Blogs from Sweden, Europe - page 166

Cause I bet I've been in more. Now equipped with a ghetto-fabulous, have-more-pages-added passport, the real travel has begun. But I left off in Belgium, so I'll work my way back. The night of the second day in Belgium was interesting, to say the least. We went to a Congolese restaurant out on one of the metro lines on Brussels. It took a little while to find, because for all it's benefits, lonely planet does not give good directions. When we finally found the street with all the restaurants on it, we picked one that looked as inviting as possible, and sat down. The only problem with this plan was that we don't speak whatever language was predominately spoken (I don't know what language is spoken in the Congo), and my passable French only got us ... read more

I was a bit worried going into the coldest part of my trip. Minus 20 is NO JOKE! How do u even get ready for something like that when you come from a tropical climate? But I left Paris for Sweden & made my way up north to Kiruna! Once out of the plane, I was greeted by the sight of ICE BLOCKS (in the open) with the words "Welcome to Kiruna". Oh its cold but not as fortunately not as bad as I imagined. Checked into tiny Hotel Kebne & made my way to the ice hotel. Had planned to spend the night but it was fully booked up & very ex. I was glad I didn't end up spending the night because its FREEZING! Fun to walk round, check out the rooms (all individually ... read more

From us to you - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ... read more

Hey there! So on the 6 January, I will be leaving sweden for a 3 month long visit to Ghana. I will be working as a volunteer in a school, teaching math and english. Im going to stay in a village called Agona Swedru, with a family of 4. Right now Im so nervous that i hardly know what to write..... My biggest fear is the Malaria! and then the fact that they use a hole in the ground as toilett. :/ and that hole lives scorpions, spiders and mosquitos! And then theres the worms in the sand, and the germs in the water and.............. Oh my God im gonna DIE!!!!! Um yeah, I will write more next time! Take care! Kram kram /J... read more

What has the month of December brought? A lot of work! Although, not the paying kind so that’s unfortunate though I doubt I would have had time! Christmas in Sweden and Denmark is done nicely - they light up the city streets, Christmas trees are in plazas everywhere and we were singing Swedish, English and French Christmas carols (Jul songs) at the preschool. I’ve since downloaded a Swedish and Danish Christmas CD so I can sing along, lol. I think the best way to explain what I’ve been upto is in photos and videos, I’ve already explained our bathroom switching project, so the videos are here: http://jonaseriksson.blip.tv there’s a few there. Here on my Flicker account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8517602@N08/ there’s photos of the toilet project as well as photos from the Half Machine Symphony Orchestra performance. We’ve received ... read more