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Europe » Sweden July 28th 2004

Well, time to get this going again. We returned from Europe the end of July, after flying back to Sweden for Kristina’s wedding; the main reason we flew over 6,000 miles to begin with. Marie, from Quebec, also flew out for the wedding and we had plenty of time to visit with her. What made this even extra special was the fact that it was exactly 10 years ago that both she and Kristina came to California as exchange students and became good friends; we toasted the event with French and Canadian wine at a lovely dinner held at Kristina’s place where we sampled moose (cooked 2 different ways). The wedding was one of the most beautiful and special that we have ever attended. We ferried out to a resort island off the Swedish coast and ... read more
Boats in a row
The cake
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Europe » Sweden » Västra Götaland County » Gothenburg July 10th 2004

We were in Amsterdam for 3 days and stayed very busy seeing the sights and trying to get rid of our jet lag. We next flew to Gothenberg Sweden to visit with our very first exchange student, Kristina who lives with her fiance, Urban. She won’t get married until late in July but we wanted to be able to spend time with here before she had to put her full attention on preparing for the wedding. So we planned to visit early in the month travel around Europe and then return for the wedding. Before we had arrived Kristina has planned our entire visit for us. She had bought a city pass for us which gave us all the museum entries and transport we could cram into one day. When we arrived she gave us a ... read more
Kristina & Mike
Afternoon tea
Summerhouse

Europe » Sweden » Västra Götaland County » Gothenburg June 11th 2004

Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden. Largest arena in the country. The arena that back in 1985 literally caved for Bruce Springsteen. The crowd back then got excited and carried away to the extent that they rocked the foundation of the building until it cracked. No injuries or such, but they decided to close the arena for concerts. Nowadays it’s improved and enhanced, and again open for big concerts. Paul McCartney puts on one of those big shows that requires a stadium of this size. The arena is not completely filled despite the big name and a beautiful summer day, but still around 40,000 people have decided to come see the ex-Beatle perform. Three hours after the announced starting time of the concert Paul enters the stage. Performs some of his known songs, some less known songs. Even ... read more

Europe » Sweden May 20th 2004

Today is my first full day in Sweden. I was awake at 5 am Swedish time, but slept well through the night. I���'�m still lying here in bed listening to music and some thoughts are coming to me so I decided to write them down. I���'��ve decided that the best attitude I can have about this trip is to embrace it and not fight it. Ever since Jessica came into my life I knew that this trip would be inevitable and I think that thought has potentially stolen some of my excitement about being here.... read more

Europe » Sweden » Skåne County » Malmö March 27th 2004

Geo: 56.4567, 12.9658Test... read more

Europe » Sweden » Stockholm County » Stockholm February 15th 2004

A classmate from the program in Lithuania and I choose to spend the Valentines Day weekend in Scandinavia, and concluded our 4 day stay in Sweden. We flew from Malmo in the south, and split up to find our separate ways in Stockholm. Lodging that the legendary sail boat hostel was too rich for our blood, so we walked across the city to another floating hostel, the Gustaf af Klint. Ha, and those snobs at the sail boat thought their hostel was so special because it floated. Well, we got a private room for less! It pays to shop around, and walk in the cold while you are hungry. Of special enjoyment in Stockholm was the Army Museum and Royal Palace. The art gallery was interesting, and in a really nice location if you were seeing ... read more
Expensive hostel
Our Room
Different culture, different way

Europe » Sweden » Stockholm County » Stockholm January 25th 2004

The Kungligga Slottet is located on Stadsholmen in Gamla Stan, next to Sweden's parliament. It is the largest royal castle in the world still used for its original purpose (the official residence of the Swedish monarch). We saw the Palace twice, one time without and one time with the changing of the Guards. The changing itself was quite impressive. It took about 20 minutes. Definitely a must-see.... read more
Changing of the Guards
Changing of the Guards
Changing of the Guards

Europe » Sweden » Stockholm County » Stockholm January 25th 2004

I always said I wanted to see an ice-hockey game, if I had the opportunity one day... So when we booked our trip to Stockholm, I did a little search on the internet and was happy to find out that there was going to be a match on one of the days we were in Stockholm. So when we arrived, we immediately bought two tickets. The game itself was part of the "SUPERALLSVENSKAN 2004" and was between HIF and Vasteras. In Sweden ice-hockey is the second biggest sport after football. A very fast and aggressive sport. It was even too fast for me to be able to take some good pictures ;-). We got value for our money, we saw 3 times 20 minutes, afterwards 5 minutes extra and we even saw penalty shots.... read more
ice-hockey
me for the first time in my life watching ice-hockey




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