For an overall review, I think my integration into the Dutch society has been quite smooth: I don’t encounter any big difficulty. I think that the experiences that I had when I arrived to France from Vietnam have taught me a lot. Moreover, the program that I study here being a
As you might know, Erasmus program usually asks exchange students to give advises to the back-home university students or the future exchange students. To be honest, I won’t and can’t give you a numerous and concrete advises, as I don’t see myself as an expert in studying abroad, in travelling
Time for ending this first part of the Erasmus blog is coming! Looking back on my first exchange semester in Groningen, I would say that it has been for me a very nice experience. Although things are not always easy, especially with all the changes that are happening on my
I hesitated quite for a long time to write about my typical day, as this is one of the required topic for this Erasmus blog. Well, there are reasons for this hesitation: first, I don’t think that my life in Groningen is kind of “amazing” or “special”, compared to my
ça y est! It’s certain now that I will have a lot of work for the next semester! The teacher even said: “We expect from you 28 hours of work for each credit. So 28 x 30 (etcs) = 840 hours of work, for 21 weeks. Which means you are expected
The lovely Dutch school that I’ve been attending this year is Hanze University of Applied Science, in short is the Hanze and in Dutch is Hanzehogeschool. I remember that on the first day at school, one of the teacher said “people might misunderstanding that ‘hogeschool’ means ‘high school’, but no,
…or rather ‘What will I do in my free time in Groningen?’ 😉 If you are considering about going to Groningen for an exchange program and wondering about what you’re going to do in Groningen in your spare time, especially if you are from Paris – a very cosmopolitan city
This article is about some daily stuffs that I’ve noticed. It’s not about to give a conclusion or criticisms, just some observations of mine. 1, The weather Tomorrow’s temperature (the 14th January) In Paris: min: -2 oC (felling temperature -FT:-5oC), max: 1oC (FT:-3oC) In Groningen: min:-8oC ( FT: -14oC), max:
So, after the brief presentation on the main cultural concepts. Now, let’s have a look on how the researchers score the countries. I will compare here the results on France, the Netherlands and Vietnam. You can find more scores on other countries in: http://geert-hofstede.com/countries.html. 1, About the Power-distance dimension: France: 68
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