I’m on my way to my final destination Lund. I’m going to visit two of my Dutch friends who are both studying in Scandinavia. They are staying until August this year, so it will be a while that I will see them again (I also haven’t seen them for the past 5 months). I have no direct plans for this weekend, but I trust on Sjouke that he knows some things to do. I will go back to Eskilstuna Sunday or Monday, but will figure this out by then.
So I stayed for the past 3 days in Oslo. Unfortunately my travelpartner Sophia was not able to go to Oslo, because she couldn’t find a place for her cats (arghhgh!). I had to be on myself during the day, but I met up with Kristina after she was done with her work. I normally don’t like to be on myself while doing things, but it rather worked out well. I did some touristic stuff like sightseeing and shopping. Before I went I searched on the interwebs to find less touristic stuff to do. I found some very nice, and almost deserted locations nearby the city. the second day I went on a stroll in the forest and some parks. It was good to see the best parts of the city. Oslo is a really clean and modern city, but has some historical parts too (the vikingship museum and an old stronghold). But yeah, it is really freaking expensive, even more expensive then Sweden. Luckily I took care of my expenses.
Graphic design poster that made me laugh
I also went with Kristina to an exhibition of graduating work of industrial / graphic / interaction designers. This was unexpectedly nice. I really tried to look for exhibitions relating to interaction design or interactive art, but its hard to find something like this in Sweden. It was good to see at least one, but maybe I looked at the wrong places.
I will keep my blog up to date with my experiences in Lund.
At the moment I’m sitting in a coffee shop waiting for my bus to leave to Oslo. I said goodbye to David about an hour ago because he’s going back to Eskilstuna. We had a great time here in the city, it was a bit chaotic but we managed to see lots of the city.
A warm day in the centrum of Gothenburg.
This morning we saw Henderson for the last time and said goodbye. I’m probably gonna see him again on my goodbye party. The rest of the day we saw a lot of second hand shops and a comic store. Emma, a old friend of David, guided us through the city to find the best shops and such. It is always good to know someone in a big city to show you around. I bought an really old and crappy plastic camera to take some pictures for the rest of my holidays here.
But now I have to leave to the station to take the bus to Oslo, see you on my next post!
Yesterday we arrived in Gothenburg, Well actually, an island nearby Gothenburg called Hönö. This is the place where Henderson parents lives, and he has a job for the summer on this island.
the little island of Hönö
The Island is quite pittoresk and looks like a typical fisherman’s village. It became more touristic not so long ago, however. The weather is going to be great this week, so we are really lucky. The weather was really crap the past two weeks, so I’m happy we finally get some good stuff.
Today David and I are going to Liseberg amusement park today, the biggest one in Sweden i think. Tomorrow we are going to see the city of Gothenburg, and we have to GTFO of Hendersons place because his girlfriend is coming over.
On the bus on our way to Gothenburg.
So I’m finally with David on my way to Gothenburg. We bought the cheapest ticket available, so we are on a 5 hour long bustrip. I’m going to stay there for 2 awesome days, maybe 3. First we are going to stay at Hendersons place on a island nearby the city. We are planning to go to an amusementpark and see the city of course. After my time in Gotenburg I will leave David (noooo!) to go to Oslo. David is going to visit an old friend, but I’m going to visit Kristina in Oslo. She is working there for the summer period. I will meet Sophia (a good friend of Kristina, and I worked with her on a project) over there to see the city and such. After staying here for 2 days, I’m going to Lund to visit two of my Dutch friends. One of them is studying there, and a friend who is studying in Denmark and me decided to meet with there. Both of them are going to stay there the whole summer time, so this is the last time in a long while that I’m going to see them.
I will try to keep my blog updated with my adventures and pictures.
Postcard photo
So I decided to stay for one more month. I really want to celebrate the beginning of the summer in Sweden. The thing is that I think that I didn’t see much of Sweden yet. Well, I’ve been to Kiruna, saw Stockholm a lot and been on a cruise to Riga. But there are some parts I definitely want to see before I go.
Last monday we decided in a hurry that we go to a cabin in the woods in the south of Stockholm. The cabin was somewhere in the woods, and had a view over a lake. The place was truly beautiful, I never thought that Swedish summers can be so wonderful. This short trip was a great start of my holiday time here.
Nicie nice
The view on the lake
The thing is that I have a lot of plans, but no concrete ones. I can go visit a friend in Göteborg, visit another one in Gotland and go fishing. Maybe I can go to Lund and Aalborg to visit some Dutch friends who study there. Other options are to go to Oslo and Stockholm. So much to do, but so less time. I think I have to make a list and call some people to get things arranged. I try to keep this blog up to date with my plans and activities.
