I'm just getting ready to go for a haircut, later today I have to go to class - I have the day off work thankfully! I've been making a soup which looks quite nice, but not much more today (other than a little shopping at Netto).
Over the weekend I was in Poland with Martin, Martin, Thomas, Sören, Thule and Michael. It was quite the adventure, and my first trip to the polish republic.
We took the boat from Ystad to Swinoujscie, which was quite fun. Aboard the boat there were so many nice things (read: alcohol) to buy in the duty free. We all got a bit drunk from the sea air and landed in Swinoujscie early the next day.
I have to comment that I thought Poland was a beautiful country, you can really tell that it used to be communist run, but in a couple of years they can paint all the buildings and it will look just like western europe. We had a good walk through the city and to the markets, which were really intended for Germans. The people there spoke Polish and German, barely any english -- but everything was cheap, so it was ok.
I definetly want to go back, it was a great little weekend away from Sweden.
We took the boat from Ystad to Swinoujscie, which was quite fun. Aboard the boat there were so many nice things (read: alcohol) to buy in the duty free. We all got a bit drunk from the sea air and landed in Swinoujscie early the next day.
I have to comment that I thought Poland was a beautiful country, you can really tell that it used to be communist run, but in a couple of years they can paint all the buildings and it will look just like western europe. We had a good walk through the city and to the markets, which were really intended for Germans. The people there spoke Polish and German, barely any english -- but everything was cheap, so it was ok.
I definetly want to go back, it was a great little weekend away from Sweden.
Just to recap from all of what was written before. In 2002 I moved to the south of Sweden, a town called Malmö, which borders the Danish capital city, Copenhagen. Since I have arrived here, I have been met with many different challenges, and to each of them I have "stepped up to the plate" and won.
The first 6 months of my stay in Scandinavia were noted mostly by the attendance to Swedish classes (first with private classes, followed by government classes). I met a lot of nice people along the way, and my reception into the country was rather warm.
Around 6 months into my stay I found a job, quite remarkably, working for a big scandinavian telephone company at their head office in Copenhagen. The trek to and from work is much like that of my journey between my office in Toronto and the suburbs where I lived. The most exciting part of working in denmark is a thing called Fredagsöl (Friday Beer). Every Friday at 4:00pm the employees all head down to the games room to relax with free beer.
I have been travelling quite a bit, through Sweden, to Norway, Denmark, Ireland, England, Poland, Germany... but there are many places left to visit.
The first 6 months of my stay in Scandinavia were noted mostly by the attendance to Swedish classes (first with private classes, followed by government classes). I met a lot of nice people along the way, and my reception into the country was rather warm.
Around 6 months into my stay I found a job, quite remarkably, working for a big scandinavian telephone company at their head office in Copenhagen. The trek to and from work is much like that of my journey between my office in Toronto and the suburbs where I lived. The most exciting part of working in denmark is a thing called Fredagsöl (Friday Beer). Every Friday at 4:00pm the employees all head down to the games room to relax with free beer.
I have been travelling quite a bit, through Sweden, to Norway, Denmark, Ireland, England, Poland, Germany... but there are many places left to visit.
After a long time away from Blogging, I thought it would be fun to start up the old habit.
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