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Posts From: Sweden 2010

(If you can’t make it to the end, here are my photos and videos!) I’ve been back home for a week and I’m overdue on wrapping up about my visit to Sweden.  Where does one start an ending? Well, I got to Kastrup Airport just fine. My suitcase was apparently 2kg overweight, although it was fine when I weighed it before leaving Halmstad that morning.  The night before, I had …continue reading

Fredrik and I were starving when we got back to land, after sailing yesterday, so we went to the grocery store and purchased a roasted chicken for lunch. A couple of other interesting things about Swedish grocery stores is that if you pay with any coins, you feed them into a machine rather than giving them to the cash register. And if you want to bag up your groceries, you …continue reading

My last full day in Sweden was full but not rushed. In the morning, Fredrik went over some sailing theory with me on a white board which helped me get a better grasp of things while out on the water. By 11 a.m. we were in the harbor and putting up the sails on the C55. The sun was out and the wind was perfect for probably the most gorgeous …continue reading

When Fredrik and I drove back to Halmstad on Sunday, we stopped at the mecca on the way.  IKEA!  It’s exactly the same as it is in the U.S. except the signs are in Swedish. And get this, you can buy the Swedish Fish candy there too! When Fredrik was in Minnesota two months ago, he pointed out that Sweden is without advertising billboards. There is actually a law against …continue reading

Göteborg is home to Chalmers University where Fredrik went to school. Tuesday marked the first day for first-year students who participate in quite the spectacle. We took the bus down to the heart of town to see the students gathered at Götaplatsen, a large town square, in their department groups (e.g. electrical engineering, industrial economics, applied physics) with some upper-class students leading them. Each group was wearing a different colored …continue reading