weekend

Wow, what a busy weekend! On Friday morning, Karin & I took two of our finals for the semester and said goodbye to periodontology and practice management! Later we spent the afternoon in clinic. I met up with my friend, Hilde, that night to go for a walk and catch up.  Hilde spent 3 months as an exchange student at the U of MN dental school where I had the pleasure of meeting her! We spent 2 weeks in Willmar together and 1 week in Hibbing as roommates! It was really fun to see her again- and even better doing it in Bergen! We went for a walk around the city center and then met up with some of her classmates.  I met a group of 4th year dental students that were all so nice! We went to a lounge and I had my first Hansa- a beer brewed in Bergen-thanks to wonderful Ase Kari (another dental student from Norway that studied at the U with Hilde) who was kind enough to treat me! Around 10 Hilde and I got tired and made our way back home with one of her classmates.  The 4th year students have a lot of exams coming up so everyone was tired- I couldn't blame them!  We tried to make it to the train station to meet Karin & her friend Erin who was arriving but missed them by a few minutes. 

Karin's friend, Erin, arrived on Friday night to stay for a week with us! On Saturday we made our poor guest hike the longest trail- Vidden!  To the top of Ulriken and over mountains, and down Floyen takes about 6 hours! We made Erin hike with us despite her jet lag! Packed a lunch and about 2/3 into the trip stopped to grill hot dogs with potato lefsa...my favorite! That was just enough fuel to get us home! Made a homemade pizza with the girls (4 of us: me, Elise, Karin, and Erin) and got ready to go out! Hung out with some of our friends from Alrek and then went out for a night on the town! Had a great time dancing and got to meet some of Elise's friends! Even met up with some of our Alrek buddies- so so so much fun to dance with Kien & see Yi Hu out and about, I love those two!

Had a really late night out, but a great time! Then next morning we thought a round 2 for our guest was appropriate so we laced up our hiking boots for another adventure! Took Erin up Stoltskleiven (these crazy stairs that make an intense hike up the side of a mountain). So proud of Erin for pushing through her tiredness and fatigue from the day before to make it to the top! Elise's friend, Jorgen, came with too! Once we reached the top, Karin, Erin, Elise, and Jorgen, went to see the anchor on top of Floyen and I went separately to go for a run and make my way back down. I had a great run back- beautiful sun shining and brisk air! Washed some clothes and worked homework until the crew returned. We made a delicious taco dinner and then Karin & I worked on a paper due on Monday.

Today (Monday) Karin and I spent the morning working at a public clinic seeing geriatric patients and the afternoon in the dental hygiene clinics. Karin saw our first patient, a wonderful woman with excellent English. I will be seeing the next patient tomorrow afternoon. Tonight I have a cram study session scheduled for my final I have in the morning! Eek!

Now, off to study the night away!