Norskkurs
Starting the end of May, through the 5th of July, I attended a Norwegian course (“Norskkurs”) at the folk university. Carl would take the early bus home on Monday and Wednesday evenings so he could watch the kids, and I would drive the 20-30 minutes to Sandvika. It was fun to get away for a while and have a language experience of my own! The course was basic, but we learned enough over those few weeks to give me a foundation on which to build: what is your name?, where do you live?, where are you from?, what time is it?, what do you do in an ordinary day?, furniture, meals and kitchen items, clothes and stores…that kind of stuff.
These pictures are really poor quality, but will give an idea of the setting. There are a few people missing because it was the last day of class. We started with about 12 of us.
Andrea is from Germany and only in Norway for a few months. She and Regina (my age, mom of baby girl, from Switzerland), who usually sat next to her, were both very friendly and I enjoyed getting to know them a little.
Some of the other girls. I had classmates from Poland, Philippines, Iraq/Iran, even Madagascar–not all girls.
Our teacher was named Gunvor, an older lady with lots of teaching experience. I liked her personality.
Oh what a great experience, and very great that you and Carl were able to work out the plan you imagined doing –with Carl taking the early bus and you being outbrave enough to drive around Norway at night (although I guess it was probably still pretty light now that I think about it). What a cultural experience. You probably met more people from different parts of the world in one place that some of us will meet in our lifetime.
So, do you feel like you can pronounce and remember the phrases you learned enough to communicate them effectively? I imagine that would take some doing…I remember how I struggled even trying to say “have a good trip” on your farewell video. Nothing looks or sounds normal.