Super chilled weekend...

Helmet from the Middle Ages
(you con kind of see my face in there)

Very nice BBQ on Saturday, even if I left quite early, still not a 100% well. Sunday was another calm day. Visited the musée de l'ancien évêché with Pip and a couple of german girls that has arrived in Grenoble this week. (Everybody is returning from their holidays now, suddenly there are so many people on campus!)

Germans enjoying the view
from the museum balcony

Had crêpes after our visit to the museum, but as usual I ate mine before I could remember to take a photo, but it was really good :)

À Bientôt!

Last week of the (first) language course

Wendesday was a good day! First our teacher brought pains au chocolat and macarons :) Both on my top ten list of French foods..

My french class and teacher,
eating pain au chocolat and macarons

Holiday in Turin

Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento Italiano

This weekend I decided to join in on one of the trips arranged by cuef. A bit embarrassing that I've known about the trip for three weeks but I didn't make the connection that

Turin (said with a french accent) is the same as Turin (english) and Torino (norwegian)… However, I didn't manage to sign up for the trip in advance so, got up at six o'clock on saturday and crossed my fingers, hoping there would be room in the bus. And there was! So we drove through the Alps, yeah.. through the Alps, through a tunnel, a very long tunnel and suddenly we were in Italy!

La Poste III - Succès

Finally on my third attempt, I managed to get to La Post within the opening hours :D  Tusen takk to pappa and tante Anne for the nice letters! The rest of the afternoon will be spent sorting out bank, housing, school and boring stuff like that. But this evening I'll have another go at what they call apéro, which seems to be just a social thing with srinks and snacks. This time with the Erasmus people :)  

Mardi :)

Still no La Poste, went to Musée de Grenoble instead:)   But first a lunch at "Café de la Table Ronde", said to be the second oldest café in France, founded in 1739! Tried the Diot braisé aux échalotes gratin dauphinois. Gratin dauphinois is basically "fløtegratinerte poteter" and is apparently a dish typical for Grenoble, which is the capital of the Dauphiné (Dauphiné ≈ Isère + Drôme + Hautes-Alpes). Not exactly a fun-fact, but could be useful in a game of TP…

La poste

Had an other go at getting my packets from La Poste, still no success… They feel it's still "temps estivale" or summer time and close at 17.00 and I was'n there until 17.03! Wish me luck tomorrow for my third attempt  :)

Weekend!

It's been a pretty quiet weekend, but I've had the chance to try my french on some frenchies! Turns out they speak on a constant fast forward and they use slang. Such as meuf for femme. Which complicates things a bit….

Real french people

Weekly update :)

So that is how long I managed to keep updating the blog every day… But there isn't that much going on anyway. After the "Discover Grenoble" rally on friday everyone were asked to write a text on the neighbourhood we liked the most. So decided to go back to get some inspiration and encountered another french version of the cappuccino.  This version is coffee with with light milk foam on top..  Think I prefer the whipped cream version from down south, this was just a bit weird.

Short update..

Highlight of the day: I talked to a french person on the phone! And we understood each other!! (At least partly) Anyway, I'm going to Valence on sunday to have a look at what might be my home for the next year. Super excited!

Should probably also mention that I've got a french phone number now,   but I can only call an text within france… On the brighter side; I do have internet access, so I'll be reachable on email, facebook and stuff like that :)

Dîner à la France (?)

Violà! I've made my first dinner in France. It's been a bit too hot for dinner so far. (The french seem to find this concept a bit odd, but the russians totally agree.) And what did i chose to make for this important first meal you may ask. I guess the photo kind of blew the surprise, but its "Pølser og Potetstappe"! Just like home :)

Une petite balade

Yesterday I bought a tour guide with hikes that are accessible by foot or public transport in the area around Grenoble. So today I want for a hike :)

Blogg in progress

As I hadn't signed up for any activities, today turned out to be a pretty chilled day. Went for a walk down to Town with Mark (German guy, working on a doctorate) where we visited the archeological museum. It's an old church/cloister with skeletons all over. They had a really nice audio guide and I understood quite a lot of what they said. ( I chose the french version ^^)

scary skeletons!

 I have now posted twice in one day, guess I'm kind of hooked on this blogging. We'll see how long it lasts ...

Første uke i Frankrike

Da ble det blogg tross alt. Tror det er en grei måte å holde familie og venner oppdatert på uten å spamme ned facebook sidene til alle jeg kjenner. Vi får vente og se hvor ofte jeg kommer til å oppdatere, men tror jeg skal klare hvertfall en gang i uka.