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Europe » Sweden » Gävleborg County » Gävle July 10th 2014

We woke at 0640 and watched the final morning of the SIV course where the full stalls were rather frightening. We reluctantly packed our bags again and left the log cabin for the final time. It had been a fantastic couple of days in Mora and we were very thankful to Daniel for allowing us the use of the cabin. We felt properly Swedish for just a few days! Back in Gavle we were met by Simson, Nik's cousin who spent a while living with us in Auckland and Crayfish (real name doesn't matter), Nik's brother who we had met in Islay in 2013 on a trip that has to go down as one of the best ever! The theme of talking shit while in Sweden continued as we played poker into the night, broken up ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Gävleborg County » Gävle July 6th 2014

We woke at 0830 and once again packed all our gear for yet another flight. Breakfast was at the hotel and was the usual German fare of fresh bread with cheeses and meats. Our taxi to Tegel Airport arrived virtually as soon as the receptionist put the phone down from ordering it and within 20 minutes we were checked in for our Air Berlin flight to Stockholm. Unfortunately German precision meant that we had three hours to fill in at Tegel before our flight so a burger from Cindy's Cafe and two coffees that I sat on for as long as I could justified our position at our table in the busy area. We were very fortunate to get exit rows on the plane so I managed to get some sleep on the short flight to ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Gävleborg County » Gävle July 4th 2013

Zoals in de vorige blog gemeld, had de camping alle luxe die je eigenlijk niet nodig hebt. Toch hebben we van een ander tooltje toch ook even gebruik gemaakt. In zowat alle campings hebben ze microgolfovens (handig voor papflesjes), in Galo hadden ze zelfs een gewone oven. In Stockholm kochten we ons twee dr Oetker pizza's zo moesten we die avond niet meer koken. De volgende dag stond een laatste dag omgeving stockholm op de planning. In een buitenwijk van Stockholm bevind zich de grootste ikea ter wereld. Niet dat de gemiddelde toerist daar van wakker ligt, toch leek het ons leuk een kleine vergelijkende studie te houden. Groter was hij wel degelijk, niet dubbel zo groot als die van Wilrijk, toch een stukje. De producten zijn uiteraard over het algemeen het zelfde, toch hier en ... read more
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Europe » Sweden » Gävleborg County » Gävle January 1st 2013

Christmas and nye was low key for me, due to having to work over those days.... New Year went from being any easy evening to being quite a full on noight, with locals kids in the area setting off fireworks in local schools, also someone lighting up a couple of clothing bins. Then to finish of the night we had a unit fire at 1am, where we spent the next 4 hrs dealing with that fire. So the pic of me is what i was doing at 0001hrs 1/1/13 With the snowy weather and icey conditions we attend various vechle accidents, including trck rollovers, as the couple different photos of the trucks in the pics.... read more
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Europe » Sweden » Gävleborg County » Gävle December 1st 2012

It has finally started to snow instead of rain..... The next few day the temp is gonna drop to -13 and windchill is going to be -22.... Fricken cold....:) So its started to snow thursday evening, 2 days later and still hasn't stopped...... So its turned Gävle in to a white wonderland..... Sweet...... The only problem there has been so much powder and can't snowboard on it...... Dam....... read more
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Europe » Sweden » Gävleborg County » Gävle November 28th 2012

This week i started working shifts. Was good to get off day work, i have been working at Gävle stn for a week than last week i worked in Sanviken, where it is a little quieter than Gävle. But both stns are bit quieter than Sydney..... So i've got a couple days off before im back to work on weekend. It should be interesting this week with winter hitting Gävle. Its been around 0-6 deg for last month, but this week the temps are gonna drop tp between -5 to -8, with wind chill hitting -17 deg...... Im hoping the thermals are gonna work for me. I jave done a bit more training with different bits of kit at work...... played with cobra the other day. I have got to watch a couple games of hockey ... read more
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Europe » Sweden » Gävleborg County » Gävle November 14th 2012

This week i have been on day shifts in Gavle, working with each different crew. I've also been show bit of the different gear that they use. On wednesday night i went for a little dip in the river with Gp 2. They were doing a drill in Water Rescue, so i decieded to join in. It was dark, around 7 pm, outside temp bout 2 deg, water temp not so sure but i do know it was wee bit cold. We got kitted up into the dry suits for our little swim, first leap in was a shock with water in my face, so glad the suits were fairly new so no leaks. The only problem is not too much protection for the hands, the wetsuit material still gets wet so my hands were were ... read more
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Europe » Sweden » Gävleborg County » Gävle October 28th 2012

Arrived in Sweden to nice sunny day and around 2 degs. I meet Sefan who picked me up from the airport then drove to where i'll be living for the next year 'Gavle'.... read more
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Europe » Sweden » Gävleborg County » Gävle December 22nd 2008

Hello everybody, Some of you might already know that we are on a long vacation, but anyway, here we are, spending some time in Sweden, visiting my Viking side of the family. We've been here for about 3 weeks now and have enjoyed it a lot. We stay at my mom's and Åke's place, in a little town outside of Gävle, right by the forest. It's very nice and quiet, an great change from san Francisco and we've been resting and sleeping quiet a bit out here. The weather is cold, there is snow everywhere and little daylight. We've been spending some time inside, cooking and eating great food, and outide, taking walks in the woods, skiing, enjoying the snow. For a few days, we went up to Luleå (check it out on an atlas, it's ... read more
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