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Europe » Sweden September 3rd 2007

Well, we're home safe and all is well. I will update the travelblog from my notes since we were unable to locate internet cafes in Venice and Florence, and the one we found in Rome was not a great place to hang out! In Rotonda, Milena's father's computer had been sent in for service, so he offered his old iMac to check emails, but it was a tad bit slow, so travelblog updates were just not possible! So, we headed off on the train on August 19 from Gothenburg, waving a tearful goodbye on the railway platform to Elisabeth and Berndt. Yes, at this point we left our safety net, and I have to admit that I thought to myself "Am I crazy to take off on a cross-European trip with an almost 8-year-old and a ... read more
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Europe » Sweden » Stockholm County » Stockholm September 2nd 2007

Hej! Gestern - also am Samstag 1. September - war ich mit meinen Eltern in Stockholm. Passend dazu hatten wir auch noch herrliches Wetter. Nachdem wir mit dem pendeltåg nach Stockholm gefahren sind, habe ich meine Eltern in die tunnelbanan geschleift. Ich wollte ihnen unbedingt mal die "blaue Linie" (= blå linje) zeigen. Die blaue Linie ist bekannt (i. Stockholm) als sog. Kunstlinie. Die Stationen sind besonders schön künstlerisch gestaltet. An der Endstation Kungsträdgården, in der Nähe vom königlichen Palast und dem Reichstag. Wir sind dann auch gleich Richtung Palast gegangen und konnten eine Parade des schwedischen Musikcorps bestaunen. Danach fand eine Wachablösung zwischen der Wachgarde (echt mit Pickelhaube) und der schwedischen Armee (keine Ahnung welchen Dienstgrad die hatten) im Königshof statt. Nationalstolz kann auch schön sein. :-) Wir haben uns dann durch die Gamla St ... read more
Blå linjen - Kungsträdgården 2
Blå linjen - Kungsträdgården 3
Blå linjen - Kungsträdgården 4

Europe » Sweden » Västra Götaland County » Gothenburg September 2nd 2007

Had to wake up early to meet the car parking time limit! So was actually still a little tired....=__= The weather was better today...didn't seem to be raining when we walked out. So, got to the car and he drove up to this Island called..Marstrand? sth like that. Very beautiful little Island..so laid back! It was out of season as well so it was pretty quiet..we walked around..up the fortress, around town, and then wanted to find this narrow path that sounded interesting in the bouchure....so we walked along the coast and WAH...we lost the path half way and was like...walking on all these rocks!!!! I was wearing my Birks...and it was Slippery!!!!!..haaa...eventually we found that narrow path....not that challenging...haaa! and managed to find the path back to town.....It was a great walk and spend a ... read more
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View from the rocks!
Marstand Island

Europe » Sweden » Västra Götaland County » Borås September 2nd 2007

Today's plan is to go out into the country, basically Jon's hometown..where they have a farm! ying ne. We missed the train..(I couldnt use my Eurail pass!!! argh!!!!) so we had to take the bus..(well..wasn't expensive...haaa..) Got to Boras....and there, his sister met us and drove us to the country...into this...village...... So, along the road..its trees...grass...trees..more grass...cows....horses...more horses.. that's basically it...haaa! nice and peaceful though. Got there and wow!...basically his whole family was there...haaa.....so weird visiting peoples' families.....haven't done it in years besides Susu's family....which is only her Dad... Anyways, they were already preparing lunch!..and YUM.....loads of foood......potatos....meatballs......salad....an these...Swedish style fish....it was delicious!!!!=) After lunch....the skies were a little gloomy...but still alr... read more
Island out in the Lake
Canoeing!

