Blogs from Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden, Europe - page 3

We flew out of Regina the morning of December 22. COLD weather that we were happy to leave behind. Our flight was a little late as the plane was coming into Regina from Toronto where the Ice Storm of the Century was occurring. That didn't bother me so much as the fact that we were flying TO Toronto to connect to our flight to Europe. We ended up flying out of Regina about an hour late, at 12:12PM, by the time de-icing was completed but we had a 5 hour wait scheduled for Toronto so no worries there. As we approached Toronto's Pearson Airport we could see that the roads, trees, buildings were all completely covered in ice. The runway was clear at Pearson airport but the taxi lanes to the terminal were covered in really ... read more

My journey to Malmo should have been very simple; cross the road to the central station in Gothenburg, get on a train, 2 hours later get off. However, fate decides to throw me a curveball. Actually to be precise the Swedish railway system decides to throw me a curveball as for some unknown reason they use the height of summer and tourist season to do all their engineering works so I discover there are no trains going to Malmo and I had to get bus replacement to another station and then pick up the train. Ok I can do this… I can negotiate a bus in a language that is so alien to me I might as well be from Mars. Luckily the Swedes are amazing at English and finding an official looking person I ask ... read more

Another pop quiz: Which of the following made Anna's train ride from Calais, France, to Copenhagen, Denmark, an epic disaster? a. The over-night train was booked because of locals taking advantage of a school holiday, so she had to take the 2:00 AM train. b. Sitting in the rail station until 2:00 AM so exhausted her that she slept through her connecting train. c. The connecting train she finally got on broke down. d. The total train ride took 32 hours. e. All of the above. The correct answer is.... E! EVERYTHING BAD HAPPENED ON THAT TRAIN RIDE. I was peeved. If you think that it couldn't get any worse, though... well, you'd be right, because since then everything has been a dream come true. I spent the weekend in Denmark with Ksenija, the niece of ... read more

Hmm, kanske dags att börja packa, planet går snart. Eller nä, tråkigt. Det löser sig.... read more

(er zijn 2 pagina's met foto's, waarschijnlijk de laatste van deze vakantie, zie hierboven ^^^) Na zondag verder he le maal niks gedaan te hebben, was maandag een rij-dag richting Stockholm. Omdat we halverwege in Upsala op een terras, tegen onze zin in, in de zon moesten zitten, kwamen we alsnog laat in Stockholm aan. De volgende dag uitgezocht hoe het openbaar vervoer werkte, en met een 24 uurs OV-pas en een 24 uurs Stockholm pas (incl 24 uurs OV-pas.. heej, is dat niet dubbelop? Inderdaad ja..) door Stockholm gaan banjeren/metro'en/rondvaart en veerboten. Omdat we met de Stockholm pas in elk museum/pretpark/globe'round'the'globe mochten, moest dat natuurlijk ook gebeuren, wat resulteerde in het bezichtigen van levende en opgezette koeien, elanden en bruine beren, alsmede stokstaartjes, boten uit 1780 en moderne kunst. Aan het eind van de middag ... read more