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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/28559709-8931-4959-8dc9-89806680a817/DSC03386.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Norwegian Winter and Janteloven - the Law of Jante (Update #6) - Make it stand out Spending the Christmas holiday with my extended family in Immenstaad am Bodensee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/5096dbf8-660a-4322-b4b0-3625f5545757/IMG_8787.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Norwegian Winter and Janteloven - the Law of Jante (Update #6) - Make it stand out Traveling to Copenhagen and Stockholm over New Year’s with my friends from the US - Courtney and Louisa! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/5c872c53-12e2-419b-a376-7564848cb057/4AAE07A4-3F7B-4805-8AC3-706E461B9226.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Norwegian Winter and Janteloven - the Law of Jante (Update #6) - Make it stand out Julebord (Christmas Table) with dear friends, most of whom are recent transplants to Oslo too. Pinnekjøtt (lamb ribs) is now a Christmas favorite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/4b745fd6-e04d-47af-92bd-ab428c8e30c5/IMG_6011.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Norwegian Winter and Janteloven - the Law of Jante (Update #6) - Make it stand out Performing with the University of Oslo Symphony Orchestra at our Advent Concert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/4ed12657-f47d-4f3c-9ccc-4a221ee8e00a/DSC03149.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Norwegian Winter and Janteloven - the Law of Jante (Update #6) - Make it stand out Practicing with the SISCO Research Group for our performance at the workplace Julebord. Spoiler: we brought the house down with a Weird Al Yankovic-style “Research Paradise.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/644c04df-0176-4c7c-a6f6-502dd5085b67/IMG_7911+%281%29.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Norwegian Winter and Janteloven - the Law of Jante (Update #6) - Make it stand out Queen Doris Jorde! https://mrsciencepants.com/fjord-to-blackboard/2023/11/14/comparative-politics-language-and-viola-update-5 monthly 0.5 2023-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/8667a849-b258-4fb2-8f72-0516badf186f/20230915_181627.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Viola, Higher Education, & Norsk (Update #5) - Make it stand out Oslo Kammerorkester rehearsing before our performance at the National Museum. Peep me by the blue screen. Photo Credit: OKO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/f7cb2e24-94e7-462c-babc-abd689a7f704/DSC02973.JPG Fjord to Blackboard - Viola, Higher Education, & Norsk (Update #5) - Make it stand out Preparing for our fall concert in Majorstuen kirke with piano soloist and conductor Nina Haug. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/f9d10866-6289-43e3-a2fd-e0305f362ac8/DSC02626.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Viola, Higher Education, & Norsk (Update #5) - Make it stand out Universitetets Aula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/3c634e59-25a3-4341-8af3-38f7cf149bb1/Map_+Teacher+Education+Ecosystem+in+Norway+%281%29.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Viola, Higher Education, & Norsk (Update #5) - Make it stand out Policy nerds can look more closely here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/b13727c6-f01c-466c-b6f2-acfc014c3114/IMG_6707.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Viola, Higher Education, & Norsk (Update #5) - Make it stand out UHR Rammeplanseminaret (Framework Plan Seminar) meeting in September 2023 https://mrsciencepants.com/fjord-to-blackboard/2023/10/26/fjords-disaster-movies-and-allemannsretten-update-4 monthly 0.5 2023-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/2043e9a7-5bb2-4833-9e09-cf060d1b1edc/Movie+Poster.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out Image Source: IMDB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/2f3a2acb-48f6-4df1-9d3d-fa5da76b4ae5/DSC00984.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out Ålesund waterfront. Most of Ålesund burned in a fire in the early 1900s. When the town was rebuilt, the architects designed much of the city in an art deco style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/282ea1be-0463-463d-a6fb-d5b594c92dc0/DSC01005.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out Oluf Holm, part of the Fisheries Museum in Ålesund. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/53e37835-3edc-4f34-8ff2-48483a99ebe9/DSC01028.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out Ålesund as viewed from the Aksla viewpoint, reached by climbing a rocky staircase through the trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/2c530d09-d6bf-4f23-baea-b5e3ddf64a68/DSC01052.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out The west coast of Norway is largely composed of fjords, peninsulas, mountains, and islands. Though there are many extensive tunnels that allow drivers to travel under the fjords or through the mountains, there is also a vast system of ferries that help to make travel more efficient. The whole system is quite reminiscent of the ferry system in the Puget Sound in Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/c8df82b5-9438-482d-af73-8b9419079041/DSC01224.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out Hytter (cabins) tucked back at the end of the Romedalen valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/fdbf327d-343d-4adb-be24-254abb4fe94a/DSC01254.