Blogs from Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Europe - page 11

Took the tram from home to Saltholmen. Onto the ferry to Vrango (pronounced Vrunga). Lots of sea ice. beautiful crisp winters day....finished off by a quick visit to Slottsskogsgatan... read more

With bleary eyes and smooth tail and a long trip ahead we saddled up and got the Chariot going, the infernal device aka the GPS and I had differnt opinions on which way to go, the device wanted us to go up on the ramp onto the motor way a good idea if there had been a ramp!So using commonsense and a good ol' fashioned map we finally got on it. We we're immediately taken to the cleaners by the first pay station. The road rolled on and the mountains that had been close were suddenly all around us, snowy peaks looming ahead, green vineyards here and there and nice clean air again. Having left the motor way we thought that the licensed bandits at the pay stations were history but alas not, they managed another ... read more

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

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

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