Posts Tagged ‘sweden’

The last pictures from Denmark

August 8th, 2010 | Photo | 3 Comments

tractor
An old tractor I saw

danish flag
The Danish flag

Wall
We visited a village I have been in many times before as well, and this wall is a part of a church that they have taken down large pieces from. It stands on a cliff wich gradually falls down, and they believe that it has been another village where the ocean is today.

Well, these pictures are the last ones from Denmark. I came home yesterday, after about 7 hours by car and 2 hours  by boat, as well as visiting three countries (Denmark, Sweden and Norway).

Q: What’s your record when it comes to visiting a certain number of countries in less than 12 hours (you need to be able to take a break where you for example eat or just relax. If you travel by plane, it counts when you visit the country’s airport)?

Boats and wind

July 31st, 2010 | Personal | 0 Comments

Today, I’m finally at the destination where my family and I are going to spend our holidays. Last night I was in Gothenburg. I had a great time, and it was fun to see something I hadn’t seen in many years. I decided also that I wanted to start reading something in Swedish, so we bought two Swedish novels.

However, I’m not in Sweden anymore. If you have had a look at what ferry trips Stena Line offers from Gothenburg, you might have heard about the one to Frederikshavn. Yes, I’m in Denmark! In the Southern Djursland area, to be more precise.

It did rain today as well, but not at much as it did yesterday. It blew more today. I could see huge waves inside the Gothernburg harbour area, and when we were at  the sea, it was almost impossible to do something that don’t involve chairs or something to hold on to.

Swedish rain

July 30th, 2010 | Personal | 0 Comments

The trip to Sweden went quite well, expect some rain. No, what I meant was: a lot of rain. GP.se (Swedish) said it was one of the most rainy days in Western Sweden in a long period of time. According to what I saw (as someone who doesn’t visit Western Sweden that often), it seemed quite understandable. I haven’t seen that much rain in a really long period of time.

Bad things:

  • Some of the puddles were deep enough to possibly do some damage on motors on smaller cars.
  • As it rains, the road gets slippery. Hint: I saw a truck with a trailer I was a little sceptical about.

Good thing:

  • To some people (like me), the whole ting is really interesting to watch.

On the other hand, the weather in Oslo isn’t much better.

Off to Sweden

July 29th, 2010 | Personal | 0 Comments

Tomorrow, I’m going to Sweden! I’m so exited since I haven’t been there for quite a while (expect visiting the shopping centres close to the Swedish/Norwegian border, but that doesn’t count because the majority of the cars you see in that area is Norwegian. You are actually allowed to consider yourself lucky if you see more than 20 Swedish cars in the town centre of Strömstad.)

The weather reports (according to a Swedish newspaper. I always try to find local reports wherever I’m going. Especially if I understand the language) looks ok. It will rain, like it has done quite a while here in Oslo.

Anyway, I’m really excited! I think it will be a nice trip!

Q: Have you been in Sweden before?