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out Many of the cabins in this region have sod roofs, which used to be the most common roof in the region. They help to keep the cabin waterproof, can bear the weight of snow, and insulate the cabin against the cold climate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/b44de091-92e0-4c38-99d4-8b5ea853826f/DSC01367.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out Quick detour to the village of Sæbø to take some pictures for my grandmother. Her mother’s last name was Saeboe, and I suspect some of our ancestors once lived here. This is the view from Sæbø down the Hjørundfjord. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/b2ee712b-1f1f-406d-918b-62d84f5cbbf9/DSC01374.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out Cabins along the water in Sæbø. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/74312881-3f01-403d-b526-f48adbf6ed47/DSC01513.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out This little guy climbed through the window into my cabin during the rain. I may be more of a dog person, but this little dude was too cute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/1448b3aa-ebf5-4928-9b51-86b3e31aec74/DSC01533.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out Olden Kyrkje https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/9d85dffe-9fa0-4ebe-b798-ade709d2e280/DSC01568.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out Alpine lakes above the treeline. The fall colors at these higher elevations were electrifying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/46f02957-a887-4866-bdc4-2dbe11c080d3/DSC01580.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out Nord-Sel Kyrkje https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/776131e1-c5b8-4008-958d-e57b29d7461a/DSC01591.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out The hike to the Snøhetta Reindeer Viewpoint. Nearly blown over by the wind a few times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/6c49300f-eb62-4c26-bac9-bbf36c806bd3/DSC01648.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out Special stop to an iconic project by one of my brother’s favorite architecture firms, Snøhetta. From this building, you can view herds of reindeer and muskoxen roaming the valley floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/5ccf0205-0d91-458f-b6c0-21d6fb76b04a/DSC01736.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out Waterfalls in the Romsdalen valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/1db510b6-a38a-4311-8de8-0ef7018fe0e0/DSC01823.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out Trollstigen, a road with 11 hairpin turns climbing out of the valley floor and over the mountain pass. So jealous of the cyclists I saw climbing up the road — the descent must have been incredible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/6bc20e22-c6af-4979-b49d-469939361e0e/DSC01846.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out Touristing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/a84579ff-0cb2-4cdc-8e14-51690b550770/DSC01906.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out Waterfall holding onto the last glimmer of sunlight before the sun dipped behind the valley wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/4cb1caa9-ca07-4639-a442-8d02bee34abd/DSC02016.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out The valley above Norddal has a network of cabins you can rent and is quite secluded. I stayed in one the night before, and had the whole valley to myself… well, except for the sheep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/48699dbe-2907-4633-91d1-2d28d9407e93/DSC02033.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out And here she is — Geirangerfjord! Glimpsing these cliffsides in person and witnessing their sheer size, I now understand how the tsunami in 1905 was so destructive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/72131fd4-4ca2-41a5-8d3b-78d85269920a/DSC02054.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out From the village of Geiranger, I took a boat tour down the fjord. Rounding the first bend, you begin to see the mighty Sju Systrene (Seven Sisters Waterfall). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/4bdcabcc-150e-4dfe-b19c-6bc18c2e4a78/DSC02181.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out The Seven Sisters are a series of (you guessed it) seven waterfalls, each falling about 450 meters from the lakes and snowmelt above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/ffbc259a-d8c4-436c-a9b6-fb7e682b8275/DSC02209.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out On the opposite side of the fjord is Friaren (The Suitor). As the legend goes, the seven sisters dance beautifully down the mountain, while the suitor tries to flirt and court the sisters from across the water. Though he once tried to propose to the seven sisters, he never succeeded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/d96b485c-2936-4178-9108-ebe005aa0a32/DSC02234.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out From the boat, hikers have the option to disembark and climb up to the Skågefla farm perched on a cliffside 250 meters above the water. This was the perfect place to stop, have a lunch, and read about how the original owner made it so that you could only reach the farm by ladder. When it was time for the tax collector to come, the farmer would just pull up the ladders so he wouldn’t have to pay his taxes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/c639fe2d-39eb-4549-8273-d04da084e963/DSC02232.