Casa del Berkeley

America has a thing for carpeting floors. The reason Norwegians don't is because we spill everything all the time.. We have, over the past weeks, emptied a couple of cans of carpet cleaner as two of us (without using names) have had nice vomit stains next to their beds after a hard night out. Our carpet, which is some sort of grayish and smells funny, has now gotten some of its original color back (white) on certain areas after days of scrubbing. Our fear is that things will start growing from it soon, cause we tend spill a lot of water on it (every time we knock over the flower vase in the living room..).

Another "annoying" thing we've discovered is that the shower head is about 165 cm from the floor. Being that I live with midg- I mean cute, small girls, it's not a problem for them, but I, who is astonishingly 170 cm (I know, they're making a documentary about it), have to do deep squats while in the shower - every day.

Then there is the fire alarm, that goes off the minute you turn on the stove. Even if the balcony door is right next to it. Open. It goes off about every day. 2 or 3 times. We can hardly boil water. I think we're very popular with the neighbors..

Lastly, there is the TV. Now I know we're four girls, but I swear, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. Like our vents that turn themselves off and on whenever they want. Sometimes, it doesn't matter how many buttons you push, the TV won't turn on! Maria actually made it turn on by using the volume buttons the other day - but that didn't work today. Maybe try muting it?

Ah, the difficulties of getting used to the American way of living. They're just too modernized for people like us (Norwegians - not girls!).


Maria quote: "I don't know, I'd feel more pride in being killed by a unicorn than a fish.."