La nature / The nature

Vue depuis la forteresse à Oslo centre

Bydøy - Île près d'Oslo

La nature norvégienne est merveilleuse.
C'est d'ailleurs l'un des aspects qui a fait que je suis tombée amoureuse de ce pays.
C'est une nature diversifiée: des montagnes aux fjords en passant par les côtes de la mer norvégienne.
Un paysage à couper le souffle.
Après il va sans dire que les hivers sont assez rudes et les étés sont d'une douceur incomparable (en hiver les températures atteignent les -20/25 et en hivers cela tourne autour de 20/25 °C parfois cela peut aller jusqu'à 30 mais c'est rare (ce fut le cas en 2014 mais cela fut légendaire).

Hummevoll fjellet: cabin trip with my boo

The norwegian nature is wonderful.
It is actually one of the aspects that made me fall in love of this country.
It is a diversified nature. From the mountains to the fjords until the norwegian sea coast. The landscape is amazing.
Nevertheless it is well know that the temperatures in winter can be very extreme (from -20 to -25), and in opposite summers are tempered with an average of 20/25 and some exceptional years until 30°C (example of the summer 2014).

The other side of the dream...

It was too beautiful to be true I would say?!

Yes it was.

After my master degree I decided to come back to Norway to start my career in that beautiful and dreamy country.
It was more easily said than done.

I started learning the language intensively during six months: a stage quite important for me because I do think that when you move to a new country especially when looking for a job, the first step if not done yet is to learn the language on the field. That is what I did and after six months I was able to talk with the locals in their languages. It was a very nice language to learn and very interesting.

After I got my language certificate I thought things would get easier or at least facilitated in order to get a job. That is not what happened.

I managed to find a deltidjobb (part time job) in a shop as a sales person because I wanted and desired to be active and be on the market. Moreover that job was a way for me to keep on practicing my norwegian in a daily basis.

One of the positive aspect is that I have my darling and lovely boyfriend who is around me to encourage and trust in me even during the hardest days (thanks boo <3).

So yeah, on this date it has been more than a year, almost two years that I have been applying for jobs, having interviews and still didn't get my dream job yet. I cannot count how many applications I sent until now: over 200 on my excel tab. And I am not exaggerating!

But above all that I thank God and all my family and friends who are still encouraging me to hold on my dream and keep trying and moving forward.

It is not easy everyday. Even if every morning when I wake up I love what I see around me and am so grateful. I love the air I breath which I think is so pure, unique and so soft. I love when it rains and see the rain from the windows in my sofa around a nice cup of tea watching a nice movie with my boo. That's all any human would need to be fulfilled and happy right? Well I guess humans are never satisfied!!!.
I have my professional life which reminds me that I still have a long way to go to totally feel full and satisfied about myself!

Because first of all what brought me here in Norway was: build and live my Norwegian dream => Find a nice job, get challenged, make projects and go on in my life….