I generally think making your own wine can be pretty cool! I definitely want to try it sometime! My mother makes a kind of liqueur herself. I don't know the English name, but it has a wiki page with pictures (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aufgesetzten), maybe you know what I mean? Anyway, he just does it because it's hip, and because "the alcohol in Norway is so expensive, we just get drunk by our own power!" Which is what he said! This is the guy I wanted to rant about, so now I just do it here instead. :/ It's all about drinking the whole weekend for him and a lot of other people.

I can't understand that either! He even studies Scandinavian studies, so you would think he's interested in the culture! But apparently he never turns any papers in etc. :/ I'm not sure if he really stays a year, I hope it's just a semester and he goes home before Christmas!