Wait

The preparation time is over, we have finished our reports that we're supposed to present to the local organization. We're going to work in Suleymania for approximately 3 months, and later have a three week post-reporting period in Lillehammer Norway. (For those who don't know where this town is, it's about 2 1/2 hours north of Oslo and it's also where the 1994 winter olympics were held.)

I am leaving in 9 days, and have not come close to finishing all practical things I need to have done. In a way the preparation time in Lillehammer was better, it kept us away from the fact that we will be working in a completely different environment, using a language we're not used to. In a professional context, that is. I wont even begin to discuss the cultural dissonance between the generation that migrated and the one that stayed in Kurdistan. That's a whole blog for itself.

I will leave you with this picture of beautiful Lillehammer. Enjoy../ H