Blog of Nikki Veldhuis

I arrived two days ago from Lund. It was great fun to see my old friends again, and we did a lot’s of stuff. To my surprise Sjouke offered us to go to Copenhagen, but it is actually quite near Lund (40 minutes with the train). So we went Saturday to see the city.

Kopenhagen, the most famous street.

After walking for hours, being in the sun all day I’ve seen enough cities for a while. Kopenhagen is also a very nice city, but after seeing the 3rd big city in a row it’s getting more or less the same. I’ve got quite burned, so I’ve a nice red workers tan. In the evening we went to Malmö, to eat something and because Sjouke wanted to give us a quick tour there.

Sjouke and me on a bench in Malmö. Myself finally on a picture.

The second day we went to the beach in a place not far from Lund. It was terrible crowded on the beach, much like Zandvoort or Scheveningen in midsummer. I met some nice people and had a BBQ in the evening.

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The last day Sjouke gave us a quick tour in Lund, because I didn’t see this city yet. Most of the students are away in the summer, so it felt deserted. I saw some fancy buildings and spots where Sjouke goes too, but that was all I saw.

But like always good things come to an end, and I left on the train back to Eskilstuna.

Back in Eskilstuna there was some work waiting. In didn’t mentioned in my blog yet, but we are still busy with the International Presence Exhibition project in Vasteras. It has cost me lots of work next to my studies, and had to pause one or the other to manage the whole bunch a bit. At the moment we delivered most of the posters at the print shop. It’s a shame I won’t see the result on the short term. I hope to finish the rest tonight.

I also have to arrange everything for my leaving. I have to get rid of my stuff, send a package, give a small going away party and much other things. Arggh, so much to do. I don’t wanna go, because I know there is gonna be a shitload of more work waiting for me back in the Netherlands.

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.

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.