Sunday, October 16, 2011

After 2 months and 6 days in the city, I made an escape...

It's Sunday and time for a little update. The weeks here fly past so quickly, it's almost insane.
Last weekend was quiet. Friday night, Stine and myself was watching gossip girl and went to bed early. Saturday I had school as usual and went out with the Norwegians to a local bar for a beer. Most of us in the house had midterms exams this Wednesday, so Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday was spent studying. On Wednesday we decided to go out for sushi and Jazz. The jazz place ended up being too packed so we did it the Irish way instead.

Thursday night we redecorated the house.





Friday night we stayed home and played games, me, Stine, Maria and Maria's friend from Denmark, Signe. I'm really surrounded by Danes these days. 

Saturday, I went to school again to do anatomy. I'm really becoming a geek over here, but I actually enjoy it. Anatomy lab is just so interesting. And next week we will start with the digestive system. Later on Saturday night we took our dancing shoes with us to Temple in the city.

Playing "kortskalle" and dancing. 

The crazy Danes on the Muni. Maria and Signe. 



We have started a very good tradition over here: get out and do something on sundays. Normally Sundays are such a boring day, so why not do something fun. Therefore, we took the bart (train) over the bridge and to Berkeley. It's such a nice little town and the Berkley Campus was also very, very nice.





Anna - the real tourist


Genevive, me, Stine, Marte, Anna and Tone












Just the fire trucks here...


Coffee break. 

Then it started to get darker and we were tired after an amazing day - so home we went. 

I'm going to Los Angeles and Hollywood next weekend. I can't wait!

Bye for now,
Ida

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

October = summer in SF

After a busy week we had to continue with a busy weekend. 

Chinese take-away

The residents of The Plastic House














October Fest




Heeeelooooo

 
Stine and me outside AT&T Ball Park

Fun on the way home


Saturday, October 1, 2011

Ett lite stykke Norge (A little piece of Norway)


Når man er utenlands er det alltid godt å møte nordmenn, spise norsk mat og gjøre norske ting innimellom. Fredags kveld ble tilbragt i den norske sjømanns kirken i San Francisco. Den er lokalisert i Hyde street i en av de fineste bydelene i SF. 

Kirken (the church)

Kjottkaker i brunsaus (traditional Norwegian food) 


Vi fikk servert fantastiske hjemmelaget kjøttkaker i brunsaus, med saft, og kaffe og vafler til dessert. Det kan jo egentlig ikke bli bedre enn dette. De serverer middag en gang i måneden, samt grøt annen hver lørdag og vafler hver dag. Betjeningen der var også super-hyggelige. Skal definitivt tilbake dit.

Utsikten fra sjomannskirken

Stine - fornoyd med middagen

Meg og Camilla

Meg, Camilla og Stine

Lombard Street

Henging ut av trikk er viktig i SF
 Ida