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Europe » Sweden » Skåne County » Malmö July 26th 2006

Our night train to Berlin leaves out of Malmö tonight so we spent most of the day just wandering around the city. The train ride in is great because there is an 8 kilometer bridge over the sea, whicever one it is, and it only takes about half an hour from Copenhagen central station. We wandered into a cool church, I still can´t get over how smaller towns like this have humungous super old churches, and walked around a 15th century castle because the museum is open only 4 hours. We ate dinner at a resturang that only had Swedish menus so we guessed at pizzas and I got capers, red peppers, shrimp, and mushrooms. Which was alright but something didn´t sit well. Mom, can you have a batch of cookies out of the oven around ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Skåne County » Malmö July 15th 2006

so yesterday we woke up at like 1 30 pm. we felt like sleeping in a little since we wake up at 8 every other morning. we had to use our sleep sheets because this place is covered in cat hair. there are 2 cats here who have more privileges than my aunts own children. my cousin Alma picked us up in her death car (the breaks don't work) and took us for some window shopping downtown. The best item we found: Bjorn Borg mens underwear and other accessories. I was a little tired of shopping cause everything looks the same to me now. Everywhere you turn , there's an H&M store. We went for coffee in the main square and met 2 swedish guys. one of them owned a restaurant and gave us a ride ... read more
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Europe » Sweden » Skåne County » Malmö May 27th 2006

Well that one didn't quite go to plan, all the trains to Stockholm were booked solid so the 16km across the Oresund to Malmo was all that was covered today. So Malmo - pleasant in an underwhelming sort of way. Quite a large town (city?) that originally grew up as part of Denmark, it's more recent history was based around heavy industry and while there are some nice little streets and buildings of various styles all the way back to the 16th century they struggle to make up for a bland and in places brutal town. In fact in many ways it was quite reminiscent of the sort of 50s & 60s town planning that's common to so many towns in Britain - not too much sign of fabled Swedish design here, at least for the ... read more
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Europe » Sweden » Skåne County » Malmö March 27th 2004

Geo: 56.4567, 12.9658Test... read more

Europe » Sweden » Skåne County » Malmö August 11th 2003

Lisa Nilsson is one of the most well established, recognized, not to mention popular Swedish artists. The Swedish queen of soul. Not necessarily my kind of music. But she can - unarguably - sing. And since the concert is in my city...and for free...what the hell...? She does her thing: the hit songs mixed with some rather uninteresting, deep monologue. A solid performance. It is towards the end of the concert she drops the bomb; she describes one of her greatest hits something like "you know when you go to a party, and the only reason you go is because the host promised you your favorite song...a whore song - something you as the host feel obliged to do, although you don't really want to...but at least you can vary it, perform it with a single ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Skåne County » Malmö January 22nd 2001

Karaoke sections of nightclubs are like gambling tables; for outcasts. People who don't dance, or are tired of dancing, and several other reasons. This girl doesn't seem like an outcast though. On the contrary, she knows exactly what she's doing. Up until this point the song had been good, even very good. This very performance was an eye-opener though. It made me realize that "Sweet Child Of Mine" is one of the greatest rock songs ever written. Lyrics are good. Singing is good. Melody is good. But the intro! Slash's guitar intro! This girl is a professional singer. She knows the song, and she pulls it off. Few people can. "Where do we go now...?"... read more

Europe » Sweden » Skåne County » Malmö November 21st 1997

Visit to teach and install. last leg of the journey by helicopter....Great... read more




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