4th October (Sunday) Day 1

And there it was, our first day on the spaceship, although one of our today’s assignments was actually to create one xD

We started our day with a short introduction to the program and establishing the rules , of which, we found those informal ones more amusing, like greeting people with your tongue in the morning or eating with the opposite hand that you use…

We also shared our expectations and fears about the exchange and one of the things that we all agreed on was that we hoped to have a good weather here...

Soon after, in international groups we were supposed to “hunt” a treasure exploring the village of Fjørtofta. We got the letters with instructions and soon set off. Despite our wishes the weather was horrible. It was raining for the whole day, so we had to take our rain coats with us.

It was indeed funny to see little groups of five running around and trying to find the stuff from their assignment. The task included finding a specific destination and answering a few questions regarding local society. Some of us had to find our way to the church or a “horse place” while others had to go to the ferry dock and a harbor. At the end we all had to find a “saloon” which is one of the local sights and looks like an abandoned bar and pick up fishing equipment which we would need later on. All of this was extraordinary fun even though the rain was pouring all the time like insane. At the end of the game all of us gathered in the school and discussed our experiences, laughed like crazy and tried to dry our clothes.

In the afternoon we worked on decorations for our spaceship travel. Some people had to arrange the chill out room while others had to turn our working room into a spaceship cabin…

In the end it all looked like we were really in space.

In the evening, after launching the spaceship with messages we had a so called “alien party” dressed up as aliens.