Blogs from Sweden, Europe - page 173

Day 1 in Malmo Hello all, welcome to the Malmo Blog! I'll try to update it as much as possible but I will be spending a bit of time on Facebook as well so if you have an account there, check me out there! To begin the story... both Amanda and I did not feel, even as we were landing in Sweden, that this journey was beginning. We felt that it started the moment we saw a viking ship (which we assume was a tourist attraction, but nonetheless, a viking ship) and then got excited (probably aided by the tremendous amount of espresso in our bodies) by the concept of going to school here. Malmo is a beautiful city, with the whole 'cobblestone street experience' and has the same coffee culture as Vancouver, if not more ... read more

So this morning, surprisingly, Julia woke up really really early! Anyways, she had a few friends over during breakfast and we all chatted...nice. Then she decided to go jogging with her friends so she couldn't go to the museums with me in the end... Oh well, I got a 24 hours travel card and took off to the central train station. Put my backpack in the locker and headed towards the Wine and Spirit Museum. It was in this kinda...industrial building but the inside was really nice!..They had a free audio guide so I actually was able to understand things...although, all other signs in the museum were all in Swedish...-__-" It was interesting though! Explained how wine and the different kinds of wine were produced, the history of alcohol in Sweden...and even about packaging and labelling! ... read more

So finally met up with this nice lady, Julia! She lives in the outskirts of Stockholm, but a really nice residential area actually! She also has a cute doggie name Max.....the dog is such a GOOOOD dog!! Anyways, she let me stay int he living room with a nice sofabed....and TV with cable! haa....very nice...We chatted about many things, she was especially interested in Asian stuff so I told her a lot about it....well..kinda...She was actually pretty happy about it I guess since she said she never really met anyone from Hong Kong! haaa.. So....the night passed and the next morning, I woke up pretty early and was hoping to catch the 10 sth train to Söderköping..but, the lady didn't wake up!! I waited and waited and finally around 1030...I was like..whatever. So I accidentially found ... read more

Finally, arrived in Sweden! Got off the airport and the weather was chilly! but nice! I liked this weather .....the moment I thought I came at the right time....and today, it started to...RAIN...._" Anyways, Found a hostel last minute and checked-in...its a very nice one though!=) I did get a reply from the locals my friend introduced to me so gonna stay there for 2 nights!! ^^ So, walked over to the City Hall and took a guided tour....very intersesting.... Stockholm looks very nice......cute European...with a Medieval style....haa..dunno...just really like the layout...(well...have always been an IKEA fan to begin with...wahhaaa!!) The place is really clean and although I can't understand a thing by looking at Swedish.....it was just so easy coz everyone speaks English.....=P Surprisingly....not a lot in the supermarket was in English! I had to ... read more

Hi! Well, we finally arrived in Orebro after what seemed like days of traveling. I ended up running into a girl from SDSU before boarding the plane in Chicago. Both of us were relieved to have a traveling buddy, and it ended up that there were two other girls on our flight going to the same school as us. We met a guy from our flight who helped us find the right train to take and he showed us a little bit of Stockholm while we were waiting for the train. Once we got to Orebro, everyone was exhausted but we still took time to walk into town and buy a few things for our rooms, which are about the size of a normal dorm room with a private bathroom. There are 12 or these rooms ... read more