The trip to Norway consists of 12 days of realization, from August 30 to September 10, from the beginning I wanted to go to Norway and get to know another world, another culture and other people and above all to let me know, this experience has actually helped me much. We had an immense luck of being able to enjoy 12 days of Sun, although the last day it rained a little, but the purpose of the trip did not prevent anything. We visited the city of Bergen and Voss, we spent a total of 8 days in Bergen and 4 days in Voss. In Bergen we went to visit the Institute of Services, there were a lot of wonderful and very kind people, with them we did activities, visits and guides through Bergen. The first 3 days we were teaching the Gastronomy of Denia in the Matfestival, preparing paellas and sweet and salty cocas typical of our area, to let people known our customs and flavors.
With the students of the Sandsli Institute we visited famous streets of the city, hotels with influence in the city and famous restaurants. We also had the opportunity to visit an auditorium in Oss, south of Bergen where we made ourselves known and made a strong relationship between Norway (Bergen) and Spain (Denia). On that trip we visited a farm where a woman worked with natural remedies and handmade products where we were kindly invited to taste their delicious preparations based on cheeses and sausages. We met a Spanish family who invited us to their house to spend the day, located in a fjord not far from there. The city itself lives from the sea and tourism. It is a beautiful city where one is very comfortable and it has a wonder setting and location. It is a completely different place from where we come from. Bergen is a joy no more or less.
The days passed and it was time to visit Voss. Voss is a village north of Bergen you arrive in 1hour and 30 minutes by train, more or less, during the trip you can appreciate the majesty of the fjords since the train constantly passed by the side of the sea and rivers that made a zigzag Middle of the mountains, a show like no other. Voss is a village between mountains and next to a huge lake, in the distance you could see the snow in the mountains and the breath of pure air from the valley. A very quiet and very beautiful place.
There we met the best institute in Norway. We met facilities, students and teachers, beautiful people. In the institute we once again put into practice our elaborations and they did theirs, for 3 days they showed us the town, their dishes and life in Voss. In the institute we made a presentation about the dishes and studies that we carried out in the María Ibars Institute. We worked, we taught, we enjoyed and above all we learned what it is to be part of Europe and to make our food known, because after all there is nothing better than knowing, that sitting around the table and know how to appreciate what is from each country, what belongs to everyone and above all who we are.