Oh, it's been a while!

I know, I know, I've been lazy. I've been meaning to update my blog for about a month now, but you know, life gets in the way.

"So Matt, what have you been up to?," you ask. Quite a bit actually; it's been a busy two months.

Quick recap:

1. Trip to BC for Christmas. Visited Penticton, Vancouver, and Whistler. Saw friends, drank beer, watched the Canucks beat lowly opponents. Ironically, the weather in Vancouver has been a lot worse than Stavanger.

2. Arrived back in Stavanger for many more months of Norwegian living. Confirm that, regrettably, Norwegians still speak Norwegian in social settings.

3. Went on a ski trip to a mountain area called Røldal. Good times, but not enough snow. Beer makes up for lack of snow.

4. On the way to Røldal I discover three important things about Norway:

a. Norway has more highway tunnels than anywhere I've ever seen... including Italy. Some of the tunnels were up to 8 KM long, and one more than 250 meters below the sea floor.

b. Norway also has freaky one lane winding highways that are more treatcherous than a snowy, crowded night on the Sea to Sky highway. Safety be damned!

c. Norway runs ferries in rougher weather than BC ferries ever would. I experienced the roughest ferry ride I have ever been on. The image below, taken from my trusty cell phone, shows a wave crashing over the bow of the rather large ferry (two level car ferry). This wave then proceeded to cover me in salt water. I went back inside after this.

















5. Attended a company team building event that involved group cooking lessons. I can safely say that it was a pretty damn cool team building event. I can also say that I ate so much garlic that no one will go near me for weeks.

I promise to update more often in the future. Really, I swear! ;)