Unfortunately, nobody told me about this Norwegian particularity:
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Tag - Norway
Friday, July 25 2008
Vacation in Norway
By Chty on Friday, July 25 2008, 15:00
After some days of hard work, vacation is welcome. I will use this next week to cross Norway from east to west (until Bergen in fact). Another good occasion to discover new places, new landscapes, and of course a little bit more about the Norwegian culture.
Theses holidays are special for me, because these are my first paid leave.
Sounds great.
Tuesday, July 15 2008
Individualism in transportation
By Chty on Tuesday, July 15 2008, 12:47
The transportation seems to be the same (perhaps worse!) as Paris: when the train has just stopped, everyone is staying in front of the door, ready to go on, even when the aforementioned train is full of people who wants to get out.
One more thing which reminds you, we are in an individualism world...
Friday, July 11 2008
Wait to buy
By Chty on Friday, July 11 2008, 22:29
Today, on the way to work, before 8:00 in the morning, I saw a very long waiting queue. What was going on so early in the day, specially here, where the stores are opening at 10:00? The queue was in fact starting behind a phone store. I immediately thought about the new Iphone 3G, but I was surprised because I thought it was the same out-day as France for all countries in Europe, but no, France is an exception. The buzz is working again.
Tuesday, July 8 2008
Purchasing power around the globe
By Chty on Tuesday, July 8 2008, 22:11
Before going in Norway, I read an UBS survey which presents a comparison of purchasing power around the globe. Here is a summary:
Price comparison
Oslo, London and Copenhagen still most expensive
Low dollar welcomes tourists in the US
Purchasing power
Highest purchasing power still awarded to Zurich
Since I've been in Oslo in March, without surprise, this is the most expensive city in the world.
One surprising fact, is that this town is still welcoming a lot of students each year. But it could be explained by the great openness of the country and, more precisely for interns like me, by the openness of Norway's companies.
Here is the survey web page; you will find pdf version in english, french and other languages.
Saturday, July 5 2008
Unions marathon
By Chty on Saturday, July 5 2008, 21:06
Yes, I did it. I was scared about the longitudinal profile, but finally, it wasn't as difficult as I thought; not easy, but possible. After each race I'm telling me that I really love theses nature races. You are distracted along the way by the beautiful landscape, and it make it easier to forget your difficulties.
It was really sunny and hot, but this time[1], it was much more in the forest; so most of the time it was possible to find shadow.
The half marathon was starting in Sweden and ending in Norway. That's why there was people from both countries; good occasion to meet some Swedish people.
It was also my second half marathon competition. Because of the nature, I really preferred this one, even it was a little bit more difficult because of the profile.
According to my watch I ran it in almost two hours (update: 02:01:15 exactly, 43/80 in men classification); seems fine for me compared to the time I've made at the Lille marathon (1:47:11), according to the difference of profile. But I don't really care about the time.
It cheers me up to continue this so hard way to a full marathon...
To finish, special thanks to the people who allowed me to go (and back ;-)) to this race. I'm so happy to have been there.
Notes
[1] Check this entry to see what I mean by the other time.
Friday, July 4 2008
Crazy longitudinal profile
By Chty on Friday, July 4 2008, 22:11
Last day, a friend of mine proposed me to subscribe to a race, called unionsmarathon, which goes through Norway and Sweden. As usual, I checked the longitudinal profile of the race to see if it wasn't too hard for me[1] . Here is the longitudinal profile :
It sounded fine for the half marathon. The first 21,1 km seemed not so hard.
Obviously, after subscribing, I discovered, on the norwegian website, that the half marathon will start at the half of the full marathon! Yes, it changes many things... I now know that I will have to climb the himalaya mountain... Will see tomorrow (Saturday 5th of July) if I succeed...
Notes
[1] I already saw races going upward only.
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