Blogs from Dalarna County, Sweden, Europe - page 5

Today I visited Mora Lasarett (the hospital) for the first time. I found that they wear scrubs everywhere so all that effort I put into picking out the right clothes to wear didn't really matter. I will be spending the week in the Orthopedic Surgery department so I was introduced to a few of the doctors. I met Pierre, the main doctor I will be shadowing for the week. Pierre is a Swedish surgeon who speaks excellent English because he went to medical school in Budapest, Hungary and they taught in Swedish. I look forward to spending the week with him because he is extremely helpful and tells me more information than I can ever remember. Anyways, he told me that we would immediately be going into surgery. It was a hand surgery (I can't remember ... read more

Hej, it has been a heck of a week. This is going to be a long one because it is going to be our record of the trip so please skip over what you want to. We left Härnösand on Friday when we finally got up at noon and began driving south. It was a great drive with the kids just playing in the back and then Norah took at nap. We decided to stop for lunch in Gävle. We walked around the outdoor mall until we found....sushi. Perfect for everyone. We then drove west until we got to the small village Camilla lives in, Grängesberg. It was friday evening by this time and they were are all very excited that we made it with out even asking for directions. they said the people from Götenberg ... read more

Last week was an official holiday week in Sweden, Sportlov, which translates to “activity break”. The activity of choice of the Five Swedish Meatballs, you ask? Skiing...the same choice, it seems, as most of Sweden’s residents. We’re fortunate that our “unofficial host family”, Mark, Kacka and Ellen (7 years old), offered to go skiing with us…show us the slopes, so to speak. As seasoned “Sportlov-ers”, they knew just where to go, so we set off for Sälen at 8:00 am Sunday morning and arrived at our destination at 6:45 pm. Yes, nearly 11 hours in (and out) of our tiny car, which was loaded to the max. A car which got 35 miles to the gallon! Let’s start there. We were a touch concerned when our fearless leader, Mark, pulled over after just a few miles…we ... read more