A Week and a Half Recap

It’s been a while since my last update, so I’m just going to summarize quickly. Here’s a list of what I’ve been doing for the past week and a half in a nutshell.

- Following the hike on Friday the 4th I went on another hike with the Buddy Tromsø group on Sunday the 6th. We climbed the cable car mountain called Fløya/Fjellheisen. The climb was fairly steep but nothing compared to the six hour ordeal on Friday. It only took us a little over an hour to get to the top and about the same on the way down. It’s a nice view, I took lots of pictures of the city from above, and we even got to oooh and aaah over a group of brave paragliders who were showing off their skills.

The week was filled with just enough events to keep me busy without being too jam-packed.

- I’ve been getting back into the jogging again with a vengeance now that my cold finally cleared up. The hills are still brutal but my times are improving so I’m pleased. I still haven’t been brave enough to go to any of the Tromsø Jogging Club training sessions, but I will eventually.

- The Buddy program organized a movie night on Tuesday the 8th which I decided to attend since I skipped the last one. The movie was Slumdog Millionaire which I’ve seen before and knew that I’d like. They had some technical glitches, and the subtitles were only in Norwegian, but it was fun anyway.

- Wednesday we had a taco & chicken wings potluck party at my place. We made an attempt at making frybread but we weren’t very successful. We ended up with something that was closer to deep friend biscuits. At least Josh was prepared and brought along flour tortillas as a backup. The tacos were delicious, another fun and (mostly) successful potluck.

- On Friday I went on a shopping trip with my friend Grace. We had been invited to a housewarming party on Saturday and we needed some clothes, drinks etc. We took the opportunity to explore the mall close to the airport. There are lots of good stores, and while everything is still expensive, the clothes at H&M and Lindex aren’t too much pricier than they would be back in Finland.