Blogs from Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Europe - page 6

It was an earlier start than yesterday but we all reported for duty on time as agreed and headed to our main base for a chat with Mikael Applqvist the International and Protocol Officer for the External Relations team, we actually met up with Mikael on route and he recognised us from our presentation yesterday (don't think we are too difficult to spot) we probably still look like visitors. Mikael proceeded to inform us of his role which involves providing support to the consuls from all over the world who may visit the city and the internal support to the Swedish representatives. It was clear he had a very busy role which can sometimes take him all over the world an impressive example of escorting the Gothenburg orchestra to Beijing in China for a promotional tour ... read more

After we all caught up with some much needed sleep we awoke to a beautiful sunny day here in Goteburg (I am slowly learning the Swedish lingo) just as well as the main activity I had planned for today was the canal tour around the city called Paddan. We made our way across the centre of the city towards the departure point with some of the group stopping off to grab a quick bite from one of the many food vans scattered across the city, perfect for a quick bite as the cost is much lower than many of the other eateries in the area but the verdict was mixed not helped by plenty of friendly wasps who obviously liked the look of the food more than the group. Our timing was perfect as while we ... read more

Under construction....what I can tell you ...I am in Sweden! Up early, showered, dogs fed, car packed and we were off to Sweden! We hummed and hawed the night before on how we wanted to get there, options being by boat or car and opted for the car ride as it allowed us to sleep in until 5am :) It was a long drive but the singing, eating and sight seeing made the drive feel like nothing. Our first stop as tourists was to get an up close and personal view of the windmills also known as wind turbines. It also gave us a chance to stretch our legs and empty our bladders. The country side in Sweden much resembled that or Norway however the roads dont twist and turn quite as much. Our second stop ... read more

I am becoming very good at coming up with stuff on the fly, and finding interesting things to do with my time. Like yesterday for example... I was going off the suggestion from a German in Norway about what to do in Sweden! Mirjam stressed that I HAD to check out the southern archipelago off the coast of Gothenburg; so I did. I took a tram to the ferry terminal on the edge of town, and spoke with a very helpful lady at the ticket office who set me up with the perfect pass for me and pointed me in the right direction to the island that I should visit, if not any others; and she was absolutely right! I found myself aboard a ferry making all island stops to the most southern island of the ... read more

Heeey! i'm so sorryyyy that I don't have blogged this week. But I havent got time... Okey so when I was on the plain a met a really kind friend, and it turned out that we had the same hotel. Like how strange isn't that? And also he was kinda cute, lol. ;) this week has been amazing!! anyway this guy live here and his dad owns a company so I've got a job there until I get a better job. And I earn pretty much so I checked in to a beautiful kind of expensive hotel. It is sooo nice here in La ! I also went to a vegetarian restaurant, just for fun. And they had great food. It was some type of really good salad with nuts in, I really recommend u to ... read more