Le blog de Maxime Durand

The whole month of May was entirely dedicated to the exams at the Hogskølen. Unfortunately, I only had 6 exams, so, I had too much time to study and I get bored. Exams went well, and where quite easy compared with what we had to study. But it's ok for...

Here is a little overview on what I'm actually doing on the farm and the agrobusiness sector in Norway. The farm is rather small compared to the ones you can see in the USA or in France. David, the owner, has only 70 sheeps (of course, there is more sheeps...

It is an institution here in Norway. When the sun is shinning, during spring & summer time, it is a habit to go grilling along the coasts of the Fjords. Usual meats used are different peaces of meat (ribs...) but most of the time Norwegian people use...

I was rereading my blog, and I realized that I totally forgot to talk about my courses. This is my course list: International Business Communication Export in Global Networks Logistic and Suplly Chain Mgmt Norwegian for Exchange Students Last monday,...

I finally found an internship here in Norway, during a french dinner in Ålesund, which took place the 24th of March. This was a good moment, very interresting, to see all this french people who'd choosen to live in Norway, because they're feeling better...

Monday 2. April was the opening of the football championship here in Norway. The championship takes place during summer time (compared to southern championship, such as in France or in Spain) mainly because of the cold weather and the snow during winter...

Yesterday we've been to one of the most famous places in Norway, the Geirangerfjord, with our German friends, who rented a car for the week end! The Geirangerfjord is at approximately 100 km from Ålesund, if you use the road, and 75 km if you use a ship....

During our semester abroad with ESDES, we have to find a job or an internship in English language. I’m writing this article to let you know what I’ve done to try to find one and how difficult it is to find a job here in a non-English speaking country,...

On friday was, as part of the course "Export in global networks", a discovery of the companies in the ship building industry around Ålesund. We left the university at 8 o'clock in the morning, and the first company was (it's the B on the picture) STX...

Skiing is a winter activity that uses wood board whanging on the feets to move on the snow. This activity was born in Nordic countries, where you can meet a lot of snow during winter times. You can practice ski in different ways : cross country and downhill....