Hello From Norway

We are currently in Tromso, Norway. The best place to see the Northern Lights according to Denny.

The first night we arrived, we took a bus to our hotel and made an awful walk all uphill to our hotel. The uphill part wasn't bad, it was the fact that this was all covered in ice and snow. There was a small section where there was a vertical hill and many of us kept sliding down trying to get up. But once we got settled it was all good.

The next day (25th) we had class, but afterwards we did a mini walk to the Poloria museum. The museum was pretty cool. But the best part of this day was seeing the Lights.

After dinner, around 7:30 - 8:00 a group of us, Clay, Brenna, Liz, Michelle, Swaffie, Caitlin, Matt, Allen, Nate, and I went out in search for this. It was quite a journey. Before we left I went sledding in the streets for bit, not the greatest idea but boy was it fun. We walked towards the dock and saw a glimpse of it. With excitement we started to look for a place that was darker and found an area that was OK. The city lights were really bright, but in just a matter of a few minutes we saw flares of green light showing up. To get a beter view a lot of laid down in the snow. It was absolutely fantastic! It was just like watching the lights on youtube, but ten times better. Every once in awhile, the lights would go away, but then it would come back. It was great. We were outside for a good two hours until I started to become numb so I headed out.

While walking back to the hotel though, I could still see the lights in the sky and in the distance I could hear someone screaming like a girl in glee. I think it was Clay...