Birthdays: Generally a rather enjoyable concept. I did not have too high hopes for this one, being away from everyone and all, but today’s been a blast. I’ll take you through it: * Sleep in (no classes. What a pleasant coincidence) * Discovering there’s been a heavy snowfall during the night! (Aggy is a sucker […]
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Update
Generic update: I’m quarreling with my computers, this is why my blogging has been less than great lately. So today I was at PC World (the shop, not the magazine) to update things – mine are over four years now and both are being bad-tempered, so I believe it can be justified. But for Miss […]
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Storytelling
The Storytelling society (yep, there is one) had Sean Gordon come and tell stories. He brought all kinds of gear and demonstrated Highlander-style fighting and transforming a piece of fabric into a kilt. We got to know all kinds of quirky historical facts (-How did the Field of Shirts get its name? In the battle […]
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The town
Next in the “how to survive in Aberdeen” series: It’s not exactly a metropolis. There’s a reason why the student society arranges Christmas shopping trips to Glasgow. Night life is still impressive for an Oslonian, people do know how to party. Beware, alcohol prices have dropped 60 % in the last decade or two, and […]
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The Uni
So for the Aberdeen-specific stuff: King’s college (the 1500s part of the uni) is really pretty, it feels good to go through such gates on the way to lecture: As for school, the level is higher than home, no doubt. Not in the sense that what we learn is more complicated or the workload heavier, […]
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Leaving it all
To the possible benefit of others who plan their study abroad year (which every student should. You will never get more support and backing in getting away and being free in your favorite place in the world. Let nothing hold you back – I left man, home and job behind to do this), I’ll present […]
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Scotsgrr-l
This morning I was woken up by bagpipes. It was bound to be a good day. Ten minutes later I was out in the park looking for the band (hoping to see some kilts – I guess I have a thing for men in skirts…) but it stopped before I found it. Birthday lunch at […]
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Glasgow
Bolt finally came for a way too short weekend on the island. I think I will save the travel related rants for a seperate post. Anyhow, for a number of reasons we chose to spend most of the time in Glasgow -quite another story than windy little Aberdeen with the undeciphrable dialect! We never managed […]
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Loch Ness
– breathtaking. It’s “only” a lake, but if you appreciate nature as much as I do, do put it on your list. The Scottish wilderness is much like the Norwegian but rougher, more beaten. The ruin on the shore is a beauty; I will not expand on that as I find myself gauging clichés. We […]
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Highlands!
I spent the weekend at Ruigh Aiteachain, a bothy in the Eastern Highlands, with the Shared Planet, popularily called the hippie society. SP’ers are slow, and we were on wheels two hours late and it was pit dark when we were there. Luckily I got hold of a torch in the last minute – and […]
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