http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Skane/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Sweden , Skane en-us Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:37:25 BST Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:37:25 BST After various tearful goodbyes expert frenzied packing completed I headed off to Lund Sweden on August 21st. It was a perfect summer in the Okanagan surrounded by family friends sunshine making it that much harder to say goodbye. But it was time. Time get out into the big world again. Kelowna gt Seattle gt Copenhagen by planeCopengagen gt Malmo gt Lund by trainLund Central S http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/Lund/blog-315346.html We are now at my friend Sara's place in the far south of Sweden. This morning we went riding at the riding school where she works. Enrico was riding an old laid back horse called Bingo and I did some jumping on a very sweet horse called Escape. Unfortunately when it comes to jumping I have gone from being not particularily good to being absolute rubbish. I had a lot of fun but I think I will co http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/blog-294327.html A walk in the wetlands and a day in the city....a perfect example of what the Skane region has to offer and what better way than this to fill our dayLet me get you up to speed....a salmon dinner on the water a nice chilly boat ride but we're loving that the Swedes ALWAYS have blankets a presentation on Skane goverment and politics an Absolut afternoon an evening performance to a very re http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/blog-284140.html We continue to be extremely lucky with the weather It is hot and sunny again today. We had a barbecue at Dennis and Peter's host family last evening. It was a beautiful night by the lake. We were comforted to know that even in Sweden they have mosquitoes. The team met this morning for canoeing with our host families at a lake in town. We left from a scout camp and paddled to a quiet spot on http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/blog-282526.html It's a bright and beautiful Saturday morning. The team meets in a half hour to tour a black granite mine. After that we're off to a traditional Swedish wedding and a dinner party The fun and culture never endYesterday we had a dare I say glorious day in Osby New breeds of tours walking sunshine the ingredients for a lovely day We started at the BRIO lekoseum a toy company that ori http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/blog-282078.html Hello dear vnner Tonight I will read some more Nicke Nyfiken at bedtime and reflect on the past days and my stay with family number five. We've crossed the midway point now nearly and it's just been so amazing that I can't hardly imagine what else is in store for us Tonight we were with our host families and Peter and his parents joined us for a LOVELY dinner of hamburgers on the grill http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/blog-280836.html So Jamie has been doing a lot of work on this blog and I thought I would take some time off of her hands Plus Shana and I got the experience to go to the symphony in Helsingborg Sweden along with the Louisiana Art Museum in Denmark. What a day it was Then the next day it was up to the top of the windmill our clothes got a little dirty but it was very worth the climb Enjoy the pictures w http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/Helsingborg/blog-278660.html The night ferry between Rostock Germany and Trelleborg Sweden is by no possible means designed to carry regular passengers. A crappy cafeteria a small shop a reception that does not strike me as being the most informative ever and two very small couches outside the shop. Since I have no cabin I have to settle for the couches. The only other passenger stupid enough not to take a cabin is the http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/blog-275473.html Christmas time is not only a time for spending time with your family spending money eating good food exchanging gifts watch classic movies on television. It is also a time for travel. For most people this means traveling ldquohomerdquo. Also for myself this was the reason for making a short stop at Malm central station in transit between Amsterdam and my hometown in Sweden. Screening th http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/Malmo/blog-275449.html So Sweden eh Havign never been there I had alot of preconceptions about Swedes and their homeland all of which turned out to be based on pure fact. Thanks to the beautiful resund bridge I was able to hop on a train and arrive in Lund no more than an hour later. I was to meet up with Lina whom along with a friend surfed my couch back in 2006. I messaged her to say what time I would arrive b http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/Lund/blog-268028.html ... och p den sjunde dagen la Gud ner sina lersaker fr att resa ivg med sin backpack Och fr de som undrar vad man kan ha i en backpack s kan fljande avsljas Den r en stor vska som innehller tv medelstora vskor en stor vattenttt kompressionsvska tv sm vattenttta psor in case of Tsunami en kameravska fem olikfrgade sm bags en vattenflaska en knivfodral en liten vska http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/Malmo/blog-263660.html Der manglede bde billeder og Subscribers i den frste rapport fra Nimis og Arx samt Jakriborg.Her skulle der s komme lidt mere fra stranden og det murede kunstvrk oppe ad kysten.Pludselig kom en Tyranno op af vandet og vi skyndte os videre til Jakriborg.Dette er en prve Send gerne kommentarer. