Today we met Aaron and Una (and Elvira) the brother and sister-in-law of a friend in Yellowknife (Kelly Slack). They live here in Bergen. We went to the old fort of Bergen that is 500 years old and saw the castle with the bunkers and canons. We also went to the science fair, and I went to the whale section, where I had to listen and repeat the noise that the whales made. I was a expert at Narwal noises and even got a diploma. My mom was very proud! 😍Then We went to a burger/sushi place and we all got burgers weirdly, which I thought was very non-Norwegian style.
School is going well. I did a lot of Norwegian practice before coming here, which is paying off. I have a couple of friends now. One is from Somalia and the other on is from some where else in Africa. There names are Ubdi and other one is Nigel. I like them very much. Ubdi is in 7th grade and Nigel is in 5th grade, like me. Ubdi does not talk a lot ,so I can’t say much about him. He is nice in a silent way. When I see him, he makes feel better, even if he does not speak much English. I also joined a soccer team the other night and scored a couple of times, but it was hard getting coached in Norwegian. Our team is called Djerv, which means “the bold”. We have our first real game on Thursday. Our field is outside, which means I will have to get used to playing in the rain ☔️
We do a lot of hiking and walking around in Bergen. We probably walk at least 10 kilometers each day. We’re getting strong because there are a lot of hills and mountains (see photos below)… so my mom finally caved and is letting me play Pokemon go on her phone on some of our walks. There are pokestops everywhere because Bergen is full of monuments and statues. The famous Johannes Kirkken (church) right next to our house is a gym! I have some advantages.#1, I can find Pokemon that only exist is Europe. I caught a Pokemon the other day called Mr. Mime. That makes sense because this Pokemon would be very common in France. I find it very fun to explore Bergen, and taking a phone around. Some times a Pokemon lands in very odd place like this. (See below).
Hope you enjoyed this week’s issue of the International Moose!
Ha det og har en god uke (good bye and have a good week)
The International Moose 
It is great to hear about your new friends, and your soccer team, and to see photos of your hiking paths. Also, congrats on the Pokemon Go opportunity.
Eleanor found a great quiet place to ride her bike close to Brian’s s new apartment- a huge cemetery with wide roads! I will fly back to New Mexico tomorrow. Have a great week. Love, Grandma
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Mark,
I am enjoying your blog. I am glad you will get to play soccer outside because that is how the real game is played. The field is much bigger than indoors so it is an advantage to good runners. How is your Norwegian coming – how do you say goal? Have you tried to speak French with your French/Canadian class mate? Do you know what language Ubdi speaks. Depending on where he is from he might speak French.
Gandpa
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Your experiences are wonderful. We lived in Switzerland in 1966-67 and loved every moment of the year. Lots of new experiences and wonderful friends…..which we still have today…..many moons later.
Thanks!
Carolyn P. Walkling
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Congratulations on the Narwhal Noises Diploma! And good luck on the first “real” soccer game tomorrow … and in the rain. I hope you score a goal or two! I had no doubt you would be making friends pretty quickly down there … I know I certainly enjoyed your company on the ship! Ubdi and Nigel sound like nice friends to have.
So I had my vocal cord surgery on June 1st and I am so happy my singing voice has come back even better than it was before!
Until later!
Tom
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