Stanley is Alive and Doing Well!

Stanley is alive in France and doing well! Soon he will go on to a new place, but due to some technical issues, all of his adventures in France are documented here:
http://theflatmanprojecttour.blogspot.no/

Happy reading!

Lis

The Norwegian fox in Polish school.
http://northpolestudents.blogspot.com/2013/11/lis-lis-lis.html

Goodbye Stanley!

Stanley is off to continue his journeys in France. Have fun!

The Fox!

As we are sure most have heard by now, a song called "The Fox" is very popular right now. Two Norwegian brothers sing the song, so of course we had to have Stanley represent. The Ylvis brothers are famous comedians in Norway. They are well-known for their stand-up, and "The Fox" was actually meant to be a joke but it has taken off. The video didn't want to upload, so here's the link on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE

A Visit to Oslo!

On Stanley's last weekend in Norway he was lucky enough to take a trip into Oslo, the capital of Norway.

He went on a nice walk through Vår Frelsers Gravlund, a beautiful cemetery, and came upon the grave of Henrik Ibsen, one of the most famous Norwegian play wrights.Here's a short wikipedia article if you're interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A5r_Frelsers_gravlund   

He got to observe some regular apartments and buildings....

And of course he had to check out the Royal Palace. This is taken on a street called "Karl Johan" which is a famous street filled with shops and restaurants in Oslo. 

Stanley fit right in in a photo from the restaurant while he was waiting for his food.

The menu at the restaurant was a perfect fit!

More about Vestfossen!

Lille Eden

It is at Fredfoss,a conference center, in Vestfossen. When you are there, you can see flowers, a lot of different colors, sculptures and visit a café. The preschools often visit Lille Eden.

Norwegian forest

Our forest is green. We have a lot of trees. In the autumn there are a lot of leaves, with different colors. There are many people who go for a walk in the forest because it’s wonderful nature.

Fredfoss

It’s an old factory. Now it’s a conference center. Lots of students go there on a school trip. There is also a workout center there.

Vestfossen church

There is a new church in Vestfossen. It was built in 2010. Now you can go to church services there and you can also marry there, and get confirmed.

Gymnasium/handball

We have a big gymnasium in Vestfossen. And we have a very good handball team with some members in our class. 

By Victoria, Annette, and Kristiane

Showing Stanley around Town

Today we took Stanley on a short tour of our town. We visited an old mansion, our city center, the train station, and a grocery store. It was a beautiful morning, and we had a lovely walk.

This is a picture outside of our school. It is a little difficult to see, but you can see a bit of the sunrise in the background. Since we live so far North, as winter gets closer the days get darker and darker. It is still getting light when we begin school at 8:00 am. 

We have experienced some lovely Autumn weather, and the leaves are all sorts of colors. Keep reading to learn more about the places we visited! 

Food!

Today Stanley got to see Vestfossen. We took him to the food store and got some typical Norwegian food such as brown cheese (goat cheese) and bread. We also got some sausages. [There are so many different types of sausages!] For breakfast we ate bread and yoghurt. There's this special type of yoghurt called "God Morgen" yoghurt that we decided to have. After a while lunch time came around and we figured out we wanted to have cafeteria food, and bought ourselves pizza rolls. For dinner we ate the sausages we had gotten earlier.

Goat cheese

 We buy fresh bread almost every day. This is next to the bread slicer in the store.

Pølser! So many different kinds of sausages.

By Tonia, Louise, Anette, Adrian, and Herman

Sentrum (The Center of the City)

The train station is in the middle of the town. Our town is the art and culture capital of our county, so we have some statues in the park by the train station.

A river goes through Vestfossen. There is a boat named MS Eikeren which can take you on a trip around the lake named Eikeren.

By Kristiane, Karoline, Anne Line, Mathea, and Erika.

Fossesholm

Hello! Today we have been at Fossesholm. Fosseshom is an old mansion. It was built in the 1500's. It is a famous attraction in Vestfossen. Many people say that it is haunted. Now there are just animals living there like hens, rabbits, sheep, goats and peacocks. Stanley had a lot of fun!

By Reni, Daria, Maren, and Vilfrid.

(This first picture of outside of the school while we were hanging out.)

Norwegian Candy

We are going to tell you about some Norwegian candy: Milk chocolate in Noway is called "Melkesjokolade", and we have potato chips. One brand is called "Sørlandschips". Kids usually get candy on Saturdays, it's like a tradition and called "lørdagsgodt." On Easter Eve we get an easter egg filled with candy. On Christmas Eve we get a stocking and we call it "Jule strømpe." And we have a popular Icecream that we call "Krone is."

By Helene Victoria, Solfrid, and Ina

When we took Stanley on a tour of our town, we stopped by the grocery store. Of course, we had to show him some of our favorite snacks! We love chocolate, and believe that Norwegian chocolate is the best! We also like typical snacks such as potato chips.

Meet Stanley, our Flatman!

This is Stanley, our Flatman! Right now he is visiting Norway. Today he came to our International Contacts class  and started learning some Norwegian. Hallo! Hvordan går det? This means Hello! How are you?  Feel free to join us as we show Stanley around our town and school before he goes to visit a different country!