Step by step

No guts. No glory

My first month in Tønsberg.

When I woke up this morning I have thinking about this month ago and how it has been. For sure, I didn't think that my first month in my dear noway would be like this. I imagined that all would be much more easy but not.

All of you have to know that the beginnings are not easy, are not funny and some times becomes hard. I have to adapt to them because I am in a foreign country, foreign culture and of course with a foreign language... this is not new I know, but If you don't live it you can't feel it.

The old trite about scandinavian people is true in my own opinion, they are so cold, too shy and never try to establish any link with exchange students. Obviously, always there are some students trying to know you and go out to do something, but unfortunately are few of them.

This is the main reason that do I would be a little bit sad. I hope in a few weeks it changes... the temperature is rising and the sun shines every day. Perhaps they need to do the photosynthesis and after begin to speak, I don't know... I think that I'm a little bit crazy. Take it as a joke please.

The spanish people try to do a survival group, I mean, if we don't help ourselves who it will do? The problem is that we are eight spanish here, but actually we don't know us to do all! The opinions are always different and each of us think different. In fact, I cannot understand the others and the others cannot understand me. I have to adapt to general opinion and general way but I can't be really really me. I can't do my typical jokes... oh shit! I can't be sarcasm! haha Don't worry, they are good actually.

Furthermore, my friends forgot my skype meeting with them the other day and I really needed but they didn't imagine of course... So, sweethearts don't do it again please -_-' You are a disaster!

But all is not bad news...

Today, in the evening I've had the opportunity to speak with some guys from my residence. They insist in their shyness and also they told us that the spanish people are so much open mind that we inhibit them unintentionally... How I have to understand it? Please! We are greeting to them all the time and we don't receive any answer... It's quite difficult to understand it... I can assure you -_-' Anyway, today we got see a movie with three norwegian people finally. I hope tomorrow morning they will be able to tell me 'God morn Laura, hvordan har du det?'

If not, 'ikke problem', tomorrow night there is a 'carnival' in Jernet, the students bar and then they will be the most nice persons in the world for sure! It's ridiculous.

In conclusion... my last thought have been 'Ok Laura, you have to try again and again. Speak with anybody. Don't fall. You wanted to go to Norway and you are in Norway. You can't spend your time thinking about how are norwegians. Come on!'

So, don't forget it my friends, I won't do it: "No Guts. No Glory"

Laura