Life in Sweden: 10 days to go
Signs you’ve been living in Sweden… Your husband: - goes jogging in the forest - operates a washing machine - changes as many nappies as you do - eats ice cream (the main food group in Sweden)...
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Paper in
Global sustainable energy. Last paper in at 12:25 last night – hurrah! Time for a celebratory fika before I re-read it in the light of day and see all the mistakes
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[Nearly] farewell
In just over a week I will be gone. I received an email from my home uni about paperwork to be done before I leave, but I still don’t think it’s sinking in. LiU are also saying goodbye, yesterday...
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Kids on exchange
Crazy? Maybe, or maybe not. Once you have a mortgage and kids that’s it, you certainly don’t just go on an exchange to the other side of the world!! Well, I did. And if I did, you sure can. I never...
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The Good Gas
Last week Sustainable Development LiU had the long-awaited tour of Gärstad, the Tekniska Verken incineration plant. Aside from incineration we were also learning more about the biogas process. I wrote...
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Göta kanal
A boat trip on the Göta kanal- there couldn’t be a better way to spend your last Sunday in Sweden! We went with PNP Rederi on their vessel MS Ceres. The boat departed from Berg, which meant a trip on...
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Playgrounds
Sweden seems to be playground paradise. Linkoping has many, many playgrounds but there are 20 special ones in particular. I found an online map on the Linkoping kommun website with the details of 20...
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Deconstructing our simple home
Moving house is always stressful, but may I give you one piece of advice? Give yourself a little breathing space between finishing your exchange and actually leaving! On Sunday we will be on a train...
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Goodbye, so long, hej då!
I don’t think I realised just how ingrained into the community we had become, until it was time to go. On Sunday we said goodbye to our friend family, with fika in the park. It has been so lovely being...
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The Great Train Journey
After my exchange we added a ‘great train journey’ on to the end of our trip- time to have some end of semester fun before we headed home. I’m completely in awe of the European thing, where you can pop...
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