I don’t think the snow has ever been absent since I’ve been here. For the last almost two months there was always some snow. It snowed like twice a week and the temperature stayed low. So there is snow everywhere.
On days that it actually snows the snowplows can be seen in front of my apartment [...]

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Watching a dance of five snowplows in front of my apartment :)

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At Friday I was looking around at Wikipedia to see what this ‘hiking’ was about. I learned about the ‘Ten Essentials’; a list of items you should always bring with you when hiking. Most of it I didn’t have but that wouldn’t be so much of a problem. The path we would be walking was [...]

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Ha, finally I found some vegetarian products. A large supermarket, even pretty close to my apartment, has a good range of vegetarian products, even vegetarian spread, so I don’t have to eat cream cheese every day :)
Added to the great feeling after decorating my apartment, came a good day for diner too! So, here is [...]

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There is snow here, but it isn’t cold. It is even warmer here then in the Netherlands. Is that where I bought all those clothes for?

Eskilstuna is a nice small city, the same size as Alkmaar, but with two third of the people. Lots of parks.You see litter (the bedding material for cats) on the [...]

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The last things on friday went as I expected unconsciously. I had to leave out one third of the things I wanted to pack. I didn’t had the time to visit some of the people I wanted to bring a visit. And I got on the train on time.
I said goodbye to the cats and [...]

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I’ve done most of the packing this evening. Most of the clothes and some stuff to make a temporary bed there is in the suitcase now.
Sidestep; yes, a temporary bed. The apartment I rent is without any furniture. So the plan is to buy all new stuff in the first week and sell it again [...]

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