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.
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I love the idea of you two coming to EUROPE! :-) Im sure you took the right decision. You Hassan will be a better doctor and you Emilie will add even more experiences related to work, economy and culture to your CV and personal life. This will broden you mind and its positive for you, as a couple, to do this "adventure" together. To establish a new life in a unknown city somewhere in Europe where either you Emilie or Hassan know from the past. Exciting! :-)
ReplyDeleteAfter reading your sheet Im really satisfied to see that Copenhagen is the city with lowest unemployment (except of Norway of course). Copenhagen is great and not to crowdy. When you are going to set down for just half a year its nice to know the city and the region quiet easy. After a week you will be able to manage the city center, for sure. Danish people are nice and easy going and everybody speaks english. So the language wont give you any problems Hassan.
Im staying in Copenhagen in november/december and if you want Emilie, you can visit me and do some research. My network in Copenhagen are not really huge, but its always nice to have somebody around....
Europe is full of exciting cities and you did choose the nicest of them according to your sheet. Im looking forward to follow up this blog and wish you all the best in planning your stay in Europe! :-)