And it BEGINS!

So one day during middle of the 4th of his 6 year degree, a moderately attractive and fairly talented 20 year old Australian lad decided taking a year off from studying placental lies and cardiac arrhythmias and hypothalmoneurohypophysial ducts would be a good idea. Incidentally, for 6 months he had been smitten and disgustingly in love with an unfairly beautiful and exotic Norwegian princess, so he decided that a year of exciting adventure with her in... "Europe" would only bring good things to him and his journey through life.

In the meantime, I have finish my only exam all year (in 30 something days), we have to select a country, get a visa, find a place, get a plane ticket, get a job... At this stage, the shortlist is Amsterdam, Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, London, Edinburgh. In fact, we even made a spreadsheet to research these things..

Ok.I need to return/begin my studies now. I would love to hear from anyone with any experience in any of these countries.. your opions are more interesting than mine, because, well, I already know mine. I don't know yours.

I'm going to make my GF force me to post incremental updates on our adventures on here. I hope you enjoy.

Peace 


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First post!

Almost one year ago I and a friend decided to go to Sydney for exchange six months, starting January 2010. Little did I know that after three weeks I should meet Hassan, my now Australian boyfriend. I decided to stay in Sydney one extra year, mostly because of him, but also because I wanted a break from my degree in Norway. I'm studying Industrial economy and technology management which is full of math and other horrible subjects. I was ready for something else, and decided to do history and international business for my break year. 

As the semester went its course I understood that this was not a break. Uni is still Uni. But what should I do the semester after Christmas? I could not begin in Trondheim before August anyway, and I wanted to use the semester to be close to Hassan. Work became the apparent solution, and I was ready to start working full-time in Sydney after Christmas. Then Hassan comes up with the idea of taking a year of from his medicin degree. Now we can theoretically go anywhere! We decided to go for Europe, both for getting closer to Norway and for Hassan to experience something different. 

This is what this blog is going to be all about; Us finding somewhere to go, fixing everything that needs to be fixed and settling in a new country for 6 months.

- E