Recently...

Moved to a new apartment with SIX roommates. Really like it and they all seem like kind people. Feels good to be out of my mold infested, dank basement, that is owned by one of the stranger old men I have met in my entire life.

Grandma is arriving to Bergen this Friday! Amazing! Watch out Ole Bull! We´re coming to see you :)

Emily Church has invaded Europe! We´re meeting up in Rome and it´s gonna be great. I´ll be the Gregory Peck to her Audrey Hepburn, but hopefully without all the lying and royal scandals...can´t wait to eat some real italian cusine and drink affordable wine surrounded by all that history.

Jeg trenger en jobb! hopefully someone takes pity on this Amerikaner soon!

Last semester in Bergen, so I better make this one count!

Bye Maria!

My friend Maria is moving to South Africa to teach music and conduct brass bands. I´m going to really miss her! She really helped me practice my norwegian and was a good friend. I hope she does well in her new job in a new place!

Part II

Mom, Diana and Diana's close friend Mary Ellen also made an appearance in Bergen. We ate lots of good food and saw many sights including Preikestolen or in english "Pulpit Rock", a very high cliff in Stavanger that I have been meaning to see for a long time. The day we went was absolutely perfect weather for hiking and you could see for miles down the fjords. It was amazing!

The Goins/Beck Family Saga

It's been a busy month with family visits this June! Four of my family members were able to make it all the way out to Bergen to hang out which is really great! Matt and Alycia arrived first. We went to see the Knitting Factory Museum, the Bergen Art Museum of Industry, the Bryggen Museum, where I was informed by the highest of tech film strips about the Hanseatic (german) trading history of Bergen, and of course we went up to the top of Fløyen. The weather was great for the most part and it was nice to just relax and enjoy the scenery.
Here are some pictures from their visit: