Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Difference Between Mono And Flu

Orientation Week (Part 3)


Here now my last article about the special week Erasmus ... Frankly I do not regret not myself at all pre-registered for this week! I discovered around Trondheim, but more importantly, I met up with other Erasmus, all more extra than each other! Also, I could just gently apply my English!

Saturday: Baota trip! Depart late morning for a boat ride across the fjord from Trondheim towards a small fishing island. After an hour and a half boat, we arrived in this small village very typical. There we visited a museum (a bit lame) but followed by a delicious lunch with an ice cream for dessert before returning the boat to Trondheim. As you can see from the pictures, sun has a low profile, but fortunately it did not rain!

Here are the photos: http://picasaweb.google.fr/Rachel.linel/BoatTrip

Saturday evening: We had an appointment with an assoc 'of Norwegian students in central city out! Let's Go To The party at Tiger Tiger! Again, we were still over a hundred of Erasmus, it was great, but at 3 o'clock everybody out! It was madness for a taxi, huge queues at the four corners of the city. Small precision that has all its still important: first, we arrived at the happy hour (22-23h), so we have free admission and during that time, the beer costs 29 NOK in a glass (33cl) while that bottle (33cl) nok over 60, you do not really understand why! By cons after 23h, beer costs 59 NOK, so we enjoyed the ... (1 € = 8nok) But be aware that any double quotes here on Saturday evening, and that does not stop the Norwegians to go out and drink!

Again some photos: http://picasaweb.google.fr/Rachel.linel/TigerTiger

Sunday: I confess, the clock was hard to go on a bus tour and visit the Folk Museum! During the bus tour, we made our true tourists) Three stops for photos in all, the Ile aux Moines, the ski jumps and a magnificent view of Trondheim! Second, unlike the old museum was really interesting and outdoor J , a typical village in the Norwegian time-scale! Click on the link to see photos: http://picasaweb.google.fr/Rachel.linel/BusTourEtFolkMuseum

Note: Again, there is a kind of baptism, we saw some of their activities during the weekend, but I know no more;)

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Orientation Week (Part 2) The student parties

Here Following the special week Erasmus


Wednesday: It was a quieter day, again in the late morning of information, but this time more interesting, since it concerned the course! And here at NTNU, the exam dates are already known, so we can choose our courses based on that J For my part, I already made my choice, I have three classes, but I'll first go over before I sign up, just to see if the teacher speaks English and not half Norwegian!

the afternoon we were a pretty nice little museum, Ringve Museum, National Museum of the History of Music, guides played as and different instruments!

Thursday: Hiking in Bymark! Ballad to the day in the Norwegian nature! He was super nice, the scenery was spectacular, in fact you can see from the many photos! The morning, we are a party under the haze, but after lunch at a first point of view has found time to give us a beautiful and remote landscape, following the ride was wonderful to finally arrive at a lake or a barbecue we waited. You should know that here in Norway, the times are changing fast enough. Indeed, when swimming at the lake, a huge gray cloud passed over our heads, the big drache for 15min, and then again the great sun is Norway;) Another trick a little weird here is that you never know when you eat lunch, between lunch and barbecues provided, everything is a bit confusing for us Erasmus.

Friday: Visit Dragvoll, the other site of the Uni, NTNU, but it reserved the humanities. So I did not over there, which is only Gløshaugen fortunately for me closer to Moholt finally has 20 minutes anyway, so that changes of Leuven.

Here are pictures of the last two days:

http://picasaweb.google.fr/Rachel.linel/OrientationWeekPartie2

Some comments: Unlike us, here behind the houses, there is no pool, but trampolines, it's amazing;)

Saturday, August 18, 2007

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Trondheim

After a week I'll have a little show you how to spend my evenings here , where we can finally go out on weekdays or weekends.

First, there are the "basements" that are located in the basement of each building in Moholt. There is a "basement" for each student group, plus or minus one per department courses plus other basements, such as Erasmus basement, the basement chinese and others that I do not know! They are all open on Saturday evening and if some night a week as well but this is not regular. For now I have been at the Erasmus basement last weekend and in another, the atmosphere is quite special, it's different from Louvain in any case, it will wait for the pictures ... For cons they close at midnight and the price of beer is 15 nok (divide by 8 to get in euros), after people often leave town ...

