Teacher and Tromsø

I already announced it and here it is: the amazing post! :-) Last week I worked as a primary school teacher. I was going to present Switzerland to all the kids in the 4th - 7th grade. They are 9 - 12 years old. I didn't expect that I have to present already on the first day my PowerPoint presentation, but everything went fine. When I wasn't presenting Switzerland, then I was in the 4th grade (first picture) to help in the lessons. The kids were sweet but it was also very exhausting. At the end of every day I was really tired. What did i help? For example in the Math lessons or in the Art and Handcraft lessons (I hope this is the right name in English). In the Art and Handcraft lesson the kids sewed and I had to help! :-) I was kind of surprised that it was not a problem for me. It happened also everyday that some kids came to me and said "You are so cool.", or some girls "I'm in love with you.". On the second picture you can see the bureau where I had my place. I got this job because the woman on the right side (Reidun) is a good friend of my hostmother.

I was just working 4 days in the primary school, because on Friday began our trip to Tromsø. We took the plane 8 am in Oslo, so we had to drive 5 am from Halden. We arrived Tromsø 10 am. These two pictures were taken ca. 1 pm. You can see that it isn't very bright. But surprisingly was it longer bright then expected. You didn't see the sun but you had maybe 4-5 hours a day with a very special light. On the picture above can you see a church in the centre of the city. You can see that the Russians had some influence on the way of building in Tromsø. On the picture below is the library of Tromsø. Wenn du das lisisch, Mami, denn stunsch sicher nid schlächt ab dere Bibliothek. Wär ja eigentlech fasch Grund gnue o mau dert ueche z ga ;-) I just wrote a little message to my (real) mother, because she is librarian.

The Polaria is a museum and aquarium about polar regions, climate warming and environment. The highlight is this big basin with seals.

I saw a polar bear and I drove the snowscooter! ;-)

On Saturday went we on a dog-sledding tour. Our goal was to see the famous aurora borealis or northern lights. The tour lasted one hour and after it my backside really hurt. But it didn't really matter because this tour was awesome. We saw really big northern lights. They reached from the south horizon til the north horizon, on the whole sky. Unfortunately were they not bright enough for my camera. You can see on the picture below a hopeless try of catching the aurora borealis..

After the dog-sledding tour could we enjoy delicious reindeer meat and vegetables from the region.

This is the "Ishavs katedral" (Ice sea cathedral). It is a famous building in Tromsø. It was built 1965 from the architect Jan Inge Hovig. Here is the wikipedia link.

On Sunday we took the cable car to the top of a mountain next to Tromsø which is ca. 450 meters high. We arrived there and what we saw was just awesome! The view with its very special light. The day before was the first official day of sun which means that you can see the sun for a short time. We were on the top exactly then when you could see the sun from the city. We didn't see the sun from there where we stood but the light was so special. On the picture below can you see a part of Tromsø.

On the way back to the hotel, we walked over one of the two big bridges in Tromsø and then we saw the Hurtigruten boat. It is kind of something special when the Hurtigruten arrives. Everyone knows when it is coming because the boat's signal-horn is very loud.