Friday, February 9

I hearby withdraw all previous claims that Norway is not cold

Minus ten has been torturing my area for a week. Protruding body parts threaten to fall off, and the icy ground is too freezing to make you slip. Everyone is outrageously cold, but as some of you have already guessed, I am colder.

Skiing would be a great activity if only we didn't freeze our toes off trying to go about it. I'm so cold I don't know what to do but glue myself to the fireplace.

Rumours have it the temperature up in the inland mountains has been down to -30. Minus 30! The one time I experienced minus 20 (not in Norway, but in Freezing Finland), the dampness from my breath made my top and bottom eyelashes freeze together.

I just got myself a place to stay for three months in Sogndal, where I work. However, due to the utter graveness of the current circumstances (i.e. having to heat a whole house by myself), I have sought refuge in my parent's house until the weekend is over.

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