{"id":495,"date":"2010-08-19T21:04:11","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T21:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=495"},"modified":"2010-08-19T21:04:11","modified_gmt":"2010-08-19T21:04:11","slug":"norwegian-hospitality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/norwegian-hospitality\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian Hospitality"},"content":{"rendered":"

I continue to be impressed and thankful for Norwegian gjestfrihet<\/strong> (hospitality). \u00a0I really haven\u00b4t experienced anything like it. \u00a0I made contact with a woman with whom I have mutual friends and colleagues from a previous job and from college. \u00a0She lives here in Troms\u00f8 and she\u00b4s very familiar with where I come from. \u00a0It\u00b4s times like these that I really, truly appreciate the technology available to us today. \u00a0I shot her an email, explained who I was, and we met a day later at the university. \u00a0Had a cup of kaffe<\/strong>, made at least a dozen connections of mutual friends we have, and went up to her office to write down navn<\/strong> og telefonnummrer<\/strong> of people she thought I should be acquainted with.<\/p>\n

Among those she suggested I get in touch with are one woman who might like to rent the apartment I\u00b4m currently in and another woman who may be looking for a roommate…I love making connections with people. \u00a0Troms\u00f8 is a small city, MN is a small state, and the Norwegian-American world is also small, so it\u00b4s no wonder there are so many connections to be made.<\/p>\n

It\u00b4s especially interesting because one of the women she recommended I contact, as it turns out, is the ex-girlfriend of the ex-boyfriend of one of my best friends. \u00a0Seriously? \u00a0Just a little fun fact to think about.<\/p>\n

As if meeting me for kaffe <\/strong>and chatting for a couple hours wasn\u00b4t kind enough, this woman promptly invited me over to her house til middag<\/strong> (for dinner) with her husband and son. \u00a0So I hopped in the car, we drove to matbutikken<\/strong> (the grocery store) \u00a0to buy some kj\u00f8tt <\/strong>(meat) and gr\u00f8nnsaker <\/strong>(vegetables) to grill and poteter <\/strong>to boil. \u00a0It was delicious. \u00a0Then a tasty Americano and ice cream sandwich til dessert<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We had great conversations and it was kind of nice to speak English for the first time since I\u00b4ve been here. \u00a0She is Norwegian, but grew up in the States and he is American. \u00a0So not only could we all speak English with ease, we could relate to many things together having spent significant amounts of time in both Norway and the U.S. \u00a0This family is great and I think it was a really good connection to make and I look forward to keeping in touch with them. \u00a0They may have even found me a small babysitting job! \u00a0I was even able to walk home as their house is just a 10 minute walk from my apartment. \u00a0I was on a jog this morning and ran right by there house without even knowing it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I continue to be impressed and thankful for Norwegian gjestfrihet (hospitality). \u00a0I really haven\u00b4t experienced anything like it. \u00a0I made contact with a woman with whom I have mutual friends and colleagues from a previous job and from college. \u00a0She lives here in Troms\u00f8 and she\u00b4s very familiar with where I come from. \u00a0It\u00b4s times…<\/p>\n

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