qwertzuiopü (back in ger)

Saturday, April 15. 2006

The night train was cheap and comfy, taking me straight from Ringsted (near Copenhagen) to Dortmund. For only 300 Danish Crowns (appr. 40 Euors) I think thats a pretty good price to travel, especially at night when you can sleep in a real bed and not just a reclinable seat..

I want to thank all my Scando-Friends for the pleasant stay at their homes! As I said, you are always welcome to visit and to stay at my apartment as well ;-)

Kopenhagen/Copenhagen/Københamn/København

Wednesday, April 12. 2006

We decided to take a night bus from Gothenburg to Copenhagen, simply because it was the cheapest way and mainly so that we could sleep on the bus, and not having to pay for a youth hostel.. We both thought thats the way to go, because we are young and fresh, and we need the money!

Since Friday we are staying at Dan's place, about 30 min from Copenhagen. After so much time in the still cold Sweden, we really enjoy it here. On the first night we could even BBQ in Dan's yard, celebrating the upcoming spring with a few cold Carlsberg beers and original danish hot dogs. So much for the interluding of our grill season.. :-)

Arne will fly back to Stuttgart from Copenhagen on Saturday, while I am taking the train to Dortmund to visit my elder sister for the easter weekend.

I will return to Herrenberg on the 17th of April. The rest of our photos will be uploaded soon.


Gothenburg

Sunday, April 9. 2006

We caught a train in Lappland to take us on a 17 hour ride, passing tons of towns in both west and eastern sweden. We had a great time at UEs place in Arvidsjaur. During our last night up there we finally saw the northern lights! For about 30 minutes the huge spectacle caught our breath. Then we went back to sleep.

This weekend we spent in Gothenburg to meet Herman, who was living together with me in Montana at the Parkers. The extreme sight seeing in Stockholm has made us sorta tired, so we mostly just walked around town.

On Monday we will leave Sweden by train and by ferry. The next and also the last destination of our Scando-trip will be Copenhagen, where we will meet Dan. He's the fifth Scandahoovian who I got to know in Montana. We also spent a lot of time together back then, so I'm really excited to see him again. Just like with Axel and Alex, it's been 3 years now..

Crazy road trip to Bardufoss

Tuesday, April 4. 2006

The craziest trip i've ever done has just happened last saturday. It was UE's idea to visit Axel and Alex in Bardufoss, a small community way up in northern Norway. Both of them had to go there to join the Army, Alex to get his pilot's licence, Axel just for 9 months, hoping to soon moving back down south..

Here's a picture of us all (click me).

Our schedule was pretty tight and basically just consisting of driving on snowy roads through the middle of nowhere, ending up at THE end of the world (no lie!). UE's and his funny friend Emil shared the driving which meant Arne and I could crash in the back of the car. :-)
So after joining a party at Emil's house, we took off at 2 am and reached Bardufoss 9 hours later. There we met up with the 2 Norwegians, had lunch and coffee, talked for a bit and had to go back to Sweden after 5 hours.

It was a pleasure for me to see those two guys again, since it has been 3 years the last time we saw each other..

On the way back we stopped at the famous Ice Hotel - pretty impressive.

This was the furthest north i've ever been in Europe.