Blogs from Mora, Dalarna County, Sweden, Europe - page 2

Tag 168 – Arbeitsstress Kurz nach neun begannen wir mit der Arbeit. Sofia, Arne und ich bereiteten oben die Zimmer vor - alle Betten abziehen, manche neu beziehen, ich saugte und Sofia wischte. Dann putzten wir noch das Bad und ich wusch das Frühstücksgeschirr der Gäste ab. Ein Zimmer oben war noch komplett im Rohbau, doch am Abend sollten dort Gäste einziehen. Eigentlich unmöglich. Die Wände mussten verputzt und gestrichen werden, vorher mussten noch Gipsplatten angebracht werden (allerdings nur an der einen Seite, für die andere blieb keine Zeit) und die Betten aufgebaut werden. Ich maß die Wände aus und zeichnete die Fußleisten an, die dann auch noch zugeschnitten und am besten umgehend angebracht werden sollten, auch wenn die Schritte davor noch nicht gemacht waren. Ich schob auch immer mal wieder an, die restlichen OSB-Platten zuzuschneiden, ... read more

We allowed ourselves the small luxury of a sleep in until 0600 after which we again headed into Mora to watch the boys flying. As each day of the SIV course went on they were doing more and more dramatic stalls and it made for great viewing. Jo and I were offered the chance to go out on the boat with Johan from where we could hear his instructions to the pilots and watch them as they fell towards earth from right above us. The debrief for the morning was held at the icecream boat so Nik, Jo and I tagged along. We all agreed that karting and a BBQ was the order of the day but first I was in for a treat. Johan offered to take me on a tandem paraglide. I was a ... read more

Jo and I were up earlier than most of the rest of the house so Jo put on a load of washing and we walked to the town square for a coffee. We returned around 1000 to find Nik had risen. After a lazy morning in the apartment, we had a quick look at a few local motorcycle shops and hit the road for Mora, a lakeside town in which Daniel had a log cabin that he was letting Nik, Jo and I stay at for a few days. Nik's paragliding teacher Johan was running an SIV course in the town and we met up with the crew on an icecream boat moored on the lakeside. Johan and the team appeared to be just like every other paraglider I have ever met... laid back, good fun ... read more

I have spent three more days in Mora, and sadly these are my last days here. Unfortunately, the weather has been bad this entire time and the rain has hardly stopped. I spent two of those days at the hospital. Thursday was a very uneventful but relaxing day. I did not watch any surgeries and instead spent the time in the outpatient clinic. I spent the day with Torbjorn Blixt, an intern at the hospital whose name translates to 'God of thunder bear flash'. The other doctors call him Dr. Flash. Anyways, Dr. Flash spoke excellent English and explained everything in such minute detail that I had a hard time paying attention. We looked at a few of his favorite x-rays from really interesting cases and he had my identify the injuries on each of the ... read more

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