We have been keeping quite busy here in Stavanager. Since our last update quite a few significant things have occured.
First off, summer came to an end as Loren started his final year of grad school. As everyone knows, the first few weeks of school are usually more lax, but the pace soon quickened as Loren added not one, but two jobs to his plate. He has been coaching swimming for the British International School of Stavanger (BISS) and has also picked up private lessons for ConocoPhillips expat families. He's working his way up the company, one swim lesson at a time.
As for Megan, she has been keeping busying working and passing her driving test. That's right, she now can legally drive in Norway for the rest of her life, or at least the next 99 years! The main differences with driving here is that there are rarely any stop signs and traffic lights. Instead they are replaced by roundabouts galore and this thing called the "right rule." The "right rule" is applied when you are on certain roads you yield to the person to your right (just like if two people stop at a 4-way stop sign).
We've planned our first "honeymoon" for Thanksgiving weekend. We will be spending 3 days and 4 nights next to Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark. During this time we will be exploring the capital of Denmark and attending the Christmas Market! You'll have to wait until after the trip to find out more!
One final note before we go get some dinner, we now have 2 modes of transportation. Our first big purchase were 2 mountain bikes, both on sale. Originally we thought that we could get by with just those and public transportation, but needless to say we were wrong. So instead, to celebrate Megan passing her driving test (also after multiple weeks searching online and riding bikes in the rain), we bought a car! It's a 2005 VW Golf (bright blue!!!)!
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| Pretty sunrise from our bedroom. |
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| Gorgeous sunset from our balcony. |
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| Three massive winter tankers in the harbor. |
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| Unique architecture in Sandnes. |
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| Drivers side view of the electric bullet. (That is not our parking spot so don't critic the parking job) |
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| Front view of the electric bullet. (Loren is grabbing his iPod after reversing into our parking space.) |