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out View of the Geirangerfjord from Skågefla, with the Seven Sisters seen off to the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/14ae751e-373d-4e0a-ad5c-8cbaea96b941/DSC02311.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out I met a couple from Germany at Skågefla, and we took photos for each other. While I was happy to take some really cute couply photos for them, when it was my turn for a pic all I could think of was ‘‘what if the cliff collapsed and the tidal wave started right now. This is my disaster movie moment. YES.’’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/60565a54-46d0-43e6-b4e9-5375193464d1/DSC02468.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out This may surprise some of you - this is not a photo of me. It’s actually a troll, and they’re not real. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/a85670cf-e22a-44e2-8f66-ab3b988243a6/DSC02480.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out Seaside home in Åndalsnes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/eb428592-5128-4461-938a-46c357b74855/DSC02609.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out The view of Åndalsnes from the Skylift gondola. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/22c347cf-6a67-47c3-8d14-2b111b536508/DSC02554.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out View of the valley from atop the mountain above Åndalsnes. This valley leads to the Trollstigen road pictured earlier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/60d43645-6438-4d82-9402-9d660184335b/DSC01075.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out Friendly lil goat buddy who wouldn’t get off the road. Wanted a glamor shot apparently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/eb9306e5-5fc3-47de-b3d5-209ab05beb60/Auction-storage-no-trespassing-sign-tn1.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjords, Disaster Movies, and Allemannsretten (Update #4) - Make it stand out Image Source: Putnam County, TN https://mrsciencepants.com/fjord-to-blackboard/2023/10/23/oktoberfest-research-and-youth-elections monthly 0.5 2023-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/f5b0934a-de8c-43bc-aba7-5c9e00b56781/DSC02934.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Oktoberfest, Research, and Youth Elections (Update #3) - Make it stand out The street I live on in the St. Hanshaugen neighborhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/c1049a42-7b52-4dc1-bb4f-af97634dea16/5cb9a041-f95d-4b2e-847f-b780e5462f46.JPG Fjord to Blackboard - Oktoberfest, Research, and Youth Elections (Update #3) - Make it stand out Fun with Fulbrighters at Oktoberfest Oslo! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/0e95104e-3b55-4db5-9e86-77df99547bf1/FFD478EC-8D3A-4D55-8BB6-7B9C099C5C47.JPG Fjord to Blackboard - Oktoberfest, Research, and Youth Elections (Update #3) - Make it stand out Hiking with friends near Sognsvann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/56ac07b1-86ca-4e98-9673-fb3b8a12d8d1/DSC02808.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Oktoberfest, Research, and Youth Elections (Update #3) - Make it stand out Graveyard near my apartment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/7377080a-7ea4-4dba-ae78-cc2a8ceb38bf/DSC02876.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Oktoberfest, Research, and Youth Elections (Update #3) - Make it stand out The fall colors are quite stunning here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/5b6b954d-3a8e-46dc-8b30-d52b3d414af7/IMG_6710.JPG Fjord to Blackboard - Oktoberfest, Research, and Youth Elections (Update #3) - Make it stand out SISCO research group meeting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/1a75c7f9-c23e-42c8-8b2f-29927fba2a7e/DSC02747.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Oktoberfest, Research, and Youth Elections (Update #3) - Make it stand out View from my office across the main square at UiO. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/871cdc7f-34f2-4538-81b9-fc893cc73657/DSC00501.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Oktoberfest, Research, and Youth Elections (Update #3) - Make it stand out The office I share with two other PhD students at the Institute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/be9db9a1-0b58-4cf3-99b4-e94bd84ef386/Picture1.png Fjord to Blackboard - Oktoberfest, Research, and Youth Elections (Update #3) - Make it stand out Source: https://sikt.no/skolevalg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/51d2386d-c6b0-4097-bafa-cd72f4962387/IMG_6721.JPG Fjord to Blackboard - Oktoberfest, Research, and Youth Elections (Update #3) - Make it stand out July 22 Center in Oslo, where they have a gallery of all the front page stories from newspapers around Norway and Europe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/85160894-df24-48f4-868f-7d73fd1c1cd7/IMG_6726.JPG Fjord to Blackboard - Oktoberfest, Research, and Youth Elections (Update #3) - Make it stand out The timeline of events on July 22nd. The museum also has a number of other powerful galleries, sobering video interviews with survivors, and expert educators who facilitated a great session for our group from UiO. https://mrsciencepants.com/fjord-to-blackboard/2023/10/9/fulbright-orientation monthly 0.5 2023-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/80e994e2-1d7a-45a3-989f-55cb5a52f78a/Brochure.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fulbright Orientation (Update #2) - Make it stand out Click for link to project descriptions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/3cb5c3f0-d80b-4a37-a784-7b80306d6d16/DSC02646.