Thursday: Malin had an appointment this morning, so she dropped us off at the mall. I still didn't buy anything. Valerie fell in love with a lavender dress. I looked at the price tag, a decided it would be a quality purchase. Unfortunatley, I looked at the Danish price... In NOK it was $75. Oops... Malin also introduced us to Alexander Rybak today. He is the Norwegian winner of Eurovision, similar to American Idol. His hit is titled "Fairytale". There is a link to it posted on by blog. That evening we had a BBQ with all of Malin's friends. Most of the conversation was in Norwegian, so we really had no idea what people were laughing at. Malin has been an amazing translator for us. For desert we had some Norwegian / American candies. I thought I might change my mind about the licorice. Nope, not a chance! Candy is not supposed to be salty.
Friday: Today we went for a little hike. Many, many stairs and in flip-flops. The view was amazing though! You could see most of Kristiansand from the top. We then went for a bath in a lake that translates into "the sugar water". After returning home, Jill fell asleep. The rest of us walked to the store and got an ice cream. Probably the best I've ever had! It was a raspberry vanilla ice cream bar dipped in white chocolate. Later that evening we went swimming again at another lake. To get in you have to jump 20 feet or climb down the rocks. The sunset was gorgeous tonight. It's odd that it dosn't get completely dark until around 11 pm here.
Saturay: A lazy, lazy day. Not complaining though. In the evening we went to a gathering at Malin's friend Jon's house. At first people were nervous to speak English around us, but that wore off soon enough :)
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