we learned some Sami-phrases. On Monday, the last day n Storslett, we were at the school again. We had a Sami-language class, and after that all participants in the project had to think out 10 situations for the pictorial dictionary, and write them in English, and our own language. Then we said goodbye to the Irish and Spanish teams. In the afternoon we went for a walk around Storslett, and on the next day we left.

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