I can't remember the last time I was as popular as I was this last week. As soon as my regular sim-card had found it's way into the telephone it started beeping, asking me all kinds of questions and even more could be found on the answering machine.
Therefore I'm still not finished sorting out which pictures to post on the blog. I hope you're all a patient bunch (though some of you have already asked for another post), and I'll get everything up here as soon as possible.
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Saturday, 17 October 2009
Too much fun
Dear blog readers. I've tried to find the time to write here. As you might have noticed I'm not doing that well. I still can't get the computers here to read the memorycard from my camera so there's no pictures in this post.
Elin and I explored as much of Berlin as we were able to in the little time we had. We went to Kurfürstendamm where we found ourselves some warm clothes and wondered what all the fuss was about. We took one of those (tip based) free tours led by an Austrailian, Elin says they always are, and felt that we got to see most of the sights. I've eaten at KFC and DunkingDonuts for the first time btw. though that's not very German i suppose. We have wondered about the difference between the S-bahn and the U-bahn, noticed the waterpumps all over town, that youre not allowed to play fotball on the playgrounds and that you insert the keys in the locks upsidedown from what we're used to.
The last night Elin was here we went out to have a drink and dance a little and on the 15 th Elin continued to Prauge and I went to see my next CS-host Judith.
Yesterday Judith, Suzanne, Ida and I went out partying. I'll try to post a bunch of pictures tomorow and you'll get to see Judith in traditional Bavarian clothing (octoberfest style ^.^). We started at the ackerkeller wich is a really cosy place much like the ones I wish we still had in Stockholm and then went on to SchwuZ. I really wish Elin could have seen SchwuZ. I think it's the type of place her friends have talked about when they've told her about the Berlin nightlife.
I'm going back to Stockholm tomorow and I'll do my best to give you a big post with lots of pictures as soon as I'm able to use my own computer again. There I'll tell you all about the Jewish museum with the metal detectors at the entrance and what conclutions Ida and I came to when batteling for best Scandinavian country over dinner yesterday.
Elin and I explored as much of Berlin as we were able to in the little time we had. We went to Kurfürstendamm where we found ourselves some warm clothes and wondered what all the fuss was about. We took one of those (tip based) free tours led by an Austrailian, Elin says they always are, and felt that we got to see most of the sights. I've eaten at KFC and DunkingDonuts for the first time btw. though that's not very German i suppose. We have wondered about the difference between the S-bahn and the U-bahn, noticed the waterpumps all over town, that youre not allowed to play fotball on the playgrounds and that you insert the keys in the locks upsidedown from what we're used to.
The last night Elin was here we went out to have a drink and dance a little and on the 15 th Elin continued to Prauge and I went to see my next CS-host Judith.
Yesterday Judith, Suzanne, Ida and I went out partying. I'll try to post a bunch of pictures tomorow and you'll get to see Judith in traditional Bavarian clothing (octoberfest style ^.^). We started at the ackerkeller wich is a really cosy place much like the ones I wish we still had in Stockholm and then went on to SchwuZ. I really wish Elin could have seen SchwuZ. I think it's the type of place her friends have talked about when they've told her about the Berlin nightlife.
I'm going back to Stockholm tomorow and I'll do my best to give you a big post with lots of pictures as soon as I'm able to use my own computer again. There I'll tell you all about the Jewish museum with the metal detectors at the entrance and what conclutions Ida and I came to when batteling for best Scandinavian country over dinner yesterday.
Monday, 12 October 2009
Hallo Berlin!
At 07.50 this morning i set foot on the land where my grandfather was born. But this is not a story of my grandfather. This is a story about me going to Germany to meet my sister who has gone interrailing.
I took my time getting from the airport to Hauptbahnhof where I was supposed to meet my sister, and I still spent over two hours waiting for her. When she finally arrived we ate and went to our couchsurfinghosts apartiment. Here everything is great even though the heatingsystem isn't working properly. Eiko is really nice and we seem to have a lot to talk about.
I know I have promised a lot of pictures. Unfortunately the computer here can't read the memorycard from my camera so you will have to make do with the one I took with my mobilecamera.
This was my breakfast today. A butter croassant with cheese. Not the weirdest breakfast I've ever had, but still.
Right now we are all quite tired and someone will wake us all up at 07.00 tomorow to fix the heat so I don't think we'll be going out on town anything tonight.
I took my time getting from the airport to Hauptbahnhof where I was supposed to meet my sister, and I still spent over two hours waiting for her. When she finally arrived we ate and went to our couchsurfinghosts apartiment. Here everything is great even though the heatingsystem isn't working properly. Eiko is really nice and we seem to have a lot to talk about.
I know I have promised a lot of pictures. Unfortunately the computer here can't read the memorycard from my camera so you will have to make do with the one I took with my mobilecamera.
Right now we are all quite tired and someone will wake us all up at 07.00 tomorow to fix the heat so I don't think we'll be going out on town anything tonight.
Monday, 21 September 2009
Do all swedes have a countryside?
No but many of us do (I was asked this by a german girl online)
I'm beginning to wonder if its a socialist thing. That this only becomes common in a country where it's natural that the ordinary worker should be able to get out of the city once in a while too. The only other country I know has this is (or maybe was, I'm not sure) Russia...
A few weeks ago I took a whole bunch of pictures of the butterflies that was flying around in the mint by the waterside at our countryside, and the one I like the most ends up being one where it hides behind a leaf.
I'm beginning to wonder if its a socialist thing. That this only becomes common in a country where it's natural that the ordinary worker should be able to get out of the city once in a while too. The only other country I know has this is (or maybe was, I'm not sure) Russia...
A few weeks ago I took a whole bunch of pictures of the butterflies that was flying around in the mint by the waterside at our countryside, and the one I like the most ends up being one where it hides behind a leaf.
Friday, 11 September 2009
Blog under construction
This is my new blog. I’ll write something if I have a thought I want to share, but the main object is to write when I travel and to post pictures when I find the time and energy to.
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