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Europe » Sweden » Stockholm County » Stockholm June 18th 2008

We arrived in Stockholm at 7am and took the bus to our hotel. We were too early to check in, so we left our bags in the luggage room, had breakfast, and headed back to the train station to reserve our overnight tickets. The night trains are great because you don’t waste any of your day traveling, however you arrive at your destination so early that you don’t have anything to do. We had to reserve our seats and the office didn’t open until 10am so we walked back to at least secure our seats on the next train. Apparently everyone had the same idea and it was over an hour before our number was called. We were all exhausted and ended up sleeping in the waiting area while we waited. The woman we spoke to ... read more
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Europe » Sweden » Stockholm County » Stockholm June 17th 2008

I left London from Heathrow Terminal 5 on the 11th of June at 1:45pm. The terminal is brand new and is really good; the check in is right in front of you when you get out of the lift from the tube station and it's computerised so you just touch the screen and type in your reference. It was really quick and easy to get through to the gate. I arrived in Stockholm at about 5pm and took the bus to the hostel. Sweden is really easy to get around in because everyone speaks such good English. I checked in, got a kebab (from one of the abundance of kebab stores), and then spent the rest of the night on the free internet sorting out accommodation for upcoming cities. On Thursday morning I headed out with ... read more
Swedish Bears
Reindeer and Elk
The sunset

Europe » Sweden » Norrbotten County June 17th 2008

Today we went to see the mighty rapids at Storforsen in Piteå river. It is such a magical place, it is beautiful and powerful. It is the kind of place that tickles your imagination. Just look at the fantastic pictures! I have spent the evening trying to erect my new tent outside on the lawn. Easier said then done. It turned out some of the equipment was faulty and the inner tent was not the same make as the top tent. So, hence the bargain price I suppose. I REALLY don't have the patience for this kind of stuff, so I have decided to return it and simply trust my dad's old Fjällräven tent. Everone in this house is watching the Italy - France football game right now. Not me, I really couldn't care less. I ... read more
Storforsen
Storforsen

Europe » Sweden » Uppsala County » Uppsala June 16th 2008

megint elmradtam, nem is kicsit... szóval röpke villámlátogatásom után visszatértem az uppsalai életbe :) a CCG-ről annyit, hogy tegnap délután befejeztük a forgatást, amit hétfőn elkezdtünk, leforgattuk az "elméleti részt" amiben mindenki magyaráz vmit a CC-ről, én mondtam a definíciót meg még beszéltem az orvostanhallgatók szerepéről meg ilyenek, még nem láttam, de tartok tőle, hogy katasztrófa lesz, utálom hallani a saját hangom...meg leforgattuk a szerepjátékokat/kis színdarabokat is, az egyikben a fiatal Ida Scuddart játszom, az amerikai misszionárius lányát, aki később megalapította az indiai pajtik egyetemét, a másodikban egy indiai vakbélgyulladásos nőt, a harmadikban meg a már említett terhes amerikai nőt. szóval viccesek voltak ezek a forgatások, sokat nevettünk :))) (azt is megtudtam, hogy mit jelent a pötty az indiai nők homlokán: azt, hogy házasok. elvileg minden férjeze... read more
svédrozi :)))
forgatás 2
 over the rainbow

Europe » Sweden » Norrbotten County June 16th 2008

At 6.16 am on Sunday morning we arrived at Älvsbyn train station after 13 hours on the train. I rather like train journeys and managed to sleep fairly well (my tip: always bring a pillow on a long train ride!) but I'm not too sure about Enrico. Anyway, we sat next to a very nice girl from Massachusetts, US, who was travelling on her own. I don't think she had spoken to anybody in a while, because she spoke constantly without pausing or breathing from 5 pm to midnight. That's when I picked up my book and started reading. It was very interesting to hear about her travels through the Middle East and Europe - but enough is enough! We spent yesterday doing nothing at all. My mum looked after us and cooked for us. She ... read more
Reindeer

