Halloween, parties, and end of term dinner

The last few weeks have been pretty busy in Longyear. It has also been compete darkness for many days now and im starting to miss the sun already! It is also strange to how much you adjust to the cold... the last few days have only been around -2 or -3 compared to -15 the week before and it actually feels warm! I have been sleeping with my window open, it is so warm!

We had celebrations for Halloween... on Friday we organised a party at the Friday Gathering! We had games including bobbing for apples, and sweets on string... we also had music, vodka jelly shots and we made a massive spiders web on the entrance to the cantine! The party was a success apart from a big dent in numbers due to people being very ill. On the Saturday night, we continued celebrating and went to Husset, the night club in Longyearbyen! It was a really good night and you got free entry if you got dressed up!

We had celebrations for friends birthdays during the week! It is always a good chance for everyone to get together and eat lots of cake! On this occasion there was a massive cake made for it- it barely fitted through the door!

On Friday night, we had a big dinner at "Kroa" with all the Technology students and lecturers. We got a massive big round table, with big windows looking out into the snowy town. It was such a lovely setting and everyone seamed to have a nice time!

Tonight we are getting ready for a "Floor to Floor Party". Every barrack has two floors and each floor has a country that they need to dress up as and buy lots of drinks for. We all start of at Barrack 13 and finish in Barrack 4, so its going to be a long night....