Norway

Two Wednesdays ago a group of us rented a transporter (a large VW van) and drove off to Norway for a week. We did two nights in Oslo including the 17th of May which is Norway's national day followed by 2 nights in Bergen (Norway's second-largest city) and a 2 day hike near Hardangervidda, the largest plateau in Europe located several hours southeast of Bergen. We camped in a fjord the last night before hiking back to the vehicle and driving the 12 hours back to Lund.


Parade through the streets of Oslo on May 17th, the Norwegian national day.


More in Oslo


Chillin in Oslo (Ivan, Phillip, me)


On the way to Bergen


Cool dog that came to greet us when we stopped on the road





Chris taking a break from driving


Cabin we stayed at located a couple of hours outside of Bergen


Alleyway in Bergen


More Bergen


Overlooking Bergen from one of the highest points in the city


More Bergen


Creepy statue


The work of a street artist in Bergen - awesome


Before setting off on our hike


Getting the camping supplies from the transporter


Hiking near a waterfall


The Norwegian sky at 10pm


Salute to our awesome fire that, despite much work, refused to burn


The crew sheltered from the rain

Tandem

So this past Friday and Saturday I went on the university's tandem bicycle race from Goteborg to Lund. Ten nations and a couple of faculties sent teams and each team drove in a bus from Lund to Goteborg where the race started at 9pm in the main square of Goteborg. No two people were on the tandem bicycles for more than 30-45min and the buses followed the riders, stopping to switch riders or party in vacated parking lots. We arrived back in Lund around 3pm on Saturday where all the teams gathered in the main campus of the university and stormed the fountain.

All in all it was about 18+ hours of drinking and partying - definitely the craziest party I've been to yet here in Sweden!


Andy and I made some t-shirts for the event


On the bus to Goteborg...




On the streets of Goteborg


The Goteborg nation international crew (from left: Dave M, Andy, Peter, me)


The scene at Goteborg's centre square prior to the start of the race


More internationals (Andy, me, Giselle, Dave)



Passed out on the bus


The party at the fountain back in Lund


Taking a dip in the fountain

Siste April

This past Monday was the Siste April (Last of April) celebration in Sweden, celebrating the coming of spring. Here in Lund myself and most of the student population headed to the City Park at 9:00am where we sat, mingled with others and drank until 3:00pm at which time the students headed to one of various "champagne parties" being held in the city. At these parties students basically bought bottles of cheap champagne then sprayed it on each other while listening to live music in a courtyard.

Afterwards, I headed to Dennis' res where myself and the Dutch crew had a barbeque before heading out to a nation for the rest of the evening then an afterparty back in our corridor in res. Needless to say it was a long, but fun day!


Ivan getting fired up for the festivities


The scene in the park


Ewout, Ivan, myself and Hanneke at the park


Dennis after having a couple drinks...


Gigantic waterpipe


Blurry picture of Ivan, myself and Suwei at the nation - apparently I have a gold tooth...