Saturday, October 23, 2010

First 10 Things I Noticed in Norway

Just for memories and kicks, time for a list of the first 10 different things I noticed when I arrived here.
  1. The toilet flushers are never in the same spot - sometimes buttons on top, buttons on the side, we're handles that you have to pull up (it takes forever to figure out, I swear). Far to complicated for foreigners, or Americans atleast..or maybe just me.
  2. When you finally manage to flush the toilet for the first time, you get unexpexted fright and adrenaline rush. It's a huge whoosh, loud, and over in the blink of an eye.
  3. 99% of the showers fail to keep water inside of them, so your bathroom floor is nearly always flooded.
  4. Luckily, to help fix the flooding issue, extra drains are placed all over the bathroom rather than just in the shower. Why not just build a higher wall when you step into the shower? I do not know.
  5. You have to pay to use public bathrooms. Like, wtf?
  6. Stalls all have full walls, doors, and legitimate locks. No worries about people peeking :]
  7. Over half of the differences I noticed are in the bathroom.
  8. People on the streets don't look anywhere but straight ahead while walking and being friendly is just being too friendly.
  9. Beds are low to the ground and you have one blanket.
  10. Stealing apples from people's trees is quite common.
Well there you have it. There are many more things I could add but that's it for now. I'll update about my life later.

1 comment:

  1. Hey :D
    I was just lurking the norway page on CS, and came across your blog link.

    I'm in Bergen with Rotary right now, and just wanted to say i LOVE THIS

    Flooding showers, confusing flushers, paying for public washrooms....haha
    I love reading other people's observations of norway!

    hadet :D

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