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City of Gothenburg

Sun, 9 Sep 2007 | By george | Views [3062] | Comments [5]

Haj from Sweden! Actually for some reason they normally say it twice, quickly, sounding like 'Hai Hai'. 'Yu-te-bori' is about the same size as Edinburgh, and is the largest university city in Scandinavia with over 60,000 students.  Like Edinburgh ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Learn Swedish with WorldNomads Swedish Language Guide

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 | By language-guides | Views [2067] | Comments [1]

Have you ever been stuck in a country wanting to be polite, but not even knowing the word for 'please'?  Or been frustrated when you couldn't ask for the most basic directions to where you're going? The WorldNomads.com Swedish Language ... Read more >

Tags: language guides, language lesson, swedish, sweden, learn swedish, swedish language, podcast, ipod, phrase book, world nomads

Why are Swedish women so blonde?

Thu, 7 Jun 2007 | By largeone | Views [1287] | Comments [1]

Three popular theories can be argued.  The first, but least interesting is that its just genetics and its simply bound to happen when everone is blonde.  The second and more complex theory begins when two magnetic fields on the suns surface collide which ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Stockholm by Segway

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 | By george | Views [936] | Comments [1]

I arrived in Stockholm on Monday 10th, and after three nights here, I'll be leaving very early tomorrow morning to head for Finland on the ferry.   I've been staying in Fridhemsplan (a few tube stops out), at a massive hostel with several hundred ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Tillbacka til Sverige (Back to Sweden)

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 | By arollingstone | Views [847]

After seven years away, I returned to my first overseas home away from home: Stockholm, Sweden. I still remember the first time I went to Sweden, in January 2000. I took a week off from school to go with my parents to house hunt and check out the schooling ... Read more >

Tags: 2008 sweden stockholm

Malmö University

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 | By louise | Views [706] | Comments [3]

I can't add any photos right now but just thought I would pop in to say hållo and that I'm still alive! Summer school has been okay so far but it's kind of a bummer to have to research and do work when you just want to explore the outside world :) Tomorrow ... Read more >

Tags: Work

Mountains

Sat, 6 Jan 2007 | By katedwyer | Views [521]

Hello everyone, Happy New year! My last week has been spent in the south of Sweden skiing in the mountains with Anton and his family. (I know,i know....its a hard life!). The place we were at was called Sälen. Its about a five hour drive north/west ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Jobs/Apartments/Wedding

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 | By katedwyer | Views [514] | Comments [1]

Hello Everyone, The past couple of weeks have been spent trying to find jobs, apartments etc. Anton and I have decided to stay in Eskistuna for a few months. Anton has found himself a great job so it seems unnecessary moving to Göthenberg straight away.... Read more >

Tags: Work

Herräng

Thu, 7 Aug 2008 | By besoka | Views [451] | Comments [2]

Herräng is a small town in Sweden on the north coast of the bulgy bit that Stockholm and Uppsala are on.  For centuries it was the site of small-scale iron ore mining, until this became unviable in the 1960s.  Now, about 1000 people live there ... Read more >

Hello from Sweden1

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 | By katedwyer | Views [437] | Comments [2]

Hi Everyone, Greetings from Sweden! I have started up my very own travels diary. Everyone will be able to view my travel diary and look at my photos. Anton and I spent three days in Bangkok before arriving in Sweden. Bangkok really was a culture shock! ... Read more >

Tags: Snow

First week in Sweden

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 | By katedwyer | Views [413]

Hello All, Since arriving Sweden, the past week has been spent with family and friends. All of Antons friends are very nice! They have all made me feel so welcome! Most of our days have been spent going into town,having 'Fika´(coffee)with the family, ... Read more >

Tags: Family

Swedish Day Trip

Sun, 23 Jul 2006 | By worker | Views [390] | Comments [1]

We decided to tick another country off and got the train from Copenhagen to Malmo for the day, a decision that ultimately paid off, Malmo is a beautiful town! More to come ...

