Blogs from Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Europe - page 18

Tuesday 5 September The morning dawned clear, calm (for a change) and surprisingly warm, so it was decided that the conditions were ideal for taking a trip out to the Gothenburg archipelago. This archipelago is completely different from the Stockholm one, being very barren and rocky. This in itself makes it beautiful, especially when you see a red and white house standing proudly on its own like sentinel in uniform protecting some sacred space. There are some vague peculiarities about things in Sweden, one of them being the transport system and rules. We hopped on the tram where we live and went the entire way across town (it took an hour), then hopped on the ferry and were taken to the first island, all for the price of a single fare. That single fare is approximately ... read more

I made it! Yip, I'm here in Gothenburgh after 49 hours of solid travelling. The plan I had to sleep on the very long Sydney-Dubai leg didn't really work.......thanks to a gorgeous guy from Bosnia-H sitting across from me.........ha ha ha.......... Sorry girls, no real jucy details, he was flying home to a city I can't remember the name of except that it might have been in Saudi Arabia. Anyway, the flight was good, I would recommend Emirates Airline. Dubai airport was lovely as I imagined it would be. Heathrow was still old and crummy and not very clean, something I hadn't imagined it would be after all this time. Flying into Gothenburgh I was amazed that it was forest everywhere all dotted with little lakes. It looked very pretty. At the airport Jeff said we ... read more

This was THE weekend! 4 eager people was stading at the trainstation in Oslo waiting for the Gothenburg train to roll into the station. Before going to the trainstation I went to the fruit salesman outside and bought boxes with strawberries that we would enjoy on the train. My boyfriend had just bought a pizza that was our evening dinner, since we came straight from work to the train. The train arrived and we rushed to get 4 seats together, 2 of them facing the driving direction. We were lucky. We settled down and enjoyed our pizza. Later we tasted the best strawberries ever this summer! I wished I had bought 2 boxes more - they tasted so sweet. The train was full of people, almost all of them were going to Gothenburg. This weekend Robbie ... read more

It almost slipped our minds since they don't seem to celebrate mothers day here in Sweden! Happy Mother's Day to both of our wonderful, lovely mom's! We wish we could be there to help celebrate and give you loads of hugs and kisses, but you are both in our minds. All our love to the most important women in our lives! We miss you and will see you soon! Thanks for the update on the pups. I'm glad to hear they are enjoying their surrogate parents! Gothenburg was ok. It is quite small with very few sights to see (kind of like Ottawa, lol). There was a soccer game (or should I say football?) game yesterday so the locals were a bit riled up to say the least. One drunken asshole slammed into Mike while we ... read more

hi... im just tryin to work this thing out.. soo... later..... read more