So.. I got a Swedish mobile number, a Swedish bank account, I paid the first rent for my Swedish apartment and a Swedish bus card. IKEA is coming tomorrow to deliver some Swedish designed furniture :) I still need a Swedish bike though, I’ll try tomorrow. Until now the intro week and getting basic things arranged here has taken up all of my time.
A short view of my apartment:
This evening we had the welcoming diner. They divided us into groups, we had to sit at certain places, it was an awkward situation. At my table the conversation didn’t really came to life. Most of the time – after some first introduction talks – we looked away, to other things, tables. Was it my dummy on the table? That got some conversations started though. Were we all thinking of talking to that person at the other table? Or the few empty chairs at our table which created some physical gaps? Or the lagom?
There also was a Swedish fashion show, with the royal family, miss IKEA and ABBA. Speaking of which, ABBA music was played all through the dinner :) Oh, and I got to wear a kind of ‘Jewish badge’; I got a pink paper for the (student) restaurant staff stating ‘Vegetarian’.
Tags: ABBA, apartment, culture, interaction, lagom, swedish way, vegetarian, video
Categories: a cultural journey, an intellectual journey
Lode !!
Leuk, zo’n filmpje over je appartement… wow wat groot !!
Ga je ook videobloggen?
Stuk easy-er dan engels en ook wel fijn om weer even je stem zo af en toe te horen, grinnik.
Heb je nu ook in het appartement internet of is t allemaal nog via school enzow ?
Hej there!
Did’ya get me’n SMS for New Years? ;)
‘ve sent you and Roi a German message hehe. Sorry if it was nonsense to you; but yes, I’ve sent it intentionally! I’ll be bookmarking your blog; and me and my boyfriend also got ourselves two seperate blogs.
Well, .. hope you’re fine in Sweden! Hope everything went alright for you so far?
Take care,
Georg
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http://www.grimogre.at <— mine
http://www.alexino.com <— his
Hey guy(s)!
Are you living in Eskisltuna now? How cool is that? We have to meet so we can share experiences about the city :D Or… you can drop by on my “jympa”-class (exercise) at Friskis & Svettis. I´ll give you free tickets! ;-) Hugs //Anna
@Maaike
Ja, ik vind het ook wel leuk die filmpjes te maken.. Die moet ik dan wel even op de universiteit uploaden, thuis vlieg ik nog mee op een open netwerk van de buren, niet erg snel of stabiel.
Ga het zeker vaker doen. Ook van hoe het hier buiten is, en op de universiteit en zo. Dus je hoort nog meer!
Hej Georg. Good to see that Alex is also writing a blog.
Yeah, I did receive your sms, I could also read it, my German is not thát bad ;) I tried to send one back too, but I guess it is not such a good idea to send text messages around 0:00 at 1th of Januari.. Anyway, my phone said it wasn’t..
Are you in Austria around July?
Ha Anna, yeah, I arrived, finally, feels very good.
I’d love to get to know the city better.. And I need a good bike, so I can explore more. Without a bike it remains a bit hard to get to know the city.. Friskis & Svettis looks good, I think I drop by on Monday :)
Monday is a good day for exercise :) Unfortunately, it´s not me leading the class on monday. I share with Kattis, but she´s good too ;-) Anyway… for how long are u staying here? I might have a bike for loan. Keep in touch.
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I didn’t went on Monday, still have a lot to do. I’m interested in the yoga classes there on Monday morning.. or some other moment of course.
I’m staying for half a year! Thanks, I just found a bike today, I can pick it up tomorrow.