Jeg heter Zoe

Dear Blog:

Wow this was easier than I thought. Just a couple of clicks and I've evolved into the world of the blog! This is meant to document my incredible study experience in Bodo Norway. The last "o" in Bodo needs a line through it...so that it's pronounced kind of like "Boo-duh."
I arrived in Bodo on Jan 8th in the evening, after 4 flights and no sleep. At the airport, I was picked up and driven to my residence, Hoglimyra, which is on campus within walking distance of the university, grocery store, bank and all that important stuff. It was very disorienting for the first 4ish days since it was dark all of the time. It's hard to kick jet-leg in the butt without the sun to reset your system!
After a weekend full of sleep, orientation for internationals was on Monday and classes began on Tuesday. The classes I am taking are Molecular Ecology, Marine Biology, Animal Behaviour and Norwegian for Foreigners. I learned to say Jeg heter Zoe, Jeg kommer fra Canada yesterday. See if you can work out what that means :) The rest of the classes are pretty great as well. For Marine Biology, we are planning an excursion to Svalbard in early May!!! I'm excited already.
I haven't taken any pictures yet because it's been so dark! Within the last few days, the sun has begun to come back but doesn't stay up for long. I hope I can figure out how to post photos here as soon as I have some. It's very beautiful in Bodo.