Transfer to a new platform
iPublish has recently been transfering their system from their self-developed iPublish platform to the better and more reliable WordPress platform.
I've made sure my place in cyberspace is taken by creating my account. Additionally I'll try to merge my old Abroad blog into this, fresh new blog.
It seems that iPublish need a bit of time to do the transfer, but I'm confident that they'll succeed eventually.
Until then, bear with us and I'll see you all on the flip side!
THE FIRST WEEK
The first week in Trondheim has been a hectic one, but great. First of all I have an announcement:
I'm in love with volleyball!
I had three practices last week (NTNUI tryouts) and will have three this week. Since Friday's practice I've been eagerly waiting to get going on the next one! This week's practices is my last chance to show NTNUI that I'm good enough to play for them (I really hope I am)!
ISU (International Stutent's Union) in Trondheim have a program where Norwegian and international students can sign up to be buddies. The point of this Buddy programme is for the exchange students to have a Norwegian student who can help them and introduce them to Norway and its culture, take them to parties and for both to have in general!
I signed up a couple of weeks ago and the first exchange student I was appointed isn't arriving until the second semester (January) so I found (literally) myself another one at volley practice - Narcís from Spain.
Last Saturday it was a big ISU Buddy party at Rick's in Trondheim where we all had a great time and yesterday Narcís and I had a coffee at Dromedar coffee bar in Nordre. So far Narcís seems like a really cool guy and I expect to have a lot of fun with him in the coming semester/year!
Before volley practice tonight, I've invited Narcís over for a good Norwegian meal: "Kjøttkaker i brun saus med poteter og kokte gulrøtter" (Meatballs in brown sauce with potatoes and carrots). Any suggestions for other Norwegian meals I can offer?
The picture in this post might seem a bit random, but it has a story. It's a shot I took during an Easter trip a couple of years ago, a trip that brings back lots of memories - a very good trip where the weather was perfect all the way! You can see it published on my Flickr account :)