Europe » Sweden » Uppsala County » Uppsala June 16th 2008

Katastrofa; tu spim(o) ko kreten(i). Tudi danes sem vstala ob pol desetih, kar je ... neverjetno za moje obicajne razmere. Zato tudi ni bilo nic z nacrtom, da grem na vlak do Stockholma ob 10.09. Namesto tega sem tempirala tistega eno uro kasneje, a se je tudi to izjalovilo. V vrsti za vstopnice sem namrec cakala toliko casa (oz. v napacni vrsti, ampak pustimo to), da mi je tisti vlak odpeljal tik pred nosom. Jebiga, desi se, in ker je bil naslednji vlak ob 12.09, sem se sla zgubit malo se v Uppsalo. V strogem centru ni, da ni: H&M galore, ful stacun s cunjami, mnogo taksnih, ki jih pri nas sploh ni (oziroma jih bolj jaz ne poznam), pa s cevlji, tudi brez specerije Little Italy ne re ... Ker sem imela se dosti casa, ... read more

Europe » Sweden June 15th 2008

Date of Travel:15-17 May, 2008 Duration of Travel: 3days Main Cities Visited: Karlstad, Stockholm, Helsinki We had 3 days left on our Scandinavian adventure with 2 major cities left to cover - Stockholm and Helsinki. Having left from Oslo, we headed for Karlstad in the early morning driving past the bank of Lake Vanern which is supposedly Sweden's biggest lake. Did not get much time for a photo stop as we continued to head eastwards passing by the town of Orebro and arriving in Stockholm, the city of bridges and islands just in time for dinner!With much of the shops already closed, there was only 1 place left that we could go - the PUB! and yes, we spent the evening watching the Ice Hockey World championships while soaking in the atmosphere of passionate Swedish fans ... read more
The Waterways that Surround Stockholm
Nothing beats mixing with the locals
Senate Square Helsinki

Europe » Sweden » Uppsala County » Uppsala June 15th 2008

Excellent! Vsak dan sem bolj zverzirana, kako preganjati predcasno soncno svetlobo. Po obilnem zajtrku - ta obed pac mora imeti vec momentov, npr. finski kruh - smo sli kao na bus za stämmo v Österbybruk - pa smo na postaji ugotovili, da bi bilo morda ceneje, ce bi kar najeli avto za en dan. In smo ga res! Na bencinski crpalki Statoil (ki je bojda edina, pa se norveska) smo ujagali Toyoto Auris in se podali na pot. Najprej smo se ustavili samo kak kilometer stran, v Gamle Uppsala oz. stari Uppsali, kjer je nekoc bilo mesto. Zakaj so ga prestavili, se Petrus ne ve, ampak tam so sedaj tiste tipicne rdece hiskice, muzej na prostem (z drugimi besedami: kure in oFce in piknik travniki in simulacija kmeckih opravil), pa stevilni gricki, ki so v bistvu ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Stockholm County » Stockholm June 15th 2008

Just thought we'd let you know we made it safely to Stockholm! We have an extensive list of places to visit, museums to see, and things to do, so we'll surely keep busy these next few days!... read more
Made it to Hassleholm
Stockholm!

Europe » Sweden » Stockholm County » Stockholm June 14th 2008

On Thursday afternoon me and Enrico borrowed my sisters old yellow Volvo and headed for Hultsfred Festival. The journey took us around 2 hours, as we manged to get slightly lost in Vimmerby on the way, and also the Volvo refused to start again after a short break at a petrol station. But despite these minor obstacles we arrived at Hultsfred Festival in the early afternoon. The weather was unreliable to say the least, black storm clouds and clear blue sky all at the same time. But it didn't rain much, only a few drops so we managed to stay almost completely dry. After having explored the festival area, pinpointed the beer tents (in Sweden you can only drink alcohol within designated areas at a festival) and checked out the stages it was time for Babyshambles. ... read more
Serj Tankian




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