When I left home I simply could not acknowledge I was leaving all the great things I have for 5 months of Norway. What was I thinking? I love my family, I love my girlfriend! My live couldn’t get any better! I should be on my bare knees thanking everybody for being in my life. Even thought my face expressed peace there was war in my head.

But it was to late.. There was no crawling back this time. I was already leaving on this great adventurous dream I had.

My mind stayed blank for what seemed to be a lifetime and from a distance I could see myself laughing and going back to being sad again. Even after reaching my final destination there was still no sign of really being alive. When I woke up in my new bed the next morning I felt confused and weird.. Like I had put down my cat the day before and expected it to sit on my bed.
With a huge effort I got out of bed and made myself some breakfast and went to town. Life hadn’t stopped so let’s see whats out there

Rain.. Rain and darkness. That’s whats out there.

After walking around in this wet darkness with my friend Erwan we were talking about the welcome party that was going down that evening. I sad I wasn’t sure if I was going to the party.. I was quit tired and didn’t feel like partying. Erwan was tired to but sad ‘Let’s just take a look and if it’s nothing, it’s nothing. We can always leave’.
I didn’t notice it at that moment but I think this was my first actual step into my adventurous dream..

The party was awesome! Don’t particularly like party’s, not at all to be honest. But when I started to meet more and more outdoor education classmates, I started having a blast. These people where awesome! And just like that I was back in the game and up and running and for the first time in my life I remembered peoples names after meeting them.

The introduction day was driving me crazy but I liked seeing the rest of the outdoor education class and meeting my teachers. And of course I enjoyed the dinner ^^

Then after a couple of days of great lectures, an even better party and exploring the magnificent woods in the area. It was time for the weekends! So I invited the whole class for a dinner at my place.

Still in class I started making my plans for the diner. I decided to make a nice stew and some pasta salad, then when class was over at 14:00 hours I would do some quick grocery’s by car and go home to pack my gear and walk to the forest so I could make some fire and prepare the diner! Simple!
NOT

I did my grocery’s in 1,5 hours because I couldn’t chose which meat I was going to take.. And Erwan being an handicap wasn’t really helpful as well
When I got home I started cooking pasta and cutting all the vegetables. Already I knew there was no way I would be on time! At 18:15 hours I was still packing my stuff so I called to group and told them to go to the cabin next to the lake at uni. But when I walked to Jegersberg I found my class wondering around. It was kind of weird but I was very happy this was the case since I was dragging along 40 kilo of gear. When we arrived at the cabin everybody did there part and in no time there was a fire going, the last vegetables where being cut and the salad was mixed. It’s so great to be part of a group of people that are so kind and kickass! Even after just one week it already felt like they were my best friends. After a pleasing diner half of the class went home and the other half went back to my place to watch into the wild and enjoy the warmth of the fire place.
Earlier today I wrote an awesome last minute message with drawings that everybody should take something with them that’s dear to them. Tina told about a necklace her grandmother gave her, I shared some Beerenburg liquor and Ollie played some awesome didgeridoo. All in all a perfect evening!

After a lot of sleeping and resting on Saturday I thought to myself, my adventurous dream contained Sleeping outside.. every.. possible.. moment.
So just like that I decided to sleep out that night. I packed my bag, told Simke where I was heading and of I went. After 5 minutes I was already in the forest, and what a great feeling that is! Just to be that close to nature, really love the feeling that I can go anywhere and find a new place. After an hour of walking I crossed some beaver trails and went up a mountain to set up camp. I decided not to got to far because I had to be in class the next morning.
When I found my spot I realized that I probably forgot my lighter because I used it for the class diner.. No panic, the weather is nice and this way I get to try the fire bow again! Me previous attempts weren’t that successful so I was eager to try it again.. A lot of smoke, tinder, two different kind of woods, a tired arm, sweaty forehead, little pile of burned wood and 3 hours later I still didn’t had a fire and it was dark. Even thought I wasn’t able to get an ember I was really proud of myself that I made such a good effort. Proud or not no fire means: no warmth, no warm food and no light. So at 18:00 hours I was in my sleeping bag trying to make some music with the harmonica. In the night I was troubled because it was starting to snow and I didn’t know what to do with my bag. (I was sleeping in my bivy bag). So at times when it started to snow a little more I put my backpack in my bivy bag, which, in reality, is to small for both me and the pack. Even thought I managed to get it done it wasn’t comfortable. Besides the snow it had been a long time since slept outside in the cold. Snug in my sleeping bag everything was kind of warm except of my bag, I have this most of the times when sleeping in the cold. Then I decided to put my down jacket between my sleeping bag and the liner at my back. The rest of the night I was between being awake and sleeping but at least I now had a very cosy warm back ^^