“Dust off your leg warmers and tease up your hair, because it’s time to party !!!”. When ESN announced it party, my friend and I went to the second hand shop to find the perfect 80s clothes. I found a funny jacket that you can see on the pictures. Everyone played the game, it was a great success and will remain a long and pleasant memory for all participants.
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I publish this article by advance because next week I will be in Oslo with some friends. I will present you briefly a big Norwegian company founded by Bjorn Kjos, an airplane pilot. Currently he is the CEO of this low-cost company. I choose to make this article because, today, one friend of mine is coming from France thank to this company. Secondly, I know well this company because at school, we made 3 group works on it.
Norwegian is the third largest low cost carrier in Europe with 28 million customers annually and around 110 aircrafts in operation with an average age of less than four years. They have the youngest fleet in the world. Norwegian is less dependent of oil price because his fleet consummation is very low and they buy oil at a good price, thanks to a good hedging strategy.
Nevertheless, like a low-cost company, they make you pay if you want earphones or a blanket during long haul for example. It is the price to pay for a cheap ticket if you don’t take any options.
Norweigian route map
The route portfolio stretches across Europe into North Africa and the Middle East, as well as long-haul routes to the US and Southeast Asia. The company has around 450 routes to more than 140 destinations on sale and employs approximately 5.500 people. Norwegian is very powerful and the company is still developing his fleet, nearly 300 planes are already orders to Airbus and Boeing.
Norwegian’s publicity after Brad Pitt’s divorce
Norwegian work hard to develop his long haul offer. It is a very long process. During two years Norwegian Air Shuttle, based in Norway fought against US state and some unions to have the right to fly to and from the US. After many twists, the company obtains the Air Operator’s certificate, AOC, from the national aviation authority of the USA. To develop his offer, Norwegian need to deal with unions and governments but those negotiations take time.
Have a nice week-end!
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Well, after exhausting week ends, there is only one thing you want to do on a saturday basis: Eat !
I will suggest you Pannukakkutalo. Thanks to Tripadvisor, it’s the first place to eat desserts. This pancake house is an institution here in Oulu, it is one of the oldest restaurant in the city centre and everybody here know this place. But what make this place so special ? Definitively the taste of pancakes, they are massive !
Big enough to satisfy your belly. ♥
For approxiamtely 10€, you can have a salt or a sugar pancakes. Personnaly, the Strawberries & Milk Chocolat pancake is one of my favorites. You can see a picture below.
Isn’t it gorgeous ?
Your stomach will appreciate. Enjoy !
Arthur Leblais
At Aberta
y University the sport is an important part of University life. That’s why Abertay Sport offers lots of choice of sports for everybody. You really have time to do sport so enjoy this opportunity!
Club
Abertay sport offers lots of diverse competitive sports which compete in the British University and College Sport (BUCS) leagues where they have had much success in recent years. But Abertay Sport also offers non-competitive and recreational club sports.
18 sports club are proposed in Abertay: Basketball (women and men), Football (women and men), Badminton, Hockey (women and men), Golf, Rugby (women and men), Netball, Tennis, Volleyball, Dance, Swimming, Triathlon, Boxing, Snow sports.
Elite
The Elite Athlete Development Programme (EADP) was created to help the national standard athletes to combine their studies with high performance sports. In the past, the Programme has supported athletes competing at the Commonwealth Games and European Championships.
What the EADP can provide to the athlete?
The EADP permits the successful to athletes insuring they stay in the best possible shape. The EADP provides physio therapy to ease any pains, and a financial support to enable them to make competitions around the UK and Europe. It also provides academic flexibility to insure the athletes succeed at school.
Gym
Abertay Sport also offer a gym on the campus. You can become membership for £30 per term, which is really cheap!
Gym has lots of quality equipment such as treadmills, exercise bikes, machines for arms, legs, abdominals… It is open every day: from 7:30am to 8:30pm during the week, from 10am to 4pm the Saturday, and from 12am to 4pm the Sunday.