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fulbright Orientation (Update #2) - Make it stand out Schafteløkken https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/d7358ab7-cb2c-44be-836c-b8431ca8dacc/DSC_2400.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fulbright Orientation (Update #2) - Make it stand out Introducing my research and bringing a little Texas to Norway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/ec19ebe2-b4ad-4934-912f-61de4d1c4e43/IMG_7305.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fulbright Orientation (Update #2) - Make it stand out 2023-2024 US Fulbright Grantees to Norway with US Ambassador to Norway Marc Nathanson and Norway’s State Secretary for Research and Higher Education Oddmund Løkensgard Hoel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/1696849287001-W8YF9YQ3LVMKD9XJL8YH/DSC02741.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fulbright Orientation (Update #2) Det Norske Nobelinstitutt (The Norwegian Nobel Institute). For inquiring minds, no… the irony of complicated legacies and a peace prize named for the inventor of dynamite was not lost on me. But I won’t belabor the point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/1696849285591-O1RNEUD3GFYJ8QAUL35O/DSC00583.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fulbright Orientation (Update #2) Gold relief of the Nobel Peace Prize https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/1696849294539-OYNX2Z1R38AYN1MH9XJJ/DSC00585.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fulbright Orientation (Update #2) This hall is where the Nobel Peace Prize winner is announced each year https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/1696849295275-87AUEU6TMTCRVWGNBTEV/DSC00581.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fulbright Orientation (Update #2) Entryway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/1696849299109-N7MAQDOF8LXIM7ISU1EM/IMG_5983.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fulbright Orientation (Update #2) Every Nobel Peace Prize winner is up on the wall, along with a piece of art representing their work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/1696849780697-77L5Z9Y7FXMNKGIJVL72/DSC00773.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fulbright Orientation (Update #2) On the boat down the Oslofjord to Oscarborg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/1696849779380-25OOUXFW2JKPT4XO0V4N/97f467d7-3c63-4ceb-ae6f-3614b108b210.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fulbright Orientation (Update #2) Coming back from a day at the spa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/1696849900999-VXXGC9QS7VCPYLIKET7E/IMG_4024.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fulbright Orientation (Update #2) My friend Nick, who will be in Trondheim https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/1696849783689-W5QJ6C9L1AMQ6V21ZQGC/IMG_6139.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fulbright Orientation (Update #2) Picnic in Vigelandsparken https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/1696850504711-AOAYDYH0UVMNH9XFQ5LS/IMG_6004.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fulbright Orientation (Update #2) Pålegg — toppings for open-faced sandwiches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/1696850500212-HAFUHT8ZG3NEWK4NF14I/IMG_6007.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fulbright Orientation (Update #2) Executive Director Petter Næss introduces us to the spread https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/1696850501632-7ARZL3B2FOGX41I7UHAU/IMG_6008.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fulbright Orientation (Update #2) Brunost, the famous Norwegian brown cheese https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/cc030073-7973-4ad7-9196-406a67e1ce69/IMG_6116.jpg Fjord to Blackboard - Fulbright Orientation (Update #2) - Make it stand out Fårikål https://mrsciencepants.com/fjord-to-blackboard/2023/9/11/welcome-to-fjord-to-blackboard monthly 0.5 2023-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/93eb6cbf-16c4-481a-bdcf-eaf5aedb5457/Billboard.jpeg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjord to Blackboard: Investigating the Norwegian Teacher Training Experience (Update #1) - Make it stand out Image credit: National Council on Teacher Quality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/1da15623-dfb2-4adc-9f1c-823f28648d7b/KIPP+AUSTIN0791.JPG Fjord to Blackboard - Fjord to Blackboard: Investigating the Norwegian Teacher Training Experience (Update #1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/4e490e3f-eb88-4072-af7c-a8b51fc2d454/Hardanger+Fiddle.jpeg Fjord to Blackboard - Fjord to Blackboard: Investigating the Norwegian Teacher Training Experience (Update #1) - Make it stand out Me at 19 years old (a literal baby) with my Hardanger fiddle teacher Andrea Een and our studio at St. Olaf College. Hardanger fiddles are a type of modified violin unique to Norway used to play folksongs by memory. If you want to hear what it sounds like, here’s a video of my friend Rachel Nesvig playing a song called Lofthusen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b4cf5d6e749402ce92e91e8/3291b353-3cbf-4241-af96-4aa38532d608/E5A6D82A-5DDD-46D4-809D-39DAB3E1174F.JPG Fjord to Blackboard - Fjord to Blackboard: Investigating the Norwegian Teacher Training Experience (Update #1) - Make it stand out Lefse I made for Christmas last year using a recipe from our Holm Familien Oppskrifter (Holm Family Recipes) book my mom and her sister made for me and my cousins. 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