Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Oslo People

I went to Oslo with a bunch of my awesome cal poly slo friends: Matt, Hayley, Cass, Allison, and Megan. we took the overnight ferry there and back. So basically, we had 32 hours on a boat and 6 hours in the actual city. it was so worth it tho. We had a great time. also met some interesting people on the boat, like really fun exchange students attending the University of Lund (just outside of Malmo). Im generally pretty bad at taking people pictures but im trying to get better. here we go.

Oslo JDS Ski Jump

JDS has designed the new ski jump in Oslo. its pretty awesome. the shot from far away is from the opera house, zoomed in as far as my shakey hands would allow. we took a metro to a bus to get there. the bus just kept winding up Norwegian mountains. When we got there we found a small ropes course a foot or two off the ground. Being children, Matt, Cass, and I completed it..or most of it. There were a bunch of people walking around the ski lift. maybe 50? its a large area. but to get there we had to walk around the site to where there was a gap in the gate. kinda sketch. we walked all around. Then we decided that we should walk to the top of the stands. You can see the steep concrete bleachers to the side of the jump in one of the photos. yea. we made it up there, and walked all up under the thing. Then when we were climbing back down security came and threw us out. The place is still kinda under construction. the only thing we really understood of the guards english was "faster." the rest of the site was almost empty now too haha. so worth it. here are the pics.


Oslo Opera House

Went to Oslo. ima break it down in three parts: Opera House, Ski Lift, People.
The first thing we saw when the boat lands is the opera house. its rotated differently than i expected in the harbor, but its still an awesome buildings. It was fun to walk around and explore. My friends started exploring the upper levels inside and then security came haha. Ill let the pictures speak for themselves.


Thursday, March 18, 2010

People, People

So my friend was looking through my camera an noticed that almost all my pictures are of buildings...i protested but she was right. To my defense tho I do take some people pictures, and I am trying to take more. Here are a few from the last three weeks.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Home Is Where the Heart Is


Last night turned into an impromptu pancake party in my Kitchen. Danish pancakes are more like crapes, and usually are a dessert thing, with ice cream and chocolade and jam. Its pretty rare to have all 10 or so of us in the kitchen at the same time.

These guys have made my time in Denmark amazing . Everyone I live with is in the picture except for my friend Muhammad. Each one is a good friend. When the time comes, the hardest part about leaving Denmark will by far be leaving some of them behind. Half of them are Danish, and the rest come from elsewhere: Estonia, Slovakia, Kenya, and Bangladesh.

They have made Denmark feel like Home.

Monday, March 15, 2010

FCK vs. Brøndby



Got to go to another soccer game with school. Was a ton of fun. We didnt score until 70 min in, but it was still a fun time. The pictures are courtesy of my friend Ariel.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

A day in Denmark

Hey! It has been over a month since ive posted. I have a boatload of excuses, but who really wants to hear them?
In the last month I have traveled to Sweden and Finland, finished a studio project and started a new one, helped clean the kitchen, etc. maybe over time I will fill in the details of these trips but for now im just going to show pictures from my walk/bikeride yesterday.
(Notice the new 16.9 aspect ratio im shooting in. its amazing)