Nøkkelkort og Snø
February 16th, 2008 Posted in General, Randomness, StudyHere’s an update on the last few days. In random order, and without any relation to relevance or reality.
First of all, I’ve got my beloved key-card! They call it a nøkkelkort, apparently, but the thing does it’s magic as it is supposed to. I’m very happy! I reduced the waiting time a bit by just going there again without a semester card, but knowing that now my ‘real’ name was in the university database. And it worked! Sometimes you’re lucky, sometimes you’re not (a truism, sure, but who cares).
Second, I started exploring a bit of Oslo (and its surroundings) today. I took the T-Bane up to Voksenkollen, somewhere up a hill, over 400 meters above sea level. The difference in height results in an abundance of snow. Really a lot, a bit higher up the hill maybe half a meter a some places. Lots of people were skiing there, it’s fun to be in a train with actually more skis and sleighs than people… The famous ski-jump-tower-thingy of Holmenkollen is also located there. Check my gallery for some pictures.
Something I was discussing with Matthijs: why is bread called bread? It has nothing to do with butter, and there’s no ham in it… I would like to decide those things for myself if I may! Stupid word. (Note: we had this discussion in Dutch, and I guess it makes more sense then…)
I experiences two fire alarms in one week. One in my building and one at our faculty. The first was probably caused by someone smoking inside with the windows closed (I guess, since we were let in again five minutes after the firemen arrived), and the second by a stupid cook who didn’t know how to bake sausages (again a wild guess). Funny country.
When abroad, you easily get the feeling that nobody will understand you when you speak Dutch and that you therefore can say anything you want. But be careful, before you know you’re surrounded by Dutch people, coming out of nowhere! (Just one person actually, and fortunately we were discussing the quality of bread at that point…could have been embarrassing, though.)
That’s it. Ha det bra.
4 Responses to “Nøkkelkort og Snø”
By Jacinta on Feb 17, 2008
“Een boterham is één plak gesneden brood. Het woord komt waarschijnlijk voort uit een spelling van vroeger. Vroeger was de spelling boteram of boterram. Een rammel (of remmel) is een ouderwetse benaming voor een snee brood.” Aldus Wikipedia…..Maar volgens mij heet zo’n ding gewoon een bootram, en hebben deftige menschen daar boterham van gemaakt, haha. Smäklik!
By Maarten on Feb 18, 2008
Ey Daan,
Ik wist helemaal niet dat je in Oslo zit!
Druk bezig voor school zeker, lees in je berichten niet veel over de school maar meer over Oslo en de omgeving!
Lijkt me wel een heel mooie stad met veel interessante culturele plekken. Mooie foto’s zag ik ook, je moet wel van sneeuw houden.
Ik neem aan dat je je skies meegenomen hebt? je slee? sjaal? sneeuwscooter?
Ik wens je een prettige tijd en geniet ervan!
Groeten Maarten van Bun
By Daan on Feb 19, 2008
Achja berichten over school zijn ook minder interessant he ;) Wat ik tot nu toe van Oslo heb gezien is mooi inderdaad, en ik heb nog tijd genoeg om alles te ontdekken!
Groeten en tot de zomer ergens denk ik :p
By Simón on Feb 26, 2008
Hey, really nice pictures! I think I would like that place a lot. Besides, I love the snow :P.
It’s funny that what happens there with the Dutch people it happens also here in the Netherlands with the Spanish :p. The first year I was here, I used to speak in Spanish believing that nobody understood a word. I had more than one surprise because of that… hehe. Now I’m more careful :P.
Best reagards… and enjoy there!