Blogs from Sweden, Europe - page 144

hi! we are writing from the utopian paradise that is scandinavia! well that might be a slight exaggeration, considering it hasnt really stopped raining since we landed. never the less! after leaving galway we headed down to cork, the city between two rivers. actually lots of our cities seem quite water focussed. waterlogged says emma. probably due to living in drought zone. anyway cork! we dont really know how to describe cork but we liked it. while there we visited markets, went to the gallery and had lots of walks along the rivers, enjoying the busking. isab & em made sure on the first morning to track down a pub which would let us watch the saints collingwood match (woot from isab, glare from emma), we tried to drag roz along and teach her a fine ... read more

At last, we've had sunshine all day today. Since arriving, we've had overcast skies and rain at some point each day. People have assured us this isn't typical weather, but I was getting suspicious...and a tad depressed, to be honest. But today was glorious. Yesterday we had the opportunity to meet with a potential Dag Mamma (sounds like dawg mama and translates to day mother). Eva is a young grandmother type who's been doing home day care (dagis - sounds like doggies) for about 20 years. Her blue Swedish home sits on a hill about a half mile from our place and she has 3 other boys in her care who are near Jorgie's age. The first thing that I noticed was her wall full of books and I, selfishly, though, "alright, someone I can borrow ... read more

foreigners around Göteborg... read more

After spending three weeks in the UK to get over jet-lag, do laundry, see relatives, buy a new van, buy food and pack again, we caught the Newcastle to Stavanger Ferry on 27 July. On the boat we were introduced to crazy inflated Norwegian prices with beer costing £4.50 a pint! (Hot tip- if you want to eat/drink on the ferry, take your own food and beer. Sadly ours was on the car deck!) From Stavanger we headed straight for the Fjords. Our first stop was the Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) which is probably one of the most visited sites in the whole of Norway. A distinctive 25m square slab of rock perched 600m above Lysefjord, it is undeniably spectacular, but we were not expecting the hundreds of people we passed on the path. We were glad ... read more

Hej ! Sweden is the Scandinavia's biggest countries. Almost everybody knows what Sverige is famous for. Sweden is best explored by trains and buses through its counties. Some have even explored it along with their donkeys, as recently as this year in 2008, when a french citizen with his two donkey Nonu and Monu achieved that. Well Sweden train fares are quite expensive and mostly run in the day time. The only night one's which I have seen leave at around 11 pm in the night to border town of Norway to Stavangergatan from the Central Station, its a sleeper coach, for correct schedules check with the sj.se, the official train services. You can get around in cities with their local passes specially designed for Tourists visiting the country or if you are a student then ... read more