I figured I'd take a little bit of time to tell you some stuff about all of the new people I am meeting. The photo above is a group shot of most of the new international students here at Bø, along with some of our fadder. Fadder were the Norwegian students (here the ones in front with the purple and yellow t-shirts on) who helped introduce us to Norway. They were the ones to pick us up from the bus station and show us around Bø and the university and organize the different events for us the first week. Each different program here at Bø (international students, economics, business, outdoor life, etc.) has a different group of fadder who help organize and plan events for them.
In total there are about 90 international students, but only about 20 of them are new international students. There is a large group of people who have studied at Bø before or have studied somewhere else in Norway and are back to finish up their program. We actually met a guy from Utah who is here to get his bachelor's and this is his 3rd year in Norway. He's fluent in Norwegian so takes his classes intermixed with all of the other Norwegian students. Out of the other 70 of us new international students, majority (about 15 or so) are from Slovakia. There are also a large group of us from the States and then Whales, Latvia, Poland, and some from the Czech, Germany, Finland, Georgia and Australia. Within the group of us from the US, there is 5 from PLU in Seattle, Washington, 1 from St. Olaf, ! from a smaller school down in Missouri and I other girl from Madison. Only 1 guy from PLU is also staying the whole year, otherwise the rest are headed home.
My classes are made up of only other international students, so it's a great way to get to know each other. However, that makes getting to know the Norwegian students pretty tough. The ones I do get to talk with though are really friendly and interested in where I come from.
That's all I can think of for now! Miss and love you all!
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