Europe » Sweden » Skåne County » Malmö September 2nd 2007

Getting Settled Day 2 and 3 of Malmo were...exahusting! We got pretty much everything set up to live here, minus an apartment of course, that’s today (Day 4’s) work. On Wednesday we went around town and stopped by a ton of places, including 3 job centres (if you’re looking for a job in Malmo try www.ams.se its all in Swedish but it has a ton of job links, and updates with new jobs every day). We went to school for the first time, which is K3, standing for Culture, Communication and Kanst (art) of course, the Swedish version of those words are Kultur, Kommunikation, and Kanst. Thus, K3. We met with the International Advisor, who was surprisingly Irish - as a side note, everyone’s English here is slightly different, a lot of people have British accents ... read more
Malmo Streets
Me in front of a Canal
Viking Ship

Europe » Sweden » Stockholm County » Stockholm August 31st 2007

Tjena allihopa! Am 30.08.2007 war es wieder Zeit nach Schweden zu reisen. Diesmal wurde ich von meinen Eltern begleitet, die sich lieberweise einfach mal 3 Tage Urlaub und die ganzen Strapazen auf sich genommen haben. DANKE dafür. Wie schon gesagt habe ich mich mit meinen Eltern am Donnerstag gegen 13 Uhr auf den Weg Richtung Sassnitz gemacht. Nach einem sonnigen Start, regnete es dann aber die meiste Zeit. 22:15 sollte unsere Fähre ablegen und da wir bereits gegen 19:30 in Sassnitz waren, sind wir nochmal Essen gegangen. Nachdem wir an Bord waren, haben wir uns ein lauschiges Plätzchen im Großraumaufenthaltsbereich gesucht. Neben der Tatsache von klappernden und oiependen Spielautomaten, war es auch noch arschkalt. Irgendwie haben wir versucht nun doch ein wenig Schlaf zu bekommen, um fit für die zweiten ca. 700 km von Trelleborg bis ... read more
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Europe » Sweden » Västra Götaland County » Gothenburg August 31st 2007

So, bright new day in Gothenburg and its RAINING AGAIN!!!!!argh... our first plan was to walk around the city and then go to Liseberg Amusement park!! ahh... Anyways, the morning wasn't bad to begin as I had this very nice breakfast! (haa..I would never really arrange breakfast at home with bread and cereal at the same time...!) Slacked off a bit and then decided to walk out anyways. It was drizzling.........but I brought my umbrella so that was ok...^^" Walked around the city, the shopping streets, the parks.... Started off early so it was actually pretty quiet on the streets...nice ne! Walked and chatted....not a lot of like..big sights to see within the city....just some statues and old buildings...The town looks nice though...old but modern at the same time. Not too busy but you can see ... read more
Fisherman Statue
Liseberg!
Great ride!!!

Europe » Sweden » Skåne County » Malmö August 30th 2007

Day 1 in Malmo Hello all, welcome to the Malmo Blog! I'll try to update it as much as possible but I will be spending a bit of time on Facebook as well so if you have an account there, check me out there! To begin the story... both Amanda and I did not feel, even as we were landing in Sweden, that this journey was beginning. We felt that it started the moment we saw a viking ship (which we assume was a tourist attraction, but nonetheless, a viking ship) and then got excited (probably aided by the tremendous amount of espresso in our bodies) by the concept of going to school here. Malmo is a beautiful city, with the whole 'cobblestone street experience' and has the same coffee culture as Vancouver, if not more ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Stockholm County » Stockholm August 30th 2007

Well its been a while since the last (and first!) post, and for those of you on the email list you'll know that following the loss of 2 weeks of unpublished blogs (I was waiting to find a computer to upload the photos when the site crashed losing 4 hours of typed up blogs) I/we have decided not to waste precious internet cafe hours typing up anything further! Instead group emails with a few attached photos will have to do! If I get time over the winter 'break' in Ireland then I might get round to typing it up again . . but no promises! For those of you that we have met along the way and only given the blog address, you can contact me at ben_walawski@hotmail.com and i'll add you to the group email ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Stockholm County » Stockholm August 30th 2007

So this morning, surprisingly, Julia woke up really really early! Anyways, she had a few friends over during breakfast and we all chatted...nice. Then she decided to go jogging with her friends so she couldn't go to the museums with me in the end... Oh well, I got a 24 hours travel card and took off to the central train station. Put my backpack in the locker and headed towards the Wine and Spirit Museum. It was in this kinda...industrial building but the inside was really nice!..They had a free audio guide so I actually was able to understand things...although, all other signs in the museum were all in Swedish...-__-" It was interesting though! Explained how wine and the different kinds of wine were produced, the history of alcohol in Sweden...and even about packaging and labelling! ... read more
Logo!
some alcohol making math!?
Inside of the Wine and Spirit Museum




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