Sweden
Travel Blogs from Sweden
Language of Sharks and Crafternoons
... to take her into the air with a gentle gust of wind. And the streets are windy today. So the big shopping centre has Sweden’s answer to Border’s, and we spend some time in there looking for the humourous kind of book. The thought process of ...
Dinner, Dogs and
... up. There are squirrels battling it out in the pine next to me, freaking out and visibly shitting themselves as I stand. Hello Sweden. I show Joelle the morning routine, and from what she says this place is very very different. Working hours are set, ...
Staying close to home
... with an indoor lounge and dance floor...actually a pretty interesting place despite all of the 18 year olds. Because nothing is free in Sweden (no, not even grocery bags) we paid $13 to get in and went through 2 rounds of ID checking by security guards. ...
Här i Umeå, Sverige
... nbsp;Sweden, and I do believe that trip was one of the loneliest things I have ever done - especially because when I arrived in Sweden, I was all by myself AND everyone was speaking in Swedish. Kind of refreshing though - it's easier to relax when ...
Schweden
Nach Ankunft am Göteborg City Airport mit Shuttlebus nach Göteborg City, Nils Ericson Terminal. Busfahrt mit Swebus nach ...
Procrastination time =P
So it was after Swedish class, it was a lovely sunny day (for once), what better thing to do than to cruise around Stockholm on my bike and take pictures!? Ahh, I have missed sunny days and the pictures come up so much better! Massive glare ...
Real Forests
There's a fog this morning keeping me from seeing any sunrise as I take the path again, the rocks are slippery again but the ground is soft, free of cracking frost. Breakfast with Cicci and Staffan has a very strange vibe about, something dark is ...
Joana and Socialism
... I’ll pass on gaining firsthand knowledge. Over dinner and the drive home I learned some very interesting facts regarding Sweden as a Socialist country. I know I should have known most of this already, thanks to my politically sensitive family, ...
Gothenburg
... deal with the hotel as it is apparently one of the top 80 in Scandinavia and has, understandably, been voted as serving Sweden's best hotel breakfast - a very large buffet selection allowed Gavin a meagre 4-course meal of starter, main course, egg course ...
Newbies Not Eating
I wake up to snow once again – the less romantic snow I've witnessed from scouting days up at Lake Mountain. One major thing I remember was getting wet and dirty just after you’d cleaned yourself. There wasn’t really enough snow to take ...
Sveden!
The 'traditional Finnish Cruise' Youve herd the phrase its not about where you go its about how you get there. Right??? Well y trip to Sweeden for the weekend was exactly that! For a week before my trip all I was told was this (mostly from Finns): ...
The Golden Birds!
Today was my first trip to the Kalmar FF Arena. This is the Football Arena that opened last year to house the Kalmar football team. Being from Kalmar naturally means that this is the team that Victor supports. He followed the team last year while being ...
Forte/Castelo da idade media
Vista de um castelo da Idade Média mas já com bastantes alterações ...
In between Oslo and Stockholm in Karlskoga
... view and really reminds me so much of typical Minnesota and Wisconsin. Our bus was pulled over at the Norway – Sweden border. I thought these borders were wide open. Well, there was a border check with custom officials. ...
We found the swedish chef!
we have enjoyed the affordable restaurants in Stockholm so much more affordable than Norway . One in particular was fabulous with it's innovative presentation . Despite that it will be great to have some home cooking soon. Stockholm is such a beautiful ...
Mod, Trad, Big, Small
... ship. Peter and Edward told me that Gothenburg made this ship a few years ago for an event so large that even the king of Sweden came to its official opening. They sailed the boat to China. And back. And it didn’t sink. ...
a day in Vasteras
Madelen is taking such good care of us! She comes home every noon. Today she took us downtown and dropped us off for an hour and a half and then Mona met us again. We went to a building that has a bell tower in the top. We took the elevator for four ...
Public Spaces in Stockholm
My tours through Scandanavia are for an urban planning class, so many of my photos are related to planning. All the photos in this post are of public spaces - parks, plazas, outdoor restaurants, etc. Many of my photos are of things you wouldn't see in ...
Open
The gallery opens today. We're all up early. Maria is out in the shop when I come in to put coffee on, Alex coming up behind. We want to keep the furnace going for the morning at least as the shop can be deathly cold at times. My arms get charcoaled from ...
Flat Tourists and Nudists
... – wanting to use the Euro, not feeling like their Swedish or Danish or more Danish than Swedish but belonging as part of Sweden, and she doesn’t believe so. As we are apparently in the neighbourhood we drop in on Fredrick and Freja. When we ...
Åre
... here late on Thursday night after our Via Ferrata, and skinny dipping experience (I recomend that to everyone who is in Sweden!) and already liked the place. We found this cool little youth hostel and immediately blew our budget on nice comfy beds, ...
You mean this doesn't happen every week?
... 'ne up to the north, taking in all the sights of Sweden. It’s an educational tale for children, and very popular in Sweden. Upon first listening I thought he said 'boy who rides a ghost’ then followed it with directions up the e65 (not route ...

