Blogs from Uppsala, Uppsala County, Sweden, Europe - page 2

Instead of telling the same stories about my semester abroad over again to different people I figured it would be easiest to keep a blog about it so people could just read and get a more detailed idea of what my time over here has and will be like. I arrived here on January 15th and have been keeping a rough journal I guess you could call it in a word file but I might as well make it public so its useful to more than just myself. If I have time I'll go back and fill in the previous days that I have kept track of on Word (as my first 10 days here have been pretty interesting) but for now I'll stick to real time. Today I really didn't do too much, Woke up ... read more

Zwar schien an unserem letzten Tag in Stockholm die Sonne, geweckt wurden wir von ihr jedoch schon wieder nicht. Mit der Feststellung, dass Fenster doch ziemlich fein sind schafften wir es (wieder mal) gerade noch vor der Check-Out-Time aus unserem Hostel zu kommen. Dann starteten wir aber los: Mit der U-Bahn ging es flink zum Bahnhof, wo wir nach einiger Suche unser Gepaeck abliefern konnten, und danach schnell weiter (unser 24h-Ticket lief bald aus) zu Skogskyrkogården, einem Friedhof, der auf der UNESCO World Heritage List ist. Die ganze Anlage koennte zwar sehr schoen sein, allerdings hat das Gras von der Sonne eine unschoene gelbe Farbe angenommen, welche das Gefuehl der Kargheit etwas bestaerkt, und die Kirchen und Kapellen haben uns eher an Betonkloetze à la Lainzer Kirche erinnert. So brachen wir uns nach einem kleinem Spaziergang ... read more

So we got up early and went to Bre's for the final cleanup then off to Stockholm to drop off the car. Stockholm is a crazy city to get around. Bridges and tunnels everywhere. Yah, and try to say the names of the streets. Lastmakargatan, Stora Nygatan, Tegnergatan... Bre just laughs when we try. Oh well. We had to fill up the car and Ted put in E85 for the Toyota we were driving. Not realizing that it is 85% ethynol not 85% gas and 15% ethynol. Crap. Hope the car doesn't burn up... We got to our hotel and cleaned up for dinner. We were all starving. So we asked for recommendations in Sodermalm so we could walk around the shops there after dinner. The guy at the counter found this Italian restaurant that wasn't ... read more

8:00am never came so soon! I could have slept another few hours but we have things to do and places to go. We are staying at a nice home with a great host, Kristina. She makes sure we have fresh baked bread and sliced cheese each morning for breakfast. The typical breakfast is bread, meat and cheeses or yougart and granola. We have the whole half of the house. It kind of like a duplex. They have an old German Shepard named Fanta. She's the mellowist dog I've ever seen. She stays on our side of the house and greets us when we come home each night. Kinda cool. So we went to take Bre some breakfast and then to assess what needs to be pack and shipped and what can go on the plane. We ... read more

So I've taken a break from packing and getting the house in order to get my blog started. I blew off doing one when we went to Chile and I really wish now I had spent the time to get one done then so I'm making sure I get one done this time. We start out around 9:00am in the morning to Seattle, fly to Paris, fly to Stockholm and met Bre at the airport. Can't wait to see her! Not that I don't Skype with her every Sunday since she left but it's just not the same. Our plans are to stay around Uppsala for a week then off to sail the Stockholm Archipelago for the 2nd week. Should be an awesome time! Take care and see you all soon!... read more