Then there's "Samfundet" a big assoc 'students, they have a big red building near the city center (30min walk). Here, there are big parties every Tuesday and Friday, plus sometimes other nights for concerts. It's huge, there is already a queue to get in and a cloakroom! Then, there are plenty of rooms with different atmospheres, cocktail bars to dance or sofas to chat. Finally it's really great to get lost and there are lots of people! I have already twice, and it's great, it is currently between Erasmus and the atmosphere is really good as you can see from the photos. The small problem is that beer is expensive nok 36, and again with the membership card is 46 nok and if admission is charged for those without the card!

Small precision, here you never know whether to tighten or to kiss the hand to say hello, it's pretty confusing, so finally we do nothing;)

Here are some photos:

http://picasaweb.google.fr/Rachel.linel/QuelquesPhotosDeSoirE1


Friday, August 17, 2007

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Orientation Week (Part 1) First weekend in Trondheim


Classes begin officially on August 20 here. But from 13 August, there is the orientation week is a special week for Erasmus where plenty of activities planned for us, presentations, tours, excursions, bbq ... So the opportunity to meet lots of people from all over Europe and beyond, it's really great! The Spaniards, Germans and French are the most numerous, but more than 50 countries are represented. Here now, that's it, I am, I "speak" English: what's your name? Where do you come from? What are studiing you here? And here we go !

Here is a description of early this week Erasmus

Monday: A bus picked us up towards the campus. During the morning, we had some presentations about college in general, with a demonstration of Norwegian music.

the afternoon and evening, the time did not make a gift, very heavy rain fell, the ceiling of the Ikea cafeteria, campus shop and fled the campus was flooded, it was pretty impressive!

Tuesday: Today, large sun J the morning, it was the ceremony of home from Uni, NTNU, all prospective students were there for speeches rector, president of the students ... but in Norwegian. Cut a few songs and dances! Following this, various student movement sports, festivals or other displayed their bandrole or perform a demonstration to attract people like a market!

Then it was bbq in lawns of the college, only to Erasmus, Norwegian or other specialty, a real treat followed by a game launch in Norway. After this little relaxing time, place back to more serious things a priori, in an audience more than colorful, each student committees from various departments (architecture, electronics, mathematics ....) Came to present their activities (parties , bbq and skiing holidays) and touting their advantage on the price of beer!

Here are some pictures :

http://picasaweb.google.fr/Rachel.linel/OrientationWeekPartie1

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Friday: After two flights, Brussels-Oslo-Trondheim and Oslo, here I am finally arrive at the scene of my Erasmus! What beautiful weather, blue skies, it's better here than in Belgium, I'm lucky, but much will it last?!! Then I take the bus to "student village" (Moholt), the miles I have already given a first glimpse of the sun under the Norwegian coast, between forest and green fields long stretches of water, wow!

Arrive Moholt I moved to my apartment. Around my university, NTNU, there are three villages student, I'm in the biggest, busiest, it looks a bit like Louvain, only students, Erasmus or Norwegians, with supermarkets, bookstores, banks, Post and sports fields, but it is much greener, trees and lawn at will. So these are four apartments, everything is new, it's class, Grand Lux, moreover we have a dishwasher and two fridges! Me, I'm with a Norwegian Bergen Ayric, a German, Caroline and another German, Michael.

Saturday: First trip in Trondheim for exploring this beautiful city typically Norwegian, between the cathedral, the old neighborhoods, downtown, parks and the old bridge, not to mention the large campus Trondheim, I'm lucky the sun is still in the appointment, here are some pictures:

http://picasaweb.google.fr/Rachel.linel/TrondheimSousLeSoleil

Sunday: After having made the acquaintance of Erasmus French, I go with them to spend the afternoon on the beach in the fjord of Trondheim, the third longest fjord in Norway, but so long walk Today, the sky is gray and at times the wind shows the tip of his nose. Some photos are online:
http://picasaweb.google.fr/Rachel.linel/BalladeEnBordDeMerSousLeCielGrisNorvGien

Here is my first weekend here, for the moment everything goes well, I do not feel lost in this country. By cons, here I walk a lot, since Moholt is 4km from the city center and the campus is located half-way! In addition, it is not easy and that Moholt is on the top of the city, I do not even tell you the altitude that I'll have to do every day to go over! That's why everyone here travels by bike, I've never seen so many bike parking lot, also here there is an elevator for bicycles. Trondheim is the first city in the world to see has installed an elevator designed for cyclists, it's pretty original!