SWEDEN
Oh great sweden.
Today i went with Hakkim (South Africa / India), Gabriel (Canada) and Stephanie (Switzerland), all IAESTE trainees at MS, on a day trip to Sweden. Its just a train-ride away, about 40mins, and the train travels underneath one of the longest bridges connecting Denmark to Sweden, across a dark blue sea which doesnt look too inviting. We walked around the town of Malmo for a few hours, first dropping in to visit St. Pitirs Kirke (St. Peter's Church). Malmo is more quiet than Copenhagen, and cleaner too, with less traffic and wider spaces. The temperature was a nice -1 but the sun was shining and it was cloudless. We walked to the edge of the park which meets with the sea... it was great to just sit on the bright green grassy knoll and look out across the dark blue sea at Copenhagen, lying in dark smog and with dark grey clouds all above it. I see why many choose to live in Malmo and just go to CPH for work.
We then visited the Malmo Museer, set in a funny looking castle made of red bricks with a great frozen moat around it. The castle architects must have been mighty pissed when they realize that a moat is pointless in Scandinavia... its frozen solid most of the time. This was one weird museum, it contained rooms of very random stuff.. some related to medieval life in the castle, others dedicated to other cultures and the history of sweden. It was all very confusing, and in swedish. There was an art, maritime, technology, history, and natural history museum all rolled into one, with a wine break in between. I dunno what the wine was, but it was sweet and left a nice taste in your mouth. The bloke behind the counter said he's not selling it, even though i wanted to buy a bottle to take back with me.
A trip to Burger King where i ordered 2 doublee whoppers and a large fries... cost me Lm6 (shite). Sweden is even more expensive than denmark (EEK) and beer is more expensive too as i later found out. Anyways, 3000 calories later, Gab and Steph decided to go back home so Hakkim and i set out for a long walk around the shopping area and cafeterias. Espresso House served us giant mugs of hot coffee and chocolate muffins, just what the doctor ordered for a cold winter day. We then had a few beers down the local pub whilst eyeing the beautiful blonde swedish muffins who were way taller than us. I'm talking about six foot four or something. They probably thought i was a hairy midget with a speech impediment. I've been in Scandinavia a week and i still can't speak a word in their tongue.
Hakkim and i were on a mission to analyze and compare the women. Yeah, both Danish and Swedish chicks are damn HOT with a capital H, but men must have a favourite. Always.
Today i went with Hakkim (South Africa / India), Gabriel (Canada) and Stephanie (Switzerland), all IAESTE trainees at MS, on a day trip to Sweden. Its just a train-ride away, about 40mins, and the train travels underneath one of the longest bridges connecting Denmark to Sweden, across a dark blue sea which doesnt look too inviting. We walked around the town of Malmo for a few hours, first dropping in to visit St. Pitirs Kirke (St. Peter's Church). Malmo is more quiet than Copenhagen, and cleaner too, with less traffic and wider spaces. The temperature was a nice -1 but the sun was shining and it was cloudless. We walked to the edge of the park which meets with the sea... it was great to just sit on the bright green grassy knoll and look out across the dark blue sea at Copenhagen, lying in dark smog and with dark grey clouds all above it. I see why many choose to live in Malmo and just go to CPH for work.
We then visited the Malmo Museer, set in a funny looking castle made of red bricks with a great frozen moat around it. The castle architects must have been mighty pissed when they realize that a moat is pointless in Scandinavia... its frozen solid most of the time. This was one weird museum, it contained rooms of very random stuff.. some related to medieval life in the castle, others dedicated to other cultures and the history of sweden. It was all very confusing, and in swedish. There was an art, maritime, technology, history, and natural history museum all rolled into one, with a wine break in between. I dunno what the wine was, but it was sweet and left a nice taste in your mouth. The bloke behind the counter said he's not selling it, even though i wanted to buy a bottle to take back with me.
A trip to Burger King where i ordered 2 doublee whoppers and a large fries... cost me Lm6 (shite). Sweden is even more expensive than denmark (EEK) and beer is more expensive too as i later found out. Anyways, 3000 calories later, Gab and Steph decided to go back home so Hakkim and i set out for a long walk around the shopping area and cafeterias. Espresso House served us giant mugs of hot coffee and chocolate muffins, just what the doctor ordered for a cold winter day. We then had a few beers down the local pub whilst eyeing the beautiful blonde swedish muffins who were way taller than us. I'm talking about six foot four or something. They probably thought i was a hairy midget with a speech impediment. I've been in Scandinavia a week and i still can't speak a word in their tongue.
Hakkim and i were on a mission to analyze and compare the women. Yeah, both Danish and Swedish chicks are damn HOT with a capital H, but men must have a favourite. Always.
Final verdict: Sweden > Denmark.
posted by [mike.bc] at 1:15 am
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