The first three days in Norway.
Hello everyone.
Yes, I did arrive safely in Oslo - The weather in Vienna had been hot. Quite hot. At the airport, I was waiting at the gate, the plane was already a bit too late, but that's OK. Then, the plane did not get clearance for take-off because of massive thunderstorms. 2.5 hours delay. Funnily enough, the weather in Oslo was then approximately the same as in Vienna. So, everyone got nice(r) weather.
A colleague of mine joined me for the week-end, we got to Oslo together (to be precise: with 10 minutes difference; different planes) and got a super expensive airport bus to the city ( - all regular public transport was already closed). We stayed at the Anker youth hostel in Grünerløkka, where we walked to. In the middle of the night, me with to 21kg suitcases. The next morning (10Aug) we headed to University of Oslo to fetch my key, and then went to my apartment. This apartment, in a wide area of student housing is in the middle of green and quite friendly area... I will provide pictures as soon as I get home to take my camera which I forgot in my room in Austria (stupid!).
We walked around the city, to Holmenkollen, Aker Brygge, Operaen, and Bygdøy.
On monday, the tourist program ended, I bade my colleague farewell, she left to Bergen by train.
For me, the semester started with a little bureaucratic journey, but well organised though. Nevertheless, it always seems to be a struggle to get to know how it works. I am not through with it, but it definitely IS well organised. The Buddy meeting forced us to play uncomfortable know-each-other games, but that's proven to have its benefits... a heavy thunderstorm and downpour followed (NOT common for Norway at this time of the year!). Because of that, the buddy group did split up and mostly did not go to the city center, where the rector and others held a welcoming speech to all students. I and some others did go and e.g. enjoyed a nice performance of O Fortuna.. (there of course, it didn't rain anymore..).
Then, to my new home, first time alone in the room, time for some organising and blog writing.
See you in a couple of days.
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