Elysium's Oslo Adventure
polycounter lvl 18
I'm going to Oslo, Norway in less than 2 weeks.
It's an opportunity the company is giving only a select few from my department, QA, and I was picked. My co-workers and I will be staying in a nice 5 bedroom apartment for 3 months, all expenses paid.
We're being sent to work more closely with Funcom's development team. There's opportunity for advancement while we're there, which I may take.
I'm in a scramble to buy a laptop and better camera so I can stay in touch with my friends and family here at home. I'm not sure if I'll have time to participate in the Dominance War this year, but I'm going to try.
This is my first time flying, and leaving the country. So any advice is appreciated.
Any polycounter's in the Oslo area?
It's an opportunity the company is giving only a select few from my department, QA, and I was picked. My co-workers and I will be staying in a nice 5 bedroom apartment for 3 months, all expenses paid.
We're being sent to work more closely with Funcom's development team. There's opportunity for advancement while we're there, which I may take.
I'm in a scramble to buy a laptop and better camera so I can stay in touch with my friends and family here at home. I'm not sure if I'll have time to participate in the Dominance War this year, but I'm going to try.
This is my first time flying, and leaving the country. So any advice is appreciated.
Any polycounter's in the Oslo area?
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I have a couple of Norwegian cousins who live/work around Oslo, I've been over there a few times myself, pretty nice place (although I preferred being out of the city and in the amazing mountains and fjords).
If it were me, I'd say forget the laptop, when you get there go run away on a sail boat for 3 months with beautiful Scandinavians and wine.
I've heard about the price of food. I'm trying to work something out with my roommates so we save money buying groceries, spend the rest on beer
Yeah, what are some good sites to check out, in and near Oslo? Picked up the laptop today. Sailing around the fjords with wine and beatiful Norwegian women would be great...but I'm there to work. :P
and to echo MoP, he also told me that everything was really pricey(even compared to France).
"I'm from Canada"
- Bring some movies and games for the flight.
- Grab a pillow as soon as you get on the plane, or better yet bring your own.
- Don't forget to tip, just because the US dollar isn't worth as much as it used to be doesn't mean you can brand us all as cheap skates. You don't have to tip much (remind them you're from Canada) but just enough to let them know you care. Hopefully they will remember the next time you come in and not clean out the rat traps in your food for being an American.
jk about the Anti-America crap, I hear Norway is still pretty friendly to us.
Thats what he says, hope you have a great few months over there.
Thanks Penzer. I think I passed Vigeland Park on my way to work on the bus route this morning, and passed the Castle in a taxi on the way to a bar Saturday. Public transportation ftw! Good thing, because I've been drunk most of the weekend.
Norway rules!
(i was in oslo for 1 day only, all i remember is the ski-jump, the bus, and the ship back to denmark ) -_-!
is it all snowy and cold?
and is that seriously in the american constitution?!
well then: I pledge allegiance.......