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Europe » Sweden » Skåne County » Malmö October 11th 2008

So I guess this is one of the few times before I leave that I have time to actually write a post here. I really don't know where to start. This is probably one of the most crazy adventures that I have ever "signed up for". Allthough, I hope that it's just the beginning and that many more amazing experiences will come from it. I guess I don't have that much more to say for now, other than that I will miss my friends but just so you know I am only a short msgs or email away from you! Only four more days to hang in there... over and out... read more

Europe » Sweden » Skåne County » Malmö April 6th 2008

... och på den sjunde dagen la Gud ner sina lersaker för att resa iväg med sin backpack Och för de som undrar vad man kan ha i en backpack så kan följande avslöjas: Den är en stor väska som innehåller två medelstora väskor, en stor vattentätt kompressionsväska, två små vattentätta påsor (in case of Tsunami), en kameraväska, fem olikfärgade små bags, en vattenflaska, en knivfodral, en liten väska som man fäster på den stora väska och flera vanliga plastpåsar. Jag är fortfarande inte säker på vad jag ska fylla dem med. Rutten blir följande: Malmö (tåg) - Stockholm (färja) - Helsinki (buss) - Sankt Petersburg (tåg) - Moskva (trans-sibiriska) - Ullan Baatar - Beijing. Hela resan tar ungefär en halvmånad, med halva tiden på tåget, vilket påminner mig att kanske ta med en kudde ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Skåne County » Malmö January 15th 2008

Us new arrivals wanted to check out the nearby city of Lund, Swedens third-largest 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 our coordinator (who wasn't there, we forgot the IO was closed). We invited him and he joined as well (and skipped a class!). So off we went, probably my first visit to downtown Lund in daylight. I noticed it was more pitoresque than I thought so I started taking loads of pictures. I explained to Hannes, Svenja and Georg that pictures ... read more
Lund Cathedral
Lund C
Malmö street

Europe » Sweden » Skåne County » Malmö December 28th 2007

Cause I bet I've been in more. Now equipped with a ghetto-fabulous, have-more-pages-added 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, lonely planet does not give good directions. When we finally found the street with all the restaurants on it, we picked one that looked as inviting as possible, and sat down. The only problem with this plan was that we don't speak whatever language was predominately spoken (I don't know what language is spoken in the Congo), and my passable French only got us ... read more
The Ice Dragon
Food from a Vending Machine in Amsterdam
The Red Light District

Europe » Sweden » Skåne County » Malmö November 14th 2007

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 » 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 » Skåne County » Malmö August 25th 2007

For the final long weekend of the year we decided to visit Sweden. We scored a cheapish flight to Malmo & there was the added bonus of being a stones throw from Copenhagen. The downside of cheap flights is the inconvenience of getting to the airport at strange hours. We eneded up arriving at the airport at 2am & tried to get a few hours kip alongside the hords of other people. The seats had been snapped up long ago & the lucky ones had rolled out their sleeping bags. Stanstead airport has no capet & we had an uncomfortable few hours on the hard / cold floor. The inconveniences were forgotten when we arrived in Sweden. The first thing we noticed was that everything was yellow (very ikea). After a 40min bus ride we found ... read more
It was so nice & green
Malmo
Kurt & his mate Thomas , & his ducks

Europe » Sweden » Skåne County » Malmö July 20th 2007

Still at home, but it finally feels like the most important around-the-world-trip preparations are done ! Destinations, flight tickets, international drivers license, visas, guide books, safety bank account, dentist, insurance etc. But it hasn't been all hard work. I got to relax from preparations and feel very calm by visiting two places: A small warming-up-trip to Gotland which was not as sunny as the sunniest place in Sweden should be (about last 3 hours were sunny). It was very nice though even with all the tourists which still feels like less crowded then Malmö on a normal day. Four days of fur trading, raining, antiqueing, raining, walking, raining, pancakes, politicians and a small test of climbing with a rope. Don't know why, but I slept like a baby including afternoon naps :) Last week I went ... read more
Warming up at goodbye party

Europe » Sweden » Skåne County » Malmö July 17th 2007

Breakfast food: The breakfast food in Sweden is very interesting to say the least. I think the most unusual was the caviar in the tube. As disgusting as this may sound to some of you, it was very good and came in many different flavors (straight caviar, caviar and cheese, and many more). The tubes look like giant tubes of toothpaste. I must say I was pleasantly surprised at how good this was with a hard-boiled egg. It had all the wonderful saltiness of caviar without the weird texture you usually get. I think it requires refrigeration, otherwise I would bring some home for everyone to try. Other breakfast foods include Muesli (grains and dried fruit) and yogurt thin enough to be a yogurt smoothie, meat paste (pate), and assorted jams, meats, breads, and cheeses. The ... read more
Interesting Building Design
Malmo Boardwalk
Former Packing Houses, Now Residences




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