Loss and gain

Soon to come
Every day, I'm one day closer to my travel to Brazil. It's now less less than a mounth left, and I'm kind of starting to realize what I'm going to miss when I go.
It started with the thought of skipping a winter. The fact that I will have three summers in a row, without any snow!

Wintertime
I'll miss the whole wintertime with skiing and playing out in the dark, cold nights. The childishness and happiness that comes when the snow falls. Making seriously big snowman and luging with my family and nighbors! But also to stay inside drinking hot chocolate and watching movies, wrapped in thick blankets and a warm footbath.

Silence
I'll miss the silence. The silence of only being 5 million people sharing 385 000 km2. The silence of empty streets. The silence that gives you the opportunity to hear echoes in the mountains.

Fresh air
Hand in hand with silence and lack of people, comes the "fresh air". All Norwegians are in desperate need of their "fresh air"! Here at Hald, we get 10 minutes brake every 45 minutes. All we Norwegians runs out to get all the "fresh air" we can get, to power-up for another hour in the strangling, heavy air.

The RAIN
I'll miss the rain! The lovely feeling of running outside, while the rain is drumming in my face. I can't feel more alive! And the sound it makes when it hits the window. It's just woderfull!!

The food
I'll miss what the internationals hates the most about coming to Norway: the bread! The bread that we eat three times a day for breakfast, lunch and supper. The bread with the Norwegian Brown cheese and jam. The bread with Nugatti.

The safety
I'll miss the safety of knowing and understanding the culture and language. Knowing how I'm supposed to go dressed in every occasion and what's rude. Understaning all the "codes" of living. I'll miss the safity of going outside even if it's dark. I'll miss the safity of always having my family and friends around.

But what is that, compared to what I'll get?
Even though this seems like a lot of things, I'll get so much more! I'll learn so much about myself, others and God. Get a opportunity to see the world from a different point of view. And these things that I appreciate in Norway, will get exchanged with new things and traditions. I will get Challanged, I'll have to give, step out of my comfort zone and be humble.
But first of all, get the most out of the last mounth at Hald. Because they have so much more to teach me.

P.I.R