YIP YAP SNIP SNAP
1 MORE MONTH UNTIL MY NORDIC STUDIES TRIP TO MINNESOTA YIPPEE (my parents couldn't send me to the actual Nordic countries but idc)
I have written the list of buckets, The Bucket list
Wear my Bunad at least once
Try to have a conversation in Norwegian with someone (last time I did was back in March of last year with one of the disney EPCOT workers)
Go to an IKEA (10x Nordic than rest of IKEAs, but not as Nordic than a real Swedish IKEA)
Celebrate Midsummer
Meet a real Nyckelharpa player
Buy LOTS of Nordic things (I have over 500$ saved now hehehaha)
Eat Lefse
Go to a Nordic museum
Go to the NAHA (Norwegian-American Historical society) headquarters
Learn about the Scandinavian Emigration Era :3
take a photo with the Vilhelm Moberg statue (yes that’s real)
Info Dump to people
Try to meet any kids my age who like Nordic history (impossible)
Go to a language camp (norwegian!!)
Visit Karl-Oskar Nilsson House
try to dress as someone from the Scandinavian Emigration Era and do a little bit of chaos
Convince Nihara to go with me (she’s actually going to Sweden and then she's going to Saudi Arabia she’s so lucky uffda)
Meet the one and only ✨Anne Charlotte Harvey✨ (best Nordic folk singer)
See if I could catch on the Sabaton concert (They’re performing in Minneapolis)
a n n o y p e o p l e w i t h N o r d i c n es s
Wave a giant Scandinavian flag
be Nordic
take a photo of every single Nordic reference I see
that’s all (for now)
Make sure to see me
