Semester Abroad in a Minute

Okay...more like 3 minutes, but that's still shorter than some of my vlogs! 

This will most likely be my final post, thanks for following! 

One Week Later

Göteborg, Sweden

I'm in Sweden!

Hanging out in the city museum with the viking, Odin! 

Norwegian vs. Swedish money

In the harbor!

Drøbak

Eva's garden! 

I'm obsessed with that rusty candelabra. 

Super good dairy, gluten, etc. free cupcake! 

Just climbin' the mountain behind the house, no big. 

Also obsessed with this mosquito net and bed frame. 

This lake near the house leads out into the Oslo Fjord! 

Town center of Drøbak! 

The city is known for its roses. They're everywhere! 

Basically a European Lowe's/Home Depot/Menards. 

We made pizza on my last night in Norway! 

HOME

Yesterday at about 7:30 pm I finally touched down in Des Moines after about 24 hours of solid traveling! So far, it feels weird, but mostly good to be home! Thanks also to Glenna and Shannon for coming to see me at the airport! :) 

FAMILY! (AND BALLOONS!)

Welcome home sign on our garage door :)

Although I'm home now, I still have a few more posts about my travels in Norway and my overall final thoughts on studying abroad so look out for those! 

Norway!

Tomorrow morning I'm leaving to go to Norway for about a week and a half! I will be staying in Drobak which is a town just a bit south of Oslo. I signed up through a program called WWOOF (http://www.wwoof.org/) to work on an organic farm. I contacted my host, Eva, and I'm all set to stay with her! This is extra great because Norway is a really expensive country to visit, and I probably wouldn't have gotten to go if not for this! Although my study abroad experience is now technically over (except for those papers I have due in February...), I'm really excited to get to extend my travels for a bit. Stay tuned for pictures and updates after Norway as well as after I get back to the US (July 17th)! 

Hrvatska (Croatia in Croatian!)

Jen and I had one last trip together before she leaves for the US of A tomorrow (Ahh!). We decided to visit Split, Croatia where a bunch of our friends from Klagenfurt are from! Great decision on our part. Split has the beaches of Greece, as much Roman history as Rome, and the nightlife of Istanbul. Needless to say, I loved it! 

We got to Split at about 5 in the morning which gave us a good chance to walk around the city when it wasn't crowded or unbelievably hot!

We saved money by making sandwiches in our little apartment!  It was really nice, especially after we discovered the air conditioning...

Just a random beautiful spot inside Diocletian's Palace.

Beach!

The third day we took the advice of our Croatian friends and went to the island of  Brač by ferry. This is the view of Split we got from the boat!

On the ferry!

We decided to rent a paddle boat for an hour. Definitely worth it! 

Chillin' inside the palace!

Two of our many Croatian friends from Split, Karlo and Marino.