Time flies (and so do I)

Wow! It's December!

Lots of stuff happened during the past couple of months. Christian visited me in October and we went hunting for apartments. Here's an overview of the ten places we ended up seeing:

In the end, our favourite was on Rosenborg gt. just at Solsiden. Conveniently close to three grocery stores, shopping center, bus directly to the airport, pretty close to NTNU (2 km), close to the city center, and as it turns out, right next to where Christian will be spending most of his time (!) when he gets his cute butt up here.

In the meantime, I also got to know my new PhD buddies more with frequent visits to Taps, a couple of hikes, and a one-night cabin trip.

Hiking trip w. Christian, Stella and Tarik

Cabin trip w. Stella and Tarik 

Cabin trip w. Stella and Tarik

Cabin trip w. Stella and Tarik 

 Cabin trip w. Stella and Tarik

Cabin trip w. Stella and Tarik

My mom visited me in the end of October and helped me move my stuff to our new apartment. She was so helpful and also packed her suitcase full of kitchen stuff they didn't need anymore. (Thanks, Mom!)

I don't have any pictures of the insides of the apartment yet, but here's the view from our balcony on a snowy day.

Of course, I had to work, too, it's not all moving and flying and hiking... Stella and I worked towards a deadline for a paper, so we stayed late a couple of days at the university.

Christian managed to visit me once again in November, where he had a couple of (successful) job interviews. I had to leave him alone in Trondheim for a day, since I was invited to my grandmother's 70th birthday in Grenaa.

Now it's Christmas, or actually, yesterday was the last day of Christmas. I can tell by the tightness of my pants... Five days in a row with family Christmas lunches expands ones stomach such that on the fifth day you can really eat a whole cow (or here in Denmark, swine...). I always wonder what a Danish vegetarian Christmas is like - is it even possible? It could be, since my favourite Danish Christmas foods are risalamande (rice pudding) and browned potatoes (caramelised potatoes); I have the biggest sweet tooth.

Sadly, I never really got into the Christmas spirit this year. I didn't have my chocolate Christmas Calendar (which contains 24 small pieces of chocolate, counting down to Christmas) and most of the Christmas time in Denmark was spent on work and stressful Christmas shopping. I love Christmas, but I also very much hate it. I was lucky enough, though, to see Santa and his gnomes stranded in Oslo airport, Tom Hanks style.

New Year's Eve will be spent with Christian and some friends in Aarhus!

Your's briefly,
Fjeldkartoffelen