On friday was, as part of the course "export in global networks", a discovery of the companies in the ship building industry around ålesund. we left the university at 8 o'clock in the morning, and the first company was (it's the b on the picture) stx osv, a company who build ships for offshore industry, fishing, and supply vessels. they also provi

Yesterday we've been to one of the most famous places in norway, the geirangerfjord, with our german friends, who rented a car for the week end! the geirangerfjord is at approximately 100 km from ålesund, if you use the road, and 75 km if you use a ship. it is part of the storfjorden, at the southern extremity. this fjord has been created by glaci

Here is a little overview on what i'm actually doing on the farm and the agrobusiness sector in norway. the farm is rather small compared to the ones you can see in the usa or in france. david, the owner, has only 70 sheeps (of course, there is more sheeps during the lamming period, with all the lambs) but being big or huge is not the goal of the o

It is an institution here in norway. when the sun is shinning, during spring & summer time, it is a habit to go grilling along the coasts of the fjords. usual meats used are different peaces of meat (ribs...) but most of the time norwegian people use sausages called "pølse", which looks like frankfurt sausages but with chicken meat. it is very ple

Skiing is a winter activity that uses wood board whanging on the feets to move on the snow. this activity was born in nordic countries, where you can meet a lot of snow during winter times. you can practice ski in different ways : cross country and downhill. and both of them are used in norway by the majority of the population. the nordic situation

During our semester abroad with esdes, we have to find a job or an internship in english language. i’m writing this article to let you know what i’ve done to try to find one and how difficult it is to find a job here in a non-english speaking country, especially when you’re not speaking the language, as i am. the first thing i do was to conta

I was rereading my blog, and i realized that i totally forgot to talk about my courses. this is my course list: international business communication export in global networks logistic and suplly chain mgmt norwegian for exchange students last monday, there was a guest lecturer in international business communication, and she was coming from austria

The whole month of may was entirely dedicated to the exams at the hogskølen. unfortunately, i only had 6 exams, so, i had too much time to study and i get bored. exams went well, and where quite easy compared with what we had to study. but it's ok for me, i like when it's going like this! normally, i will be graduate if i have more than a f at eac

Monday 2. april was the opening of the football championship here in norway. the championship takes place during summer time (compared to southern championship, such as in france or in spain) mainly because of the cold weather and the snow during winter time (-20°c in oslo during january for example). the first league of the norwegian championship

I finally found an internship here in norway, during a french dinner in ålesund, which took place the 24th of march. this was a good moment, very interresting, to see all this french people who'd choosen to live in norway, because they're feeling better here. some of them have been here for more than 40 years, starting a family and so on... david,