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/blog-254294.html Tag en tur til Dommaring og g ud mod kysten for at opleve et fantastisk kunstvrk der er bygget p stranden.Med lidt ungdommelig adrthed kan man f en fin udsigt fra de store trne eller skumsprjt fra Skaelderviken. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/blog-254022.html Hello So last weekend I got a last minute opportunity to take a trip to Sweden with the Biology Department from the Danish University that I take a class at. One of my professors was attending this trip and invited us to go I wasn't sure if I would know any one else going neither Tom or Colin were that interested in getting up at 7am on a Sunday morning. But I couldnt pass up a trip to Sweden f http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/blog-253102.html Irsquom tempted to call this the preBerlin blog. Yep I know that was the title two blogs ago then you saw the blog about Berlin. But Irsquom going back March 18th...so perhaps it is the preBerlin blog. 61514 Again. So SINCE last Berlin trip its been an absolute whirlwind of madness. I think my todo lists are secretly mating and producing offspring as I seem to have about 5 sheets of http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/Lund/blog-247735.html Not often does a standard 90 minute train ride in your own home territory make you feel good particularly when the train is late and you're going to a party. The party in this case is The Sail in Karlskrona. A very nice little town in southern Sweden with a nice little summer event. The region is a bit remote off the tourist trail to Stockholm and Gothenburg and other major attractions in Swed http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/blog-241522.html Malm Red Hawks vs. Nybro whateverLast days have been interesting On Wednesday I have gone to an ice hockey match with Svenja's Mentor group. They had their trip planned out and told us about it me and Hannes thought it sounded like a good idea so we went ahead and invited ourselves to the match. No one seemed to mind and as it turned out I actually knew half the mentor group from the internati http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/Lund/blog-240358.html Before heading to Berlin I thought I better make a quick postnewyearspost. I got back from the UK and Germany and ended up getting straight to work on the final two weeks of our toiletsignswitching project that I discussed before. Wersquove officially named it the Ladies and Mens Room Mixup LMRM and spent the first week back finalizing the prototype and testing it out at the club. It wen http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/Lund/blog-239143.html Us new arrivals wanted to check out the nearby city of Lund Swedens thirdlargest city and only fifteen minutes by train. Since most of us still didn't have any classes or they could still be skipped we decided we would go today. Originally it was me Svenja and Hannes but later on me and Svenja ran into Georg a Swiss guy living in a Swedish corridor in this building while we were heading to http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/Malmo/blog-236858.html So today on the 9th of January I have finally arrived in Lund. The trip by train was really comfortable except for the passport check in the Schengen zone which seemed a bit useless since they let the boy without any papers or reliable story of what he was doing in Denmark in anyway. First 6 hours I sat all alone and watched Disney's Alladin read. Then when I started sleeping I was woke u http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/Lund/blog-236466.html Cause I bet I've been in more. Now equipped with a ghettofabulous havemorepagesadded 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 lon http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/Malmo/blog-231164.html Hey thereSo 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 t http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/Helsingborg/blog-228449.html What has the month of December brought A lot of work Although not the paying kind so thatrsquos 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. Irsquove since downloaded a Sw http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/Lund/blog-227821.html See I told you Irsquod update it after the weekend and in this case its a good idea This week is going to be insane we have school from 94 nearly every day and the one day we didnrsquot I was working at the preschool yesterday. So the weekend went like this Friday night project based outing to a club Saturday night helping on the barge with a concert and Sunday night Harry Potter. F http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/Lund/blog-223552.html After staying for a few days with Amanda and Vanessa in Lund but spending all of our sightseeing time exclusively in Denmark I finally got the chance to see a bit of Sweden. Amanda had school Friday morning so she helped me plan a walkabout route through Malm which is the third largest city in Sweden with a big university an active port and a long history of industrialism and changing nation http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/Malmo/blog-222425.html So its 138am. Irsquom getting fairly used to lsquothis timersquo. Its my catching up time. It usually lasts anywhere from 14 hours. Irsquove just paused my work on a paper that Irsquom writing since Irsquove been researching and writing for about 3 hours and havenrsquot even hammered out a full page. This is disturbing but maybe it means the beginning of a great paper because of th http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/Lund/blog-221628.html Sweden http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Sweden/Skane/Malmo/blog-219493.html