Abertay Gym
The gym also offers a range of exercise classes at £1 for one class or £10 for a block of 13 classes: Bums, Tums and Thighs; Spinning; Tae-Bo; Stress Buster; Step Aerobics; High-Intensity Circuits.
This year there is a new exercise class, Kangoo Jumps. It is more expensive (£3 per class) because they provide you special shoes.
Kangoo Jumps classes are very dynamic and allow to develop the muscles in the whole body and also to develop the cardio-respiratory endurance. This class is a high calorie burning and enable to improve balance, co-ordination and agility.
Kangoo Jump poster
I have personally tried Kangoo Jump, Step Aerobics and Tae-Bo. I love this three fitness classes but if you have to choose just one, I advise you to try Kangoo Jump that is really fun and enable you to work the whole body.
In this post I will talk about one of the numerous cultural events that take place in Spain every year.
On 12 October is the National Day or Fiesta Nacional de España. It is also called the Hispanic Day or the Día de la Hispanidad. This day is celebrated to commemorate the arrival of Columbus in Americas in 1492. It is also celebrated as the day of the Armed Forces. It is a public holiday. Therefore, most of the shops and all the offices are closed. Usually, Spaniards enjoy this day by watching the live broadcast of the show with family.
Civil Guard parade (photo taken by my flatmate)
It is marked with the raising of Spain’s National Flag in Madrid by the king of Spain. The flag raising ceremony is followed by a military parade which showcases the country’s weapons and artillery. An air show also takes place with the armed forces performing acrobatic maneuvers in the air.
Plaza del Pilar for « The Offering of Flowers » and parade in Alfonso Calle Coso
During National day I was in Zaragoza, the regional capital of Aragon. Here, takes place the festival of the Fiestas del Pilar which lasts 9 days. Streets of Zaragoza are full of music, fireworks, flower trails, parades and of course many bullfights. But National Day is celebrated in a special way in the city. In fact, on 12 October, 100 000 people in traditional costumes make a pilgrimage. They walk trough the city streets to the Basilica for “The Offering of Flowers” to the blessed Virgin del Pilar from 6 am to the end of the day. There are also many concerts everywhere in the city.
Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar
I suggest you to go to Zaragoza during this festival. It’s really funny to see people’s disguises and the Basilica del Pilar is very impressive. I travel by bus with Erasmus Student Network. It takes 4 hours to go to the festival from Madrid but it’s worth it!
See you next week! 🙂
In Scotland, the traditions are still very strong in the society. The Scottish identity is very important here to everyone, even young people feel very proud of their customs. Today I am going to talk about few of the most iconic habits in Scotland.
I was very surprised when I first arrived in Dundee to see men actually wear a kilt. I have asked my Scottish friends who told me that wearing a kilt is very normal in Scotland for special occasions such as weddings for example. However you can see boys wearing a kilt in a club or at Uni for example. The kilt tradition comes from the Highlands, the tartan of the kilt was at first a way to know from which family each person was from.
The traditional Scottish music is still very present in Scotland and not only in touristy shops ! It is very common to hear some traditional music in the street. The instruments used to play this music are : the fiddle, the accordion, pipes and chanter, guitar and clarsac.
Their are a lot of events during the summer, nearly each city has her own Highland Game. The Highland Games are composed by few heavy contests the most well known is the trunk throw.
The Scotch is a whisky which is made in Scotland. To be consider as a Scotch Whisky, the whisky produced in Scotland as to follow some laws like being aged in oak barrels for at least three years.
The haggis is the most emblematic food of Scotland, it is a pudding which contains : sheep’s pluck, onion, oatmeal, suet, spiced and salt mixed with stock encased traditionally in the sheep stomach. However today if you buy haggis there is great chances that an artificial casing will be used rather than the traditional animal’s stomach.
The haggis is actually very well loved in Scotland, you can find it in cans or you can choose to taste it in a burger for example.
The haggis as a major importance in the traditional Scottish breakfast but it is mostly eaten as a starter.
