Sky/Mountains/Sea

Just thought these were nice. The bottom two are taken from the end of our building.

Company

At the international student outing we got into conversation with some students from Pakistan, and we started talking about how much we like Indian food (and that nice Indian restaurant in West Lafayette--Bombay on South River Road--go see Julie and Matt, and get them to take you there!), so they offered to come over and cook for us. We ended up with the three guys from Pakistan (one is actually Norwegian ... but that's a long story), two girls from Poland, one girl from Germany and one girl from India. We had meatballs made with Seekh Kebab spice mix (rather hot to me--but tasty!), a chickpea dish, a rice dish with lots of carmelized onions, a mixed-vegetable dish (one of the guys is a vegetarian), and a traditional drink called lassi which is made with yogurt. There was so much food, and it was all very good. We provided desert—cookies, cake, and ice cream—which went over well. They brought their laptop so we could have appropriate music. It was fun.

International Students Outing

Note fire is on top of snow.

Same fire--a couple of hours later.

Ready, set ...

Faster than a speeding bullet!

Now if I can just stand up.

Success!

The Saturday before Palm Sunday, we went to the park that is about 5 minutes walk from our flat to join other international students for an outdoor get-together. There were about 40 of us. We arrived about 11:30 and most were already sledding down the well-packed hills. A fire had been started for warmth, on top of the snow. By the time we left, the fire was sitting in a hole about 3 feet deep. That's a lot of packed-down snow. Mike took a sled and went to the top of one of the shorter runs.

Snow Removal Man

In our new place, there is not so much traffic that uses our door to the outside, and the entrance doesn't have an overhang, so when Mike was having difficulty opening the door after a big snow, he took it upon himself to do a bit of clearing. Fortunately, the "shovel" was available and it took him just a few minutes to clear a path. I've never seen one of these contraptions in the States (perhaps just didn't know to look for it)--but everyone uses them here, and they work great!

Elverhøy

Late in March, we got a lot more snow ... again! We took some pictures around Elverhøy church and cemetery.

Updates

Once again I've gotten far behind, but the photo situation is fixed now, so I have many to post. The middle child has been giving me grief over this, so I hope this will appease her!