Tags: Sightseeing

preparation and planning

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 | By emma-o-scott | Views [388]

Howdy! We are now working almost full time on the preparations and planning before the trip. It´s so exciting! Only a few days until we leave! Here is our rough itinerary. Might change several times during the trip: July 1st Start out from Bellingham, ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Sven's, Inge's and Swedish Meatballs

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 | By nadscol | Views [382]

OK, first and foremost i would like to write a retraction from my last story. I did not go to the city hall in copenhagen for a tour, the Nobel Prize Banquet is not held there, it is held in the city hall of Stockholm, Sweden. I'm sorry i got my days ... Read more >

Tags: sweden

Lots of Snow at last!!!!

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 | By katedwyer | Views [359]

Hello Everyone, Just a quick entry.... Last time i said in my diary that it is still unusually warm here for this time of year. One day after i wrote that it started snowing and hasn't stop!! It is getting cold here! -10 during the days -15 - -20 ... Read more >

Tags: Snow

Photos!!!!

Thu, 7 Jun 2007 | By katedwyer | Views [343] | Comments [2]

Hello Everyone!! Here are some more photos finally!! Sorry ive been so slack with getting them up. Kate

Tags: Adventures

Örebro and Skåne 2

Mon, 3 Nov 2008 | By besoka | Views [338]

Executive Summary     OK, I think I’ll try and do Executive Summaries for all the Blogs from now on.  This blog covers the 5 weeks in (mostly) October between our first big trip to the UK and the second smaller trip to the UK .  Emma worked ... Read more >

Almost no longer in Lund

Tue, 4 Sep 2007 | By vietnamviking | Views [329] | Comments [2]

Autumn has descended; Lund is still relatively green but it feels like it's 4 o'clock in the afternoon the whole day. It makes everything feel a bit surreal, which is how I feel about this trip. There's been so much to do in terms of preparations lately ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

In Lund

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 | By vietnamviking | Views [323] | Comments [2]

Originally, I was intending to write my travel blog att realtravel.com, but I came across the blogs on WorldNomad when I was going to buy insurance here and I liked the layout better. Just look at the pretty banner. So... here I am. Oh, and the reason ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

cruise/midsummer

Wed, 4 Jul 2007 | By katedwyer | Views [321] | Comments [1]

Hi Everyone! How are things back in oz? Things are still going well here in sweden!!Nothing much new to report though or anything of interest! I have put some more photos up though! A couple of weekends ago we celebrated 'mid-summer'. Basically celebrating ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

Sweden yar?

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 | By louise | Views [305] | Comments [2]

Hey Hey all, well I'm in Sweden now and it's fantastic! Had a fun time in London and did some more touristy things like London Bridge, Lesicester Square etc but it was nice to escape the torrential rain that came through on Friday! Had to take the 4:... Read more >

Tags: Laughter

Barcelona-Sweden-Barcelona

Thu, 10 Nov 2005 | By ferefu | Views [296]

 Dema, d'alguna manera comença el viatge... i, si estic molt nervios! Me'n vaig a Suecia a veure la Martina (a qui he trobat a faltar molt)... i passar-me uns dies de visita i turisme, en el que sera per mi l'hivern d'aquest any (espero veure una mica ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Helsinki - getting there

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 | By romsterrom | Views [289]

Copenhagen-Stockhom-Viking Line ferry-Turku-Helsinki Today was a long day of all travel. Train ride to Stockholm was relatively uneventful. I got booked into second class which meant i missed out on free ... Read more >

Paris

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 | By katedwyer | Views [279] | Comments [1]

Hi Everyone!! Anton and I have just spent the weekend in Paris! We arrived friday night and came home late sunday. As most people, we fell in love with the city! There is so much to do and see! We stayed just near the Eiffel tower. We spent the weekend ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

vill tillbaka...

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 | By martina | Views [276]

Nu har det nästan gatt ett helt ar sedan jag o ferran drog iväg pa äventyr... och jag vill tillbaka... tusan ocksa! till alla er där ute som tvekar om ni ska ut o resa eller inte, tveka inte längre det kommer att bli det bästa beslutet nagonsin om ni ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase


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