Blogs from Sweden, Europe - page 154

Me and Enrico spent yesterday shopping in central Stockholm, and then walked to the Vasa museum where a very well preserved battle ship from 1628 is on display. We walked all the way there in the sunshine. Actually, we walkded much further then we had expected. As you might know Stockholm is situated on a series of islands with bridges in between. These bridges are not always where you want them to be. And Enrico assumed that I, being Swedish, knew my way around Stockholm (haha!) so we ended up walking all the way around this little island called Skeppsholmen from which we could see our destination across the water but we couldn't reach it. Very frustrating. But we had some gorgeous views of Stockholm from Skeppsholmen, and there were plenty of beautiful boats and ships ... read more

Hi everyone! I'm finally on holiday! I quit my job, emptied my savings account, booked a flight to Stockholm for me and my boyfriend Enrico and off we went. One can not sit by a computer at work day in and day out whilst one's life goes to waste. No no no, I made it for a full year and a half this time but that's it! So now I'm in Stockholm taking it easy in the fabulous weather (29 degrees and sun) just waiting for the adventure to start. In my bag I have a train ticket to the north of Sweden where my parents and three million mosquitos per square meter lives, tickets to a Dolly Parton concert, tickets to Hultsfred festival and tickets to Roskilde festival. (Please God, if you exist, see to ... read more

Hű kicsitelmaradtam :) na csütörtökön egész nap önálló projectwork volt, mindenki dolgozott a saját részén, aztán este el akartunk menni acsoporttal a stockholms nationbe, mert záróbuli volt, de akkora sor volt, ami fél óráig nem is mozdult, lökdösődő svédek, marcona rendőrök, szóval aztán feladtuk és elmentünk a norralandsba vacsizni, mindenki aranyos volt, vicces volt, ahogy a breon a maga stílusában többször is beszólt a franciáknak, hogy "english please!!!" és amikor 11 körül hazafelé tekertünk még mindig hatalmas sorvolt...na aztán pénteken itt nemzeti ünnep volt, mm júni 6., de nem ünnepelnek semmit, mert ezek a népek itt annyira semlegesek,hogy örülnek, hogy nem kell dolgozni menni, ennyi. nem igazán hisznek se hazában, se istenben, de semmiben. de mi, a munka hősei dolgoztunk, vagyis kb...elmetünk az indiai pajtik lakására, gyakoroltuk a kis színdarabokat,amik fellesznek véve,vi... read more

What's a blog entry without a reference to Gilligan's Island!? Today we lived the dream, folks! The eight stranded castaways (well, we weren't really castaways...more like....floating on a boat-aways) were rescued by the Swedish version of the Coast Guard. These seafaring saviors hooked us up to their tug and towed us safely back to port. It was for sure a memorable experience! Many thanks to Skippers Hans X and Hans XI for a beautfiul venture into the Baltic and a scenic tour of the Bronze Age ruins. We also found a moment for team building in the dry, dry grass and somehow managed to build a pyramid even the Egyptians would admire! After the Ship Trip and Viking Hiking, we went on an audio guided excursion through Eriksberg, a fenced wildlife safari for your Volvo and ... read more

Howdy folks. Well we made it Stockholm and I have to say that the little towns in Scandinavia are really cool and we've enjoyed them emensely... but the cities really blow chunks in the chunkiest way when it comes to youth hostels. We got done in Copenhagen by a crappy hostel that didn't even come close to living up to expectations and now that we've arrived in Stockholm they've managed to lose our booking and so are going to throw us out onto the street two days early leaving us the task of finding new accomodation in a city that was already fully booked two months ago. Fantastic... and did we mention that expecting service in the big cities is like pulling teeth. Anyway, enough ranting, we can bash hostels till the cows come home otherwise. ... read more