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Linus Loy
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Sweden 1st post / Thursday, January 11, 2007


Here in Goteborg after 1 week, finally the internet is up. Been hard to survive w/o internet for the past week.
Transit at Paris Airport was cool, however the security checks were very stringent though, I had to take off my shoes for them to check even.. -__-











Paris Airport




Anyway, the weather is cool, 5-8 deg.. Not snowing though, just raining everyday.... Well, its a nice, cool, clean place, just that everything is super expensive.....
A bus/tram trip costs around 3.5sgd, a normal lunch costs 11+sgd, yeah, u get the picture...
Really have no choice but to cook ourselves.











Fish market in Goteborg



But not all things are expensive though, if you catch some shops on 'REA' which means sale, its really cheap, even cheaper than singapore. Got a 25 dollars jeans from Topman, cheap right.. lol..
And there I was thinking everybody here speaks english.. Ya they do, but all instructions be it on groceries, phamplets, notices, everything is in swedish.. Yup, have to decipher how to cook spagetthi sauce by guessing the instructions on the box


It gets dark after 4pm so ya, when we were at the guesthouse before this, no internet, so no choice but to sleep early.. at around 9pm... o.0
So this whole 2 weeks we were just going to the city and stuff, took a ferry to the southern islands also, it costs the same as a bus ride so its like a cheap cruise.. lol. Funny thing is that the islands are rather deserted, its like a summer vacation home to them.. lol.. I saw someone bringing a Sony Bravia Plasma TV over there.. lol.. Its nice though, with only 8 million people in the whole country, it is so sparsely populated.. Not like Singapore.. Packed like sardine...










One of the southern islands of Goteborg




The apartment we are living in now is good!! With kitchen and all, and cheaper than normal 1 room hostels... lol.. Although its like 2 bus stops away from the school.. I think its good enough.. =) But its quite empty, the apartment has no pots/pans, cups, plates, etc.. So, wheres the best place to buy all of them?? Ikea of course.... Yeah, the Ikea here is in the outskirts, and is similar to those in Singapore actually.. The only difference is there is a checkout counter for you to checkout yourself!!I guess that wont happen in Singapore, you know what I mean...

Oh ya, the main main difference between Singapore and here is that you have to pay for your plastic bags. Yes, either bring your own bags to bag your items or you pay for their bags.. And their tax for the items are 25%!! So Singaporeans shouldnt complain.... =)



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5:10 PM

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