As far as I can remember, last time I wrote in particular about travelling in Norway. I travelled a lot around the country in both August and September and that has been a good choice. Now, about three weeks later, I can proof this for sure. The last weeks it is getting colder and colder, it is raining and blowing even more, and in some places which are not far away from Bergen, is it even snowing.
Next to this, from the last weeks on it is becoming busier with presentations and deadlines for assignments. I would really recommend to travel around during the first months if you are planning to go on exchange during the fall semester. But if I am honest, in June and July Norway is at its best. About three years ago I made a round trip through the southern part of the country (in July) and that was amazing! I saw the most beautiful sceneries, enjoyed the wonderful nature and luckily de sky was blue most of the time. This trip was one of the reasons that I wanted to go back to Norway for an exchange. As I have already mentioned in one of my previous blogs, the best option in Norway is to discover the country by car as then you are able to go wherever you want and you will reach the most magnificent places.
Unfortunately, this time I won’t be able to tell you something more about trips in Norway. The last weeks I really had to study and work on my assignments as I hadn’t spent much time on this before. But of course, this is also an important part of my exchange. Last week I finished the assignment for Purchasing Strategy & Supply Chain Management, presented it in class and now I only have to pass the final exam. For another course, called Social Media Marketing Research, I also have to do a research project and present it afterwards. But this is one of my most interesting courses since it is applied on practical business issues. It is about the role of social media in business which is considered as one of the most important things with regard to doing business in the future. My third course, Quantitative Risk Management, is a hard one. It is a kind of combination between finance, statistics and mathematics. Finally, I attend the Norwegian language course. It is nice to learn this language as you are able to understand things in and around the whole country. Furthermore, is quite similar to Dutch and German, so therefore I don’t need to put a lot of effort in it.
Finally, I would like to tell something about the Norwegian culture: sports! This is an important part of the daily life of Norwegians. It seems to be that all Norwegians are always in for some adventure; they are very sportive and active people. Something I like as well! There are always people running around, on the street or on steep hills, or they go to the gym a couple of times a week for a work-out. On Sundays, they are going for a hike in the mountains and that is the reason why there is nobody on the streets (the shops are even closed).
At the beginning of the semester I bought a sports cards which allows you to use almost all sports facilities in and around Bergen. The closest sports hall is situated next to the university, so that is only a five minutes’ walk from my apartment. It is possible to participate in classes like spinning, zumba or dancing etc. or to do your own work-out. All facilities are in perfect condition!
Last weekend I spent a lot of time at the gym, but there was a special reason for this. The Bergen Challenge was held, which is the biggest student sports festival in Norway. All kind of different sports teams over the whole country came to Bergen to participate in this great event. A few weeks ago I was accepted as volunteer during the event in the position of arena operations officer. I was responsible for the sales, so I had to offer the participants food, beverages and different sports equipment. I was a nice experience to volunteer during this event and I met a lot of new people, both exchange as Norwegian students. There were also a lot of parties organized through the whole city and all volunteers got almost everything for free. It was a lot of fun!
So far, my experiences from the last couple of weeks. I hope you enjoyed reading my blog again! :)
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