God jul!

Merry Christmas! (and Christmas means there is only one week until I am in Minneapolis...)

Norwegian Top 10 (in no particular order):

1. Bareback horseback riding. Yes, I have now officially ridden a horse. Without a saddle. And Ive learned that horses are very different than bikes.
2. My cousins. They speak better English than I do.
3. Norwegian Jul Services. I couldnt understand a word. I tried to sing, luckily it was loud so no one heard me butcher all the words.
4. Pepperkakke: crunchy gingerbread cookies
5. Saft: concentrated sugary juice drink
6. Norwegian Christmas Dinner: we had traditional roast lamb, chicken, potatoes, cooked vegetables and three courses of dessert.
7. Touristy Norwegian trolls. I got one for Christmas! They bring good luck.
8. Norwegian bike paths. There is a path on the side of every single road. I think that they run the length of the country.
9. The air. Its actually clean here.
10. The words GOD JUL. (MERRY CHRISTMAS). Sounds like gooo yoool.

and maybe a 10.5 - I think that Im going skiing in the mountains tomorrow. yay downhill!