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Europe » Sweden » Västra Götaland County » Trollhättan August 28th 2022

I’ve always had a soft spot for Saab cars and so, as we are passing, have to visit the Saab Museum at Trollhatten. In the 60’s Saab built a great reputation as rally cars and then in the 70’s launched the Saab Turbo which quickly became my dream car. J sits this one out – which is probably sensible – as though I love the museum it’s not for everyone. I always wished my father had bought a Saab, though he did look at them. I think he came close once but the specific car he had he eye one (a Saab 99 EMS) then sold and I don’t think he ever came close again. I also remember a Saab connection with Newcastle that was then celebrating its 900th anniversary at the same time Saab introduced ... read more
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"She lived on the wrong side of the river, in a disused dairy store" Most non-Swedes who read this have probably never heard of the town Trollhättan. It is a medium sized city, population of about 60,000, in the southwest of Sweden. Trollhättan may not be famous or spectacular. But there are several things there that we found interesting and that's why we went there this summer. One of the things that draw us there was actually a dairy store that doesn't even exist anymore. We'll get back to that later on. First we will tell you about some more typical sightseeing we did in the city. The river Göta Älv runs through Trollhättan. Göta Älv has long been an important trade route for transporting goods from south central Sweden to the west coast. However, in ... read more
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Europe » Sweden » Västra Götaland County » Trollhättan March 18th 2012

Hi everyone, I've been neglecting you all! I'm so sorry lol things have just been so crazy busy that ive not had time or been too tired etc etc, but anways i'll catch you up to speed but it might take a while seeing as its been more than a month since my last entry :-p oopsie!!. Anyways I hope you're all ok and I'm missing everyone a lot but im still having a great time so i cant complain really :-). So since last time I worte a lot of stuff has happened, the week after my last entry Rowan came to visit me for 5 days which was awesome :-) we had an amazing time a couple of days exploring in Trollhattan where the university is and doing some walking around where the canal ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Västra Götaland County » Trollhättan January 24th 2012

Hey everyone Im sorry it's been a while I've been busy! So last time i spoke to you all I was heading out Bowling with all of the other Erasmus students and we also ended up playing pool afterwards. Bowling was going abysmally until I started bowling with my left hand lol I have a theory that I should be left handed because I'm ambidexterous so i can write with both hands and my handwriting with my right hand is awful! also when I was little I sucked my right thumb :-P and most people who suck their thumbs suck the opposite one from the one they write with. Apparently I also use to draw with two crayons one in each hand and in school they used to take one away so i've ended up right ... read more
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Europe » Sweden » Västra Götaland County » Trollhättan January 17th 2012

So Hey again :-) Where did i leave off last time? We had our first induction day on Wednesday (11th) sorting out all of he boring logistical stuff and on Thursday we had more meetings and sorted out our timetables so the classes i will be taking while im here are: Power Gender Ethnicity and other inequalities Intercultural Studies: Global english and online media discourses Education and School Practice Swedish for Beginners I also have to carry on completing the assignments for the Professional Practice unit from home so im going to be a busy bee lol. Had a few minor problems like some of my classes clash on the timetable but they're being sorted because obviously i cant be in two places at once as hard as i might try :-) Not much happened Friday ... read more
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Europe » Sweden » Västra Götaland County » Trollhättan January 11th 2012

Hi Everyone! Well as promised this is my blog though you'll have to bear with me because ive not done this before lol :-P The last few days have been a bit of a roller coaster and everything is starting to blur together so i thought i would start before i forget things. My journey actually starts just over a week ago, I'd just got back from a fab 3 days holiday with my family and Rowan :-) in Center Parks. I was leaving for Sweden in a week and I still had an essay for uni to finish before i went! majour oops! yes it was supposed to be finished before christmas with the other one but there was so much going on it just didnt happen! So I spent the next couple of days ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Västra Götaland County » Trollhättan October 17th 2010

this web thing is confusing!!! we have spent more time trying to work this thing than planning our around the world trip ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Västra Götaland County » Trollhättan October 16th 2010

currently we are in sweden, the sun is shining and we are building a new horse enclosure for Ilonas sister ninja. getting excited now all our equipment for our back packing trip is almost bought or stolen. 5 more weeks and we quit work!!!!!!!!! this week we get our tattoos for our trip, and our injections, most importantly the yellow fever jab for south america. end of november sees us travelling back to the uk in order to arrange a few last things and do a section of the coast to coast in order to test everything for New Zealand. We also plan to do a little mountaineering in the Lake District and some Gritstone climbing in Yorkshire. but first we have some unfinished buisness with a certain climb in sweden, called the "hardest climb in ... read more
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