Snow...snow...snow!

Here are some photos around Borgen over that past couple of days....snow...snow...snow. It is beautiful, but lots of work.

Outside my apartment.

Ice Hockey game on our Ice Rink

SNOW ANGEL :)

'Stupid waste of time' things you find on the internet...

You Are a Buttered Popcorn Jelly Bean

You have a strong, distinct flavor that makes you quite controversial. Some people love you, others wish you would disappear forever.

What Flavor Jelly Bean Are You?

What kind of puppy would you be??

You Are a Beagle Puppy

Cheerful, energetic, and happy go lucky. And you're sense of smell is absolutely amazing!

What Breed of Puppy Are You?

Russia Trip

With much discussion back and forth and website searching for good prices....it is finally mostly settled with my trip to visit the DTS team in Russia.

So next week on the 2nd (hopefully with visa and passport in hand) I will fly into Murmansk from Tromsø. Then spend a week with the team before heading back here on the 9th. So I am not going all the way to Naryan Mar, which is OK for me, I am happy I am getting to be in Russia anyways. Plus the cost of going to Naryan-Mar was a push when I do not even have enough to get to Murmansk yet.

So it is all very exciting and I am looking forward to catch up with everyone on the team!!

More Lecture Phase Photos

DTS started with Artic Extreme!


Leivur representing the boys...can't seem to find a photo of Sigurd!


Some tough Kiwi Chicks!

Artic Circle fun

Well......

DTS girls

Cherob & Melodie


Lenneke wearing the lastest in house holiday decoration

Plodding on

I am known for not having the greatest sense of the passage of time. Thus my nickname 'last-minute-Helen'. Knowing this about myself helps me to combat my tendency to not get things done until the last moment.....but honestly I do work better under pressure. So this coming few months will be very efficient as many things are going to pile up and clamour for my attention....namely the Russian trip (darn little things called visas), next DTS, this DTS's end, plus all the other little base administration things that end up in my corner because we lack an office person. Not to mention my new evolving role in the University of the Nations promoting and expansion in Northern Europe (golly gosh that sounds important and impressive, should get that printed on business cards).


Another exciting thought that Mum and Dad will arrive in Europe for their three-month trip in the end of April and will start off with a visit to Borgen so see my little corner of the globe in full colour. FUN!!! Dad wants to go snowmobiling and it is my duty and obligation to go with him.....ohhh i feel the need for speed even now calling me.

Anyways....had practise being a 'mum' this week looking after a 10 and 8 year old for a week while their parents were away teaching. They were great and I enjoyed the time....and now I will also enjoy (with greater appreciation) the joy of sleeping in tomorrow morning in my own bed - child free.


The DTS is very busy on outreach in Kautokeino (Sami village further North-east from here) with lots of youth work. They will then continue outreach in Russia from the end of January until mid-march. I will plan....I mean I AM planning, to visit them in mid-February so I look forward to seeing them then!

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK TEAM!

Have a look at their blogsite so you can see for yourself what they are up to.

This school I have not taken so many photos so here are a few taken by the students over the lecture phase.

Combined with the Rovaniemi DTS in Finland

Snow families

It all started when we noticed our neighbour, Young Bo, creating a snowman outside his window. It was soon obviously a snowwoman that looked remarkably like his pregnant wife, Chun Ok. Thats when the plans hatched in the minds of three sugar-filled-slightly bored individuals; namely myself, Olga and Jan Willem.

What is a mother without children, we thought, so set out to make children. So hiding behind a building we created a little brood of kids to surprise them.

Waited for their light to go out before we moved the 'kids' into place. Unfortunately it started to rain so their faces started to fall off. Here is the little scene that awaited the Kim family next day.
And here they are a couple of days later, poor things suffocating in the snow.

Not so much to do here over Christmas so one must create your own amusement.

2007 starts.....

Happy New Year!!

It is 12:33 PM here and 2007 has arrived. What will this year hold? God only knows.

God Bless you all!!!

Helen