After the public defense of my thesis on the 30th of October I left switzerland on the 1st of November making the duration of my stay in the beautiful country exactly 4 years. I moved to Trondheim in Norway and joined SINTEF as a Research Scientist in the Department of Applied Mathematics last Monday (2nd November 2009). The SINTEF Group is the largest independent research organisation in Scandinavia. Every year, SINTEF supports the development of 2000 or so Norwegian and overseas companies via our research and development activity. There are approximately 2000 employees, 1300 of which are located in Trondheim and 450 in Oslo. It has offices in Bergen, Stavanger and Ã…lesund, in addition to offices in Houston, Texas (USA), Skopje (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), Rio de Janeiro (Brasil) and a laboratory in Hirtshals (Denmark). The head office is in Trondheim. SINTEF has six groups:

When: 13.09.2009
With: Tarun, Nirmal, Nikon D80, 18.70mm, 10-20mm
By: Train from Grenoble (1.5 hours)

Annecy in the North of the French Alps, is the Venice of Savoie a well deserved title. The medieval town centre built around a 14th Century Chateau is dissected by small canals and streams running out of Lac Annecy, which is clean, fresh and a wonderful azure color.

With: Nikon D80, 18-70mm
When: 21st May 2009 – 22 May 2009
By: SAS from Oslo
Food: Baked Salmon, Salmon, Milk and Shrimps
Stayed: Thon Hotel Europa in Oslo
First Impression: Norway is extremely expensive :O
Strangers whom I met: Sara and Tormod
Sara (see portrait photograph): She works as an assistant manager at Norways first cacoabar. I met her at the Cafe itself and the most unique coffee (spicy) of my life. She marked a few interesting places on my map and I found really delicious food at a reasonable price.
Tormod E. Eitrheim (see the portrait): …

With: Nikon D80, 18-70mm
When: 21st May 2009 – 22 May 2009
By: SAS from Oslo
Food: Baked Salmon, Salmon, Milk and Shrimps
Stayed: Thon Hotel Gildevangen
Strangers whom I met:
Christine: Thanks, a lot for meeting me in the evening for the coffee in spite of having an extremely busy schedule. Hope to see you again if I ever come back to Trondheim. We can go for a hiking next time. By the way I followed all your advice and went to that park you had recommended. I liked the place and while I was …

With: Debabrata Dash, Saurabh Aggarwal, 70 more indian folks, Nikon D80, 10-20mm, 18-70mm
When: 10th April to 13th April
By: Bus