Summertimes

My travelplans have changed, I will not be going to Sweden. Norway stole my heart.
This place is amazing, the people are amazing, and the experiences are extraordinary. Long story short, it would kill me to leave here in a little over a week. Therefore, I will be leaving in August on the 22nd.
I recently took a trip with one of my fellow volunteers to Kristiansand, Stavanger and Bergen.
I've known for a while that I'd eventually end up living in Norway, but when I got to Kristiansand I knew for sure that I had found THE place to live. It is perfect for me. This made me decide that after graduating and getting my Bachelors degree (which is soon) I am coming back to Norway to stay. That is the plan.
The past few days have been great, the weather has been nothing but nice.
Result:

Bonfires by the fjord. <3
Breath = taken.
P.s.: I will soon be sending out postcards!

The amazing byglandsfjord

One week in and I wish I could stay here forever. The peace and quiet is amazing, and so are the people. (Granted, some of them are a little creepy.)

I’m staying at a place that gives me the creeps, to be honest. The first nights were downright awful. The place I’m staying at used to be a mental asylum, and after that a tbc-hospital. It gives me the creeps, plus the building needs to be completely renovated and still looks like a hospital. And it’s very empty.

The people here are lovely. A little creepy, but lovely.

Johannes is the groundkeeper and lives in the building 24/7, he just stands and stares and takes his lovely dog out for long walks. –Which I’m surprised she survives since she’s probably 3 centuries old in dog years-

He’s the only permanent resident of the house, the rest of the people come and go.

The work differs from day to day. It’s mostly prep-work for the upcoming literature festival that will be here soon.

Moving rubbish, cutting flowers, cleaning stuff.
It’s all good with me. One of my upcoming jobs will be translating the peace center’s website from Norwegian to English. That should be fun.

I went for a long walk earlier this week and took some lovely pictures! The nature out here is amazing, nothing compares.

Yesterday we had a bonfire and lovely dinner to celebrate 4^th of July (this thanks to my wonderful American co-worker!).

And next week after the festival and the wedding I’ll be travelling to Stavanger and Bergen. At some point I hope to be able to do Kjeragbolten in lysefjorden. If I don’t chicken out that is.

Kjeragbolten is a rock stuck between to cliffs with a 1km drop underneath it. … It’s been nice know y’all! ;)