Thursday, September 28, 2006

First slightly interesting post

Grenoble

In July I moved from Innsbruck to Grenoble, where I'll stay till June, maybe even a little longer.
What's the reason for my stay in Grenoble? Well back in Innsbruck I decided to make use of a student exchange program called ERASMUS, because I wanted to live in a foreign country, learn the language, make experience... I looked at the partner universities Innsbruck had to offer and almost settled for Barcelona or Madrid, but then something came to my mind: if I'm going to stay there, how am I going to survive a winter without skiing? I took close look at the other universities and found out that Grenoble is in the French alps. As soon as I got that information, it was decided.
Grenoble is perfect for me, the mountains are so close, just like in Innsbruck, it's funny how important that got to me.
The picture shows Grenoble and was - of course - taking while climbing (at Les Trois Pucelles).
In August I did a French language course at the university, which was called "semi-intensif" which means only 2 hours a day :) (well it was also a lot cheaper than the intensif course). Anyway, I had plenty of time for climbing. Then in September university began, still got enough time for climbing, but what about the rest of my life? Dunno, is there anything else to it?

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

First Post

Mkay...

This post is just kicking this whole thing off. I'm not yet familiar with all this blogging stuff, but I hope I'll figure it out soon.


Erik, a Norwegian i got to know in Grenoble, told me he started a blog to let all the people at home know what's going on in his life. I liked the idea and decided to try this myself too.

Well we'll see how this develops...
Philipp Förster