Comments on: Travel Planning

By: twistinthedark

twistinthedark — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:21:02 +0000

PS. I’ll send you the Swedish homework for this week later today.

By: twistinthedark

twistinthedark — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:20:20 +0000

Write about the dinner. I find that if you write about the every day things you enjoy then it helps with your every day conversation. Imagine you’re telling a Swedish friend about the evening. The good thing with writing is that you can take the time to prepare what you want to say and learn the Swedish words and phrases you need to know to talk about your topic, in this case food.

By: twistinthedark

twistinthedark — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:16:38 +0000

Don’t be a wimp! ;) The weather’s not that bad in March. Make sure you have a good jacket as well as gloves, a beanie and scarf and you’ll be fine. Sweden has great central heating when you’re indoors and you’ll be surprised how quickly you adapt to the outdoors. If it really worries you, get some thermal underwear but you’ll probably find you don’t need it. The temperatures should mainly be on the right side of zero.

By: James

James — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:34:29 +0000

Geez Louise, don’t make me freeze.

By: James

James — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:34:11 +0000

I’ve done pretty much the same for next week. As much as I love Swedish class, dinner at Aqua was also very nice!

By: James

James — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:33:30 +0000

Let me get through March yet! And yes, I think living in the UK for 5 years would make me a little homesick too.

By: James

James — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:32:57 +0000

Thanks Sandra, although I am now getting slightly paranoid about the weather and the cold. A friend is lending me a jacket he bought to cope with the freezing cold of China in the midst of winter, so hopefully enough.

By: Sandra in Sweden

Sandra in Sweden — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:00:03 +0000

OK, I am your polar opposite: an American girl trapped in Stockholm and wanting to live in Sydney!
I will ask around here to see if friends have suggestions on how to get to Melodifestivalen.
And as I have already said, March weather is not inspiring here, so if you survive you will love it.
By the way, I am going to see Nick Cave tonight….

By: cottonward

cottonward — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:38:50 +0000

I would love to live in Stockholm for a year. But I still like Sydney the best.
Living in the UK for five years was OK but I was relieved to come back.
If you move, I’m coming over to visit!

By: Graeme

Graeme — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:38:02 +0000

I bought thermal underwear for a trip to Sweden that was in March.

What gets me is that you need 20 layers of clothes outside but as soon as you walk into someone’s house or a pub, you need to take 19 layers off because of the central heating!

Your test is: if it is dark, raining and miserable for most of the month – and you still love Stockholm – then yes, you can snatch the pebble from my hand…er….you can move to Sweden for a year!