The last week has been really beautiful here in Oslo. I even pulled out my chacos the other day! Perhaps it was still a little cold for sandals but I didn't care, I was just so happy to see the sun out. This past winter has been one of the coldest recorded in Oslo and man does it make you appreciate the sunshine!

Anyways, I have been dying to go hiking so last friday I went for a five hour walk with my friend Carline. While it was a little too early in the Spring to attempt any mountains, this walk still had a little bit of nature. True, Oslo doesn't have the classic beauty of some other European cities, but what it does have is plenty of nature. Some areas of Oslo are almost more forest than city so last friday we sort of walked from one patch of the forest to another. The snow was still knee deep in some places but it was really exciting to see signs of Spring around. We eventually ended up back in the city and I continued on to see some areas I had not been to before. One of the marines on the Oslo fjord has a very cool old rowing club at the end of one of it's piers. It sort of reminded me of a place where some stray dogs might have lived in a Disney movie.

The last few days have been even warmer: up in the teens (C) but I have unfortunately been indoors working on my paper. Nothing like the last minute:) It has been a little frustrating as I have been writing the paper in norwegian and the grammer is a little bit different from english. I feel a little like I am back in grade school sometimes. I finished the second draft today, however, which means that I am mostly finished! Yay! The sun is shining and I am going outside! Yay!

One of the sweetest dogs in the world, Røkke, died a few weeks ago. He was Tommy and Terje's baby and it was very sad around here for a little while. This is where you would typically find him on a weekend day, keeping Tommy company while he read his way through a stack of newspapers.