Some first impressions

I’m in a country that was blessed by Nature. Tap water is free and is tastes very well; the very small part of the country that I’ve already seen is beautiful and green.

You get a laptop from your school that is vital due to the independence you’re given to work by yourself instead of being carried all the way until University as in Portugal. Schools have a virtual platform called “itslearning” that is pretty much like “moodle” but people actually use it. The summaries, information about what we’ll be doing in the next class and websites that teachers consider relevant and related with what we are learning are there.

People keep asking “Why Norway?” which is a hard question even for me because there isn’t a major reason although there are lots of small ones.

Although I’m in the wealthiest area of Norway, people bring their lunch from home. They call it “matpakke”. This is due to the fact that it’s expensive to eat out but what I mean to say is that for instance in Damaia, a very poor area of Lisbon ( tip number 1: Visit Lisbon. Tip number 2: when visiting Lisbon, don’t go to Damaia) with a high rate of unemployment and a seriously big rate of poverty, that idea would be reason to some serious laughs.

Norway is much more of an equal society than Portugal and I’ve been realizing that the differences between men and women in Portugal are also, although not totally due to women’s behavior. In P.E. classes in Portugal girls sit together talking with the excuse that they’ve got their period. In Norway girls participate in the same way boys do and they aren’t concerned about sweating and getting their clothes dirty. I would like my portuguese friends to keep this idea. And believe be, none of this will make of less gorgeous or classy.