Blogs from Sweden, Europe - page 211

Today is my first full day in Sweden. I was awake at 5 am Swedish time, but slept well through the night. I���'�m still lying here in bed listening to music and some thoughts are coming to me so I decided to write them down. I���'��ve decided that the best attitude I can have about this trip is to embrace it and not fight it. Ever since Jessica came into my life I knew that this trip would be inevitable and I think that thought has potentially stolen some of my excitement about being here.... read more

Stockholm, Sweden.... read more

A classmate from the program in Lithuania and I choose to spend the Valentines Day weekend in Scandinavia, and concluded our 4 day stay in Sweden. We flew from Malmo in the south, and split up to find our separate ways in Stockholm. Lodging that the legendary sail boat hostel was too rich for our blood, so we walked across the city to another floating hostel, the Gustaf af Klint. Ha, and those snobs at the sail boat thought their hostel was so special because it floated. Well, we got a private room for less! It pays to shop around, and walk in the cold while you are hungry. Of special enjoyment in Stockholm was the Army Museum and Royal Palace. The art gallery was interesting, and in a really nice location if you were seeing ... read more

I always said I wanted to see an ice-hockey game, if I had the opportunity one day... So when we booked our trip to Stockholm, I did a little search on the internet and was happy to find out that there was going to be a match on one of the days we were in Stockholm. So when we arrived, we immediately bought two tickets. The game itself was part of the "SUPERALLSVENSKAN 2004" and was between HIF and Vasteras. In Sweden ice-hockey is the second biggest sport after football. A very fast and aggressive sport. It was even too fast for me to be able to take some good pictures ;-). We got value for our money, we saw 3 times 20 minutes, afterwards 5 minutes extra and we even saw penalty shots.... read more

When we heard about Skansen, we thought immediately at Bokrijk, which is also an open-air museum, but located in Belgium. Though we had never visited Bokrijk, we thought it would me very similar. Apparently Skansen was the world's first open-air museum, founded in 1891, located on the island Djurfgafden. Purpose of the museum was to let the visitors see how Swedes lived in ancient times, before the industrial revolution. Here you can find about 150 traditional houses. It's a kind of "Sweden in miniature". Besides a museum, there is also a zoo where you can see al lot of Scandinavian animals, such as moose, seals and otters, bears, reindeer, wolves,... It was nice for us to see the animals in the snow. At the top of the Bredablick Tower, you can enjoy the great view while ... read more