We rented a car and drove to an archiple only 45 minutes north west of Bergen: Fjell / Øygarden. Several small islands are interconnected through bridges. We made some smaller hikes on paths I have found through carwalks.com - one of those on the little island of Turøy. Although Bergen is on the seaside, you have to go here to see the real sea in all its beauty with an all blue horizon and sunset on the sea.
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We walked up to Langevatnet behind Hatleberg again and had some nice small hikes. Around these lakes you will find many single paths or can choose to walk on pedestrian roads - it is great to have this area at the doorsteps of the studenthjem to regenerate from school work.
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For those of you, who could not believe that Bergen can get any nicer: you are proven wrong. My lovely girlfriend arrived yesterday and brough the sunshine. First stop was of course Fløyen before heading down in the small streets of Bergen - many of which I had not seen before.
In the evening I invited Diane to DNS - den national scene - to see Peer Gynt. What I believed to be an opera turned out to be a drama and the music of grieg - the reason for us to see it - had been replaced with some modern music. Drama is hard to follow if you don’t get a word.
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We met the company again on Tuesday and clarified our understanding of the company and their products. The main goal was to settle the subjects that we as a group will be working on. Giordana, Agnieszka, Stine, Dimed and I had met on Monday to prepare a presentation and an outline of our subject proposal (business plan). Both meetings were very good, the company is interesting, the group is fun and the task will teach us a lot about the business world. I am very much looking forward to this project.
On the photo from left to right: Agnieszka, me, Professor Kjell Hole, Dimed, Stine, Giordana
Add comment September 22nd, 2005
Living in Norway is expensive and is said to be the most expensive place to drink beer.
Let’s have a close look at these prices.
Bergens Tidene publishes every week in its “ekstra” an overview of different prices in different bars in Bergen. The prices for 0.5l of beer range from 25 NOK (in fact even below that) in Klubben pÃ¥ NHH up to 75 NOK in the Harbour Café. Let’s convert these to 0.2l-Kölsch prices (Cologne’s beer):
in Klubben 10 NOK = 1.25 EUR for 0.2l
(good deal, even in Cologne you will pay around 1-1.5 EUR)
in Harbour Café 30 NOK = 3,75 EUR for 0.2l (knocks your socks off).
We learned that beer can be expensive, but does not have to be - if you are a smart shopper! Click on “continue reading” to get the price overview actual as of October 17th 2005. Or click here to access the most recent bt.no/ekstra in PDF.
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My brother and I re-hiked the path to Fløyen. Initially we only wanted to climb the first peak and then walk down again, but once up decided that the first path down was to steep and hiked to Fløyen and down to Bergen.
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Yes even on 10sqm. you can have guests! My brother arrived yesterday and I took him on a tour through Bergen.
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I have to apologize for the long silence, but as many people will be visiting me in the coming weeks (most importantly my lovely girlfriend), I choose to stay at home during the weekend and finish some assignments way before the due dates.
Yes, here in Norway the way of studying differs significantly from the german approach (no interaction between students and professors until the exam). I finished assignments for Petroleum economics (mostly maths: 7pages - I have overdone it) and for Project Management (mostly prosa: 4pages - cheated to fit 6-7 pages on 4). And I still have to finish the paper for Business Location Decision before my brother arrives here tomorrow, so I’ll get back to work.
I will try to post some photos of the campus in the coming days (when the weather gets nice again).
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Excursion! The first excursion in my university career. We went together with the course in Business Location Decision to downtown Bergen, an office destrict and a TeleNor office building near the airport.
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Today was Nick’s 23rd birthday, we had a nice dinner with Marie, Florence, Jukka, Nick and me at our kitchen. And of course the most important things about birthdays: Nick got some presents!
Last group photo (from left to right): Marie, Nick, Jukka, Florence and me
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