Rebecca in Norway: Min første gang i Oslo

On Saturday I took the two hour train ride in to Oslo. I was going into Oslo to see the city because I have never been there before and also to see Jenny. Last year, my family was a host family for a nice Norwegian exchange student named Jenny. She lived with us for a year in El Segundo, California. She is now back in Norway, living in Oslo and in her last year of videregånde skole (equivalent to US high school). It was very sad to say good bye to her when she left the United States and our family, but it was nice to see her and her family again after almost 6 months. It was also nice that she lives in Oslo because I kind of got an inside tour of Oslo, not just all the tourist sights. We actually didn't go to that many tourist places. I took the 8:30 AM train into Oslo and got there about 10:30 AM. We then went to see The Scream painting in one of Oslo's art museums. Then we walked around the city a little bit and saw the royal palace, the parliament building, and the city hall. Net we went to lunch at a Mexican restaurant. Then we took the bus to the museum of modern art. After that we got Italian ice cream (YUM!). Then we took the bus back to the main road and went shopping. I finished almost all of my Christmas shopping that day :). Then we walked back to her house. There I met her family again and had dinner. One of her friends also came over and ate with us. It was very cozy and nice. It was great to see all of them again. Hopefully next time I go visit I will be able to speak Norwegian with them. I spoke a little bit of Norwegian with them this time, but not a lot. My Norwegian is getting better, but it is still not good. I can read more then I can understand of talking, and I can understand more than I can speak. It is really hard for me to formulate sentences and think of all the words and the order they are supposed to go in. So, my favorite word is "Ja", which means yes.