Adventures and New Blog, literally.

I have had many adventures I've been failing to update you on.  I went to Palma de Mallorca, and once again was pleasantly surprised and impressed with Spain.  I don't know why I keep underestimating that country, I have absolutely no excuse.  Palma is a beautiful city, with Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic influences, among others.  Going for runs in Palma along the beach while the sun sets and the moon rises is something I could see myself doing happily for years.

I headed on down to Amsterdam for fermented pop-up restaurants, dining in the dark, museums of the microscopic (bacteria-themed adventures, anyone?), art, jazz, canals, nearly being run down by a cyclist eating a gourmet burger, and general hipness.  I even saw the famous (or perhaps infamous is a better word, given the recent rioting) "6 to 8 black men" that are the Dutch Santa Claus' helpers.

Looks like I'm moving from Fantoft in January (my current student housing about 20 minutes outside the center filled with typical college students behaving like typical college students) into a shared house in the Sentrum (city center).

And, I got a job.  I'm now the UiB's official international student blogger, so if you are itching for some sort of update and I'm failing to please you on this page, feel free to check out my UiB-version.  Coming soon to the UiB page - contributing to the largest (this statement is apparently contested) gingerbread city in the world!  Please try to contain your excitement.

But frankly I don't know how you can, they even have the death star:

And you know that we've got it, Death Star.