Drakamollan Gardshotell Skåne

... that there's never been a prince of
Denmark named Hamlet but it was the castle of a previous prince and the folk tale, they believed, was picked up taken back to England. Unfortunately we didn't get our passports stamped in Sweden and drove right onto the land.

The coastal area of Sweden used to be the property of Denmark so one of the town we drove through had a flag that incorporated up both ...

... that 'personnummer' means my registration number, and so then I went to the only (******) online translation site I can find and type in the rest of the "you-messed-up-somewhere" message. The translation that I got was: "the blow the whistle on personnumeret had FALSE date. Each good police deta!" I presumed I was doing something seriously wrong with my personnummeret. So I examined the letter they sent me with my 4 digit personnummeret (Swedish ...

... bells were what everyone in town used as a watch. There was consensus that when the bells rang, everyone had fifteen minutes to get to class. So, today Lund Uni. keeps that tradtion - inspite of the fact that modern computer systems cannot deal with scheduling things at a quarter past, and new students are often confused - in fact, even if the teacher comes in before 15 after, they will refuse to start class until ...

So, today I met with all of the professors in my department for the first time, as well as all five incoming grad students. You know, I don't know... but I think that class size is a little too big for my tastes - I don't think we'll get enough one on one time with the teachers like this...I'm kind of worried. Anyway, as has become my tradition, I attempted to walk back home from the economics department once ...

So, I think I will give this travel blog thing a try for all my friends who want to hear about what I've been doing, but don't necessarily want to bug with incessant emails all the time. I have been in Lund since Monday and am slowly adjusting to the time difference, which is nine hours ahead of pacific standard and six ahead of eastern...but six or nine hours doesn't make much difference, I still end up falling ...

After removing the kayak gently back down out of the house..we propped it on top of the Audi and took it down to the beach for a test drive. The water was surprisingly warm and everyone did a good job. Mats was a little wobbly, but all in all good times all around. Ina took it down a ways toward their future house for storage so Mats walked down the beach, Staffan moved the car, and I walked in the ...

One of the first things I noticed about Sweden the first time I came was how green it was. The fields the trees, and just the land was covered in natural growth. Bad for my allergies, but a refreshing sight. In my own backyard you can find lots of stuff to look at and amazed at what you can find. The past few days I have been picking ...

Hello all. I hope another week has treated you all superbly well. On my end its been another rain filled week here in the south of Sweden. But a little rain won't keep us from havin' fun. It was a good week but seemed a little slower pace then usual like everyone was kinda running a little low on energy... maybe just me though. Traditionally I have class just mon and tues but this week my Tuesday class got bumped to Wednesday to meet accommodations ...

Here I am, itchy feet again and off to Sweden. We departed Heathrow airport and flew up the coast of the Mother Kingdom getting some marvelous coastal views, then as we crept closer to Northern Europe looking out the peep hole windows the view changed to the fork of Norway and Sweden. The spectacular 3D views then flattened out to the Island of Denmark followed by a quick landing to Copenhagen, then on the train to Malmo (2 train stops from the airport and in Sweden ...

... around for another we parked anyway and later spotted the signs indicating no parking until after 3pm. Stunning architecture for the main university buildings, cathedral, central square and many other shops. Good market hall where the local speciality sausage "Lundaknaken" provided an enjoyable breakfast. We would happily have spent longer but knowing ...