Blogs from Sweden, Europe - page 171

Die Fahrt nach Stockholm war anstrengend, die Strecke teilweise nur einspurig und die Höchstgeschwindigkeit zwischen 90 und 110km/h. Viele Radargeräte hindern am Rasen!! Stockholm ist traumhaft schön, leider hat das Wetter nur nicht ganz mitgespielt - wir hatten bisher ziemliches Glück! Das Nachtleben hat uns auch nicht umgehauen, so dass wir nach einem Tag Stockholm mit intensivem Sightseeing kurzerhand entschliessen nach Gotheburg weiterzuziehen. Die Fahrt dorthin war deutlich angenehmer, was aber nicht an der Strecke oder den Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzungen lag, sondern an einem vor uns rasenden Schweden und unserem Entschluss uns bei ihm hinten ranzuhängen. Die 470 km haben wir in deutlich schneller als 4 Stunden hinter uns gebracht. Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit 125km/h heißt schon was auf der Strecke!! Der Schwede scheint die Strecke gut zu kennen, denn auch bei Blitzern sind wir oh... read more

For some reason our train to Gothenburg terminated one station before the main terminal which meant we all had to transfer into buses for the last 15 minutes into the town centre. Once in Gothenberg we walked to what we thought was going to be a hotel but turned out to be a hotel on a boat! It looked a bit strange from the outside, but didn't really seem any different on the inside. We only had the one night in Gothenburg so we didn't really have that much time to look around. However Ross was impressed that there appeared to be four different types of trams in service on the network within the city all in a blue and white livery. We walked up and down the main street where we had dinner at one ... read more

Hey all! So, with my class officially over, my paper and final turned in, I have left the Folkhögskola and moved down the road to the Sigtunastiftelsen. It is a very peacefull and well kept hotel. A wholy different experience then the dorm-life of the last month. After completing our papers, finals, and parting dinner, the group (sans professor) headed out for a final glorious night of drinking and revelry in Stockholm. I did some research and came up with a highly recomended brew-pub called Akkurat. It was awesome. Just the right atmosphere, not so loud that we couldn't talk to eachother and locals we were sitting next to. I had a pint of Guiness, of course, and then some great Heffewizens. After the bar we headed back to central station to catch the bus back ... read more

Still at home, but it finally feels like the most important around-the-world-trip preparations are done ! Destinations, flight tickets, international drivers license, visas, guide books, safety bank account, dentist, insurance etc. But it hasn't been all hard work. I got to relax from preparations and feel very calm by visiting two places: A small warming-up-trip to Gotland which was not as sunny as the sunniest place in Sweden should be (about last 3 hours were sunny). It was very nice though even with all the tourists which still feels like less crowded then Malmö on a normal day. Four days of fur trading, raining, antiqueing, raining, walking, raining, pancakes, politicians and a small test of climbing with a rope. Don't know why, but I slept like a baby including afternoon naps :) Last week I went ... read more

In plaats van echte elanden, zijn het ' ijzeren elanden' geworden. Het regende vandaag pijpestelen en dus hebben we ons niet in de bossen begeven maar in het..................Saabmuseum. Paar mooie plaatjes geschoten, (Mi)Chiel je zou er jaloers op mogen zijn :-) Trouwens erg gaaf ingericht dat museum en het eerste museum in Zweden dat ook Engels 'ondertiteld' (wat ook wel eens handig is). Vanochtend (voor de buien) nog wel bij Trollhattan naar de sluizen in het Gotakanaal geweest. Was inderdaad van een iets anders kaliber dan wat we al gezien hadden. Chiel heeft Tom haarfijn uitgelegd hoe het werkt dus bij thuiskomst kan hij overhoord worden in het vak 'werktuigbouwkunde'. En vanmiddag (na de buien) zijn we getuige geweest van 'vattenfallen': het loslaten van 300000 liter water per seconde in een droogstaand riviertje. Best geinig, ... read more