Italiano awentura

Tomorrow morning my sister Erika and I will embark upon our much looked-forward-to Italian adventure. 09:25 we leave Copenhagen, a quick stop in Frankfurt and then we arrive at Rome Leonardo da Vinci airport at 14:05. First we have 3 full days to explore the historic city that is Rome. On thursday we head south to Napoli, where will have our base for exploring the ancient city Pompeii, the vulcano Vesusius and possibly the island Capri. We'll see how much time we have. On saturday we head back to Rome for two final nights at a camp seight that has both indoor- and outdoorpools. By this time we might be in need for resting our feet. This trip is an excellent opportunity to test the new objective for my camera. I'm so excited it arrived in time with the mail.

Vårkänslor!

(= feelings of spring)

This weekend I felt like spring is finally on its way. Walking in the park, in the sun, with Lina on Sunday. So many people had the exact same plan for the day. It was almost crowded. You can’t help wondering where they all come from. In the winter you pretty much forget about them. Everyone’s coming out from the winter lairs of their own warm homes, where they all seem to stay permanently in front of the TV from november to about this time of the year. Seeing all people appear outdoors is like watching the flowers come through the earth. It’s still bit chilly, but it’s officially spring!

I’ve been working in Photoshop a little over the last few days. Here’s some of my “creations”.

Old-fashioned glow.

The European Capital - Brussels

As promised, here comes a long up-date!

I’ve had a wonderfully European weekend with my friend Vanessa in Belgium. I arrived Thursday evening to Brussels Airport. Took the train to the central station where Vanessa met up with me. We took the bus to where she’s staying, dropped the luggage, changed clothes and then went to a close-by pub with her flat mates. Nice, live blouse/jazz music, a cloud of smoke and fruit beer. The atmosphere was great but I wish they had a ban on smoking indoors as they have in so many other European countries. People in Brussels are like little chimneys. My clothes stink after this weekend.

Friday the sightseeing began…

Nice views of Brussels

Three course meal at a really nice restaurant with good music.

Saturday we first visited a local market. I bought myself a French Donald Duck magazine from 1956. Following that we took the subway to Automium – Brussels’ landmark no.1 (I had never heard about it before going there so don’t worry if you haven’t either). It was really cool though. In the arms connecting the atoms there are escalators and stairs, making it possible to go into at least half of the different atoms. In each atom there is some sort of exhibition.

In the evening we had pasta with salmon (one of my personal favorites) – with wine and sangria. Party night in Brussels. We went to one of Brussels most famous bars. The beer menu is pretty much as thick as a bible. Tried raspberry beer – really nice actually (but xtremely filling). Finally we went to an Irish pub which also had some dancing.

Sunday mid-day (when we finally woke up), we took a train to coastal town Bruges. Approx 1 hour from Brussels. Took this photo of a man at the station…perfect or what?

Bruges was a truly medieval town with a wonderful, historical atmosphere. It’s called “the Venice of the North” – and deservingly so. There is water and bridges everywhere. We strolled around taking many, many photos and just enjoyed a nice, relaxed day.

Monday we went on a tour in the European Parliament. Interesting and feels like something you should do while in Brussels.

Summarizing words of the weekend: Waffles, pancakes, chocolate, beer, achy feet, laughs, shopping and quality time spent with Vanessa! (or "Vaness" as her flat mates call her).

xxx

Today is the day!

Its finally thursday!! Time to leave this grey, rain/hail that is Sweden today. Its truly aweful out there!! By 10pm tonight I will be in Brussels, Belgium. Looking forward to seeing my friend Vanessa. I'm sorry for not having posten in a while. Expect a long post on tuesday when I'm back. For now... Take care!

Interview, Sushi & Doc Lounge

Yesterday after work I had my interview for STS travels. The person interviewing me gave me very positive feedback after my interview, which leads me to believe that I did well. How well I did, I will not know until earliest mid April. So until then… (fingers crossed).

1^st of March was Åsa’s 26^th bday (new colleague) so I met up with her, Lena (from work) and another girl in Malmö. We celebrated with Sushi (near “Möllan”) – yum yum! Pretty decent price as well, so all good. With fish and rice in our stomachs we went to something called Doc Lounge . The venue is in the nightclub Babel. I had no idea what to expect but was pleasantly surprised. It’s apparently very popular. The queue was insanely long. Unlucky as it was cold. As we got in we managed to find some available chairs. Probably the last ones in the whole venue! If you ever wanna go it, be there early!

The documentary screening this day was “Exit through the giftshop” – Oscar nominated film about street art. http://www.banksyfilm.com/ For those who don’t know who Banksy is (I didn’t know myself before yesterday)… have a quick look at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy. Basically he is an english street-artist who creates incredibly creative, innovative and controversial graffiti. He still remains anonymous, leaving everyone to wonder who this artist is? Below are some examples of his creations.