Ok you guys, American Cereal isn`t that bad for you...

Well, it has been quite a while since I last wrote on here. So I will give the weekly update.... well, more of monthly update ha ha. Nothing too exciting is has happened. It`s getting close to Christmas, so the christmas mood is joyfully playing around the Norwegian culture. Christmas, like most things in Norway  is different than the US. Usually the Norwegians eat quite healthy, but during December they go more on a slippery slope.. :P. Eating delicious deserts and drinking an extremely yummy (and sugary) drink called Julebrus. Not really sure how to describe it, but the drink is red and I guess it has a slightly strawberry or cherry taste, it doesn`t taste like just one thing. Then they have special alcohol specially made just for christmas. So far I have just hear of stuff called Christmas beer. I tried it, but it doesn`t taste any different than normal beer in my opinion. Another different thing from American Christmas to Norwegian Christmas is the day when everyone opens presents. Almost everyone in the states open their presents on the 25th, but here in Norway people open their presents on the 24th. Not so different, I mean it will be nice to have a separate day between Christmas and my birthday. For those of you who don`t know I am turning 19 on the 26th of this month. I know, I know I am almost ancient now ha ha :P But really. I expect my birthday shouldn`t be too different from the rest of my previous birthdays, even if I am living in a different place ha ha. The thats what happens when you are born so close to Christmas ha ha. But it will be nice, a few days after my birthday I get to go to Denmark to visit Nicolai :D So, of course I am super excited for that. It will be fun place for New Years :D. Ok finally to my title of this post. I recently got a package of my favorite american foods from my grandparents. Naturally my favorite american food is Cereal and pop tarts, Lucky Charms, Apple Jacks, and of course the best Cherry Pop tarts. I got this package during school so I had to bring it with me around, but I didn`t mind. I enjoyed showing off my american treasures. Though the Norwegian didn`t react the way that I would usually except... They showed disgust... I mean how is that possible! Pop Tarts is like the God of all food. The delicious ecstasy of the jell filled inside and wonder, what ever is on top of the pop tart, is sooooo god. I mean yes, it might not be the most healthy for you. But it doesn`t mean you have to eat it everyday (didn`t stop me). Even with the cereal they were quite skeptical about it! I mean how does Lucky Charms not sound good, they have LUCKY in the name! I understand a little more with Apple Jacks, it is very confusing. I mean the titles really doesn`t make sense. Are you eating Jack`s Apples? Well that is a obvious lie, because they dont even taste like apples? But nonetheless, all three of those thing a yummy and amazing mixed into one bite of heaven. (I know you are probably thinking, "Wait, how aren`t you fat? my response would be "magic, duh?" but seriously I dont really know). I don`t have anything to criticize about Norway, but I do have to say they have really, really good candy and deserts, but they lack normal sugar food. I mean walking down the cereal aisle in the the grocery store is depressing. The most adventurous they get is Choco puffs (and those are gross anyways.. :P i dont like them at least). But really, Norway. I know you want to keep your people healthy, but a little pop tarts wont kill people. Well...... at least for a while... :P

Thanks for reading, hope you liked it. It nice knowing people enjoy reading my blog. I almost have 1000 views! That is crazy for me at least. Thanks guys :D

"Luke, I am your father".... :P

I think the Norwegians have been keeping a dark secret from me. A secret that is only revealed when their guard has been left down... This secret......DA DA DUMM...is actually quit funny. The secret regards my name. Well, not my actual name (Lucas is my birth name for those of you that don`t know that).. but anyways. I was at this party last weekend and for some reason all the Norwegians realized that I happened to share the same name with a certain stars wars character.. Yeah I sure you guess it right away from the title of this post. "yeah totally, its Darth Vader, right?" ummm... No, actually Luke Skywalker. Just kidding. But really, apparently that is what most Norwegians relate my name to once they hear it. I can`t tell you how many times I heard was "Luke, I am your father".... and I was just like "hey you know what f-U buddy" ha ha. Just kidding. I thought it was funny. People haven`t associated my name with Luke Skywalker since I was like four. So its cool I like it, I mean Luke Skywalker is pretty awesome... Of course besides being a little strange like making out with is sister and acting like a wimp after his hand has been cut off and he learned his father is Darth Vader.. I mean really, getting your hand cut off isn`t really that bad and crying that your dad just cut your hand of and is a super evil guy of the universe, no. big. deal. But I will accept being called Skywalker on special occasions :p. But it made me wonder: Do most of the Norwegians I meet think of Luke Skywalker the first time they hear my name? Comment on my blog or facebook me, I would really like to know.

Thanks for reading :D

Luke

Norwegians are not at the least shallow.