Scottish people have as well their own language, their own banks and government.
See you next week !
Before to arrived in Oulu, we have to book a room in a shared apartment on april with Psoas website : rubric « housing application ». Psoas is an organization which propose lots of rooms in different residences for all students who are finnish or exchange student.
Moritz, German : Münster, 23 years old, 2nd year of Master in Accounting
Alexandra, German : Bamberg, 24 years old, 2nd year of Master Adult and Further Education
They manage student housing in Oulu and owns over 5,500 student apartments. Their mission is to offer usable apartments as cheaply as possible.
I was lucky to have a room with psoas, because price of accommodation in Oulu is very expensive. There are 2 principal residances where exchange student live. The first one is at Yliopistokatu near to the university (500 meters), and propose flats for 4 or 2 persons.
Sebastian, German : Regensburg, 25 years old, 2nd year of Master Information Technology
Michael, German : Munich, 29 years old, 2nd year of Master in Management
The second is at Tirolintie situated between the university (3.5 kms), the center (2.5 kms), and the beach. So it’s easy to move by bike. This residence is one of the best, because many events are organized there. There are 3 kinds of flat on each floor : 2 flats for 3 persons and 1 big flat for 7 peoples. Furthermore, residence offers several services like : gym, landry, sauna, and club room for prepare events. We can book for six washing machine/week and one sauna/week.
Carina, German : Munich, 24 years old, 2nd year of Master Industrial Engineering
Josef, Czech Republic : Kromeriz, 23 years old, 2nd year of Master Financial Markets and Investments
Personally I live in Tirolintie with 6 others peoples. I pay only 240€ for 17 square meters and I share living room, kitchen, two toilets and two bathrooms. That is a good plan ! It’s really interesting and important to share flat with others students because it allows to meet new people, improve his English, to have a cross-cultural exchange, and share moments together. With flatsharing, I met 6 peoples who are Alexandra, Moritz, Michael, Sebastian, Josef and Carina.
A well-known stereotype about Norwegians is that they are cold and reserved. When I need to go to NHH, my school, I have to take 2 buses. The path is approximately 30 minutes. First point in public transportation: it’s very impolite to talk to an unknown guy in a bus, as reported by a Norwegian friend. But don’t worry if you need to ask for information in the street or if you are searching for a shop people will help you. Furthermore, according to my personal experience, most of citizens speak a good English.
Above you can see typical example of a Norwegian bus stop! Each morning when I take my first bus there are maximum 2 persons in the bus stop and others people waiting outside even when it’s raining. It’s quite funny!
There is another different between Norway and France. When the bus is nearly full, Norwegians going beside of you instead of going in front of you. It’s to avoid eye contact like Dan, a Norwegian explain me. Erasmus experience allowed you to discover this kind of cultural differences. Several masters in international business have courses about managing international diversity and difference. It’s important to respect and understand the culture of your partner. For example, something I learn here is Asian people are not use to say no when you ask something. It’s can be necessary to know it before a group work for instance. I find really interesting to meet people who have another way of thinking and other cultural habits. That’s why, I really want to travel to Asia soon in order to discover new countries and cultures.
Have a nice week 🙂
Pierre
Last week, we participate to the World Dinner, an event organized by the International Committee of NHH. It’s an association which organized all the event for the exchange students, like the welcome week, or some party or this dinner. For this event, all the exchange students could make a team for representing their country and had to cook a meal for 200 peaple. Finaly, we were 22 team to participate from all arround the world. The IC sell ticket to all the NHH student, and they can eat meal from different contries for discover other food culture.
Our team was one of the three french team. We decided to call ourself “Les Nantaises” and we cooked some “crêpes” and some “croque-monsieur”.
There were arround 200 participant who come tasting our meals.
At the end, all the participants could vote for their favorite team, in putting their ticket in the team ballot box.
The three finalist team was, the Mexicain Team, the Japan team, the Iran team and the winner was the Nepal team.
