My studentlife in Aalborg

Lorianne.

Danish cuisine

Anytime we go abroad, the main thing we are all concerned about is FOOD.

Many times, when I was traveling abroad, I used to miss so much French dishes. It is said that French people are very connected home speciality food. France is a kind of the cradle of the « cuisine ».

After approximately one month, the "goat cheese salad syndrome" - as I call it - begins to awaken. This is the time after what anytime we wanted to eat something, we firstly think about our favorite dish (for me the salad with goat cheese).

However, it is also very interesting to discover different new way of cooking, eating and dishes.

The kitchen reveals a lot about the country's climate and culture.

Traditional Chinese doctors say that food traditions are naturally set up so that the human body is getting used to environment.

Therefore, given that we want to be well integrated in this new environment, we discover the culinary specialties.

However, it seemed redundant to draw you a simple array of local cuisine. That doesn't make sense. You can find all the recipes from all countries on the internet.

Furthermore, these are not necessarily the most renowned culinary specialties that are most consumed by the local inhabitants.( For example, in the Hautes-Alpes, we do not eat tartiflette every day.

For you I am therefore interested in recipes that are found most often and those that are most original).

1) The first original thing (at least, the thing that we seem to be late late in France), the dietary hamburger. It contains a fat-free matter grilled chicken, lots of raw vegetables and sauce is a sauce made with red cabbage juice. (More later we'll talk again about the red cabbage, because it is used in many dishes).

2) The waiter said that in Dennemark, every healthy products are reported by using the little green icon. (the "swedish keyhole symbol").

3) This is just normal fish eggs.. This is not sturgeon's eggs with a kind of green weird color that I have never seen before in France.


Lorianne.

From the air

We have not arrived yet... But it seems to us that there is going to be a lot of moisture over there.

First step in Aalborg !

First of all you might be curious to know hom to get to the UC House from the airport.
Let me explain you.émoticône smile

Take a bus to Busterminal, number 2. Many buses go there because that's the main bus stop, then switch to any number 1 (they have letters after the number) but ONLY the ones that go towards the south of the city.

The right ones go from the same platform, people will tell you émoticône smile Then get off at Dyrskuevej stop, turn left, at the crossroad turn right and you will pass burger king on your left. You will see the uc house buiding on your right.

When it comes to bus ticket, one costs 22 kroner (you pay with cash to the bus driver) and you can go with it within one hour, so when you switch the lines just show it to the next bus driver. émoticône wink

Lorianne.

Aalborg Pirates

Hi!

Last week I went to an ice hockey game in the Gigantium Isarena situated in the Aalborg’s suburb. The Aalborg’s team is named “Aalborg Pirates” and the players wear red hockey jerseys. For this game, Aalborg fought against Sonderjyske, one of the strongest hockey team in the “Metal Ligaen”, which is the top league.

                                                                                 

Come on Pirates !

The Aalborg's stadium

Actually there wasn’t a lot of audience for this game (maybe because of the weather, it was very cold this evening!). But there was always the Aalborg Pirates fans who sing during the game, no matter the score, in other words even if the players lose the game they continue to sing. For my part I like this kind of atmosphere, I think it’s very fair for the Aalborg’s team.

The kop is here !

However, at the end, despite the sings of the Aalborg’s fans, Aalborg Pirates lost 6-3, it’s a great defeat especially at home… But all the team played well, it’s the main important thing.

Finally I spent a good evening with my friends. Oh I forgot to notice that I went to this hockey game freely thanks to a commercial offering for the ERASMUS students, I just paid the bus to come.

See you around for new experiences!

Olivier.

The University College of Denmark (UCN)

Hello everyone!

Today I’ll present you our university, the University College of Denmark (UCN).

It’s a recent building situated in the Aalborg’s suburb. Every day excepted during the week-end, we usually walk by foot for twenty minutes to go there. We often have courses from 8:30 (am) to 11:45 (am) and the afternoon is often free. However we sometimes have lessons in the afternoon from 12:15 to 3:30 (pm).

Into the university, there is a library, but the problem is there are not a lot of English books there. But I think the main advantage in the UCN is that we can book some “working boxes” to work quietly; those boxes owns a table, chairs and a TV screen in order to project the computer screen.

At midday we can eat in the cafeteria, but the best day to lunch is on Fridays because there is a brunch with sausages, pancakes and eggs. Thus I think it’s a good canteen because we have a large choice of different things. However we always pay according to the weight, so we have to be careful because the price could be very expensive! Moreover I sometimes take a hot chocolate (it costs 10 DK) when we have a break between two courses.

A typical English lunch in Aalborg ? No... We're just on Friday !

About the courses, there is a lot of interaction between the teacher and the students. Also we have some assignments (it’s like short exercises) and we can work on it in group: I think it’s very efficient to improve our English because we always talk with foreign students in order to succeed the assignment. On the other hand we have to work on a project in order to validate ECTS credits; the subject is about sustainability, energy and transport. It’s an elective project and for the exam we’re going to have an oral examination. You can click on this link for more details about our sustainable project.

See you soon !

Olivier.