Yesterday I had a realizing revelation about the Norwegian people. I was having this interesting conversation about religion. Its very common that Norwegians aren`t religious or just simply atheist. One very different thing from America. Some people would think that with no religious ties, people would not care about the afterlife or spirituality. But in all truth these people are extremely deep. I know I will probably get grief from saying this, but Norwegian teenagers have a quality that in my opinion is very important. They actually question the world and its workings. Not that blind faith is wrong. It is the key to all religions. But it is truly intriguing how Norwegians view the world and spirituality.

Copenhagen-The LAS VEGAS of Europe :P

Well, its been quite awhile since I updated my blog. So heres an update on whats been happening. Last week I had fall break. I spent it in Denmark visiting my best friend Nicolai. It was awesome:D Copenhagen was great. Although, another week would have been nice of course ha ha. After walking around ravaging the cheaper clothes than Norway I noticed something funny. After about around 3.00 p.m about 80% of the people are walking around with beers in the streets. This is so different from Norway, well and of course Minnesota. But this really reminded me of Las Vegas and from what I hear, you can find a party every night.

After the break, the horrible illness that every student fears set in...again.. Senioritis! Except I guess it would be call Russitis here ha ha. (Russ is what the "seniors" in Norway are called). I am definitely at the point in my life where I feel ready for university or college. I mean school is good now. But still feel like college now too ha ha. So I am waiting for senioritis to pass again. But I have started my search for universities again. But this time its in Norway and Denmark now. A few days again I was only set on Norway, but now I have began researching some school in Denmark too. Although its hard deciding on what I want to study. I have made a list: Architecture or Design, English, Media studies or anthropology. It is really hard deciding, but I think I really am going to work towards something to do withy Design or architecture. Who knows what the future brings. But wish me luck!

Just some Pictures :P

I just thought I would upload some pictures of Norway and stuff. 

 Norwegian Royal Palace

Verdens Ende (The world`s end) 

 My School 

Slottsfjell

Tønsberg, Great City :D

Restaurants and Clubs (Definitely fun times here ;P) 

Bred and brown cheese. Delicious! :P but where is my Lucky Charms!!!

There are always new experiences when you travel to a new country. In my opinion one of the biggest changes is the food. I especially experienced this when I moved to Thailand for five weeks. I have to say that Thai food is not my favorite ha ha. But Norway, by far has better food than Thailand and America. All my favorite foods are here!! It is great. But it still is different, it just takes some time to adjust. There are two things, food-wise that I am getting used to. In Norway, they eat much more bread and cheese than I am used to. For example, for breakfast I will either eat musli (pretty much granola) with milk or yogurt. Or I will have eat smørbrød, bread with brown cheese or white cheese. It is yummy :P But it is a little different than typical American breakfast. I actually do miss some of my sugar cereals. Like Fruit Loops or Lucky Charms. I think Americans eat more sugar than Norwegians. So it was just different. But that doesn`t mean Norway doesn`t have super delicious candy!! The candy here is 1000% better!! Like the chocolate actually has flavor ha ha. It is so damn good! Then there is this candy from heaven called Bilar, it probably is my favorite candy. I can eat, bag after bag of them. The food in Norway is so good, even the reindeer. Yes, I have eaten Rudolf the red nosed reindeer :P 

Norway: Land of Greatness and....Apple Products??

Norway is so great, so far I love everything here! For those of you that are reading this that don`t know, before Norway I was living in Thailand for six weeks. And let me tell, that made me just the more excited for Norway. I think everyday (because of the heat) I would say "I can`t wait for Norway". I was so happy when the plane landed in to find that it was a cold and sort of a rainy day. Complete and utter refreshment. After living in a extremely hot climate, you really learn to appreciate changing season and coldness ha ha. Norway does remind me of Minnesota, but just by the wildlife. Norway, of course has hills and mountains. Not like flat home. So I think it is definitely hard to get home sick, when Norway is so similar. But yeah, so far everything has just been wonderful. My host family is so great, I am really lucky. I like School way more than school back in Minnesota. This is how school works. We have the same classes the whole year. But we don`t have the same classes everyday. They switch between days and weeks. Somedays we get off school early, somedays I don`t even have school somedays, but that isn`t very often. Plus, we don`t get very much homework. But when we do get homework, it is very hard for me because it is usually reading and I read really, really slow!! But I am getting faster, it is just taking time. The nicest part of Norway is everyone is so nice here :). I mean seriously, when I think about it I have not met non-nice person. Everyone is more than happy to help me with the language and just getting around. Its great, I feel really at home. But back to my title. I was so surprised when I went to school, because it seems like everyone has iPhone!! It was crazy, I don`t even know one person with a iPhone in Minnesota. So people have them here, its funny.