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David here!
Yes, yes you are right, we are probably the worst bloggers ever to have attended this EVS project (jealously looking over to last years volunteers...) - BUT here we are and now you're in for an ULTRA Update! At least one from my perspective.
It must have been months since my last (and first lol) entry here, so lets start with what happened in Fall.
After having a glorious Autumn here in Stavanger, many of us believed that the shitty weather would never come anyways, leaving us with mistrust towards everyone who tried to prepare us for a terrible, terrible rainy and stormy and grey time that would last until March. We almost got heart broken because for a very long time it didn't look like there was anything like what we have been told coming our way. But then, it came, and it stayed. In fact it still is here! Grey in Grey with a bit of a shade of Grey. Our outside activities immediately were reduced to the casual grandiosa shopping and the zombie like walking to our work places in the mornings.
I knew that I can't stand this madness for a very long time so I actually decided to break out and do something out of my comfort zone. I went surfing... in December... in 3 degrees cold water. Together with my good Friend frank
I'm a kitesurfer, so wave surfing isn't really my thing but it still was quite some fun! The waves were pretty messy, the wind strong and the water definitely had the potential to kill me in a few minutes if it wasn't for one of those full body condoms incl. gloves and shoes! After a 20 min session of catching 3 waves, 1 of which I actually stood, and what felt like a total of 15 min paddling, I left the waters with numb fingers, ears and toes. SUCCESS! The curse was broken and even better, I got to visit a wonderful sunset at the beach at around 3:20 pm... glorious.
Fast forward a week I found myself in the city of Bergen, where I spent my Christmas together with 2 volunteers from Germany and 1 from France. We had a duck, a ridiculously expensive duck (we believe we got fooled by the seller) together with potatoes, loooooots of potatoes, a weird cake because the French girl forgot to put the eggs in during the process of creation and we watched a utterly funny Norwegian Christmas cooking show. So, we had a blast to say the least!
Back in Stavanger, everyday life has caught up with all of us again, but the days grow longer again, love is blossoming, temperatures are rising, even the trees in the garden decided to already proudly wear their buds, completely ignoring the fact that it is mid January. Stupid Trees.
Well well, I think that is all for now! Please forgive me if I have missed out on something but I'll write another update after we had our midterm seminar at the end of February in Oslo. I'm sure that will make for some good stories :D
HilsEN (thanks Simon for correcting me)
David
I am Radek from Czech Republic. And I am 25 years old. And yes, I am last fourth volunteer at Stavanger Massive group! My biggest hobby is writing a blogs and new technology,
