Crossing land and sea to our new home

1200 km and 14.5 hours of driving to reach the best,
most comfortable ferry bed in the world!

It gives me great pleasure to announce that we've arrived! We've crossed Europe and the Baltic sea to arrive safely to our new home in Lund!

Yesterday morning, after days of packing and preparations, my wife and I bravely set off. We got up at 3 am, filled the car with the very last of our possessions, sorted the final errands and then took off on an epic journey.

The road took us across Austria, and then zigzagged us between Munich, Nuremberg, Leipzig and Berlin for over  1200 km until we finally reached Rostock harbour. There we were rewarded by a huge meal followed by an good night's sleep while the ferry tirelessly followed it's course to Trelleborg. From there it was a short drive, only 50 kilometres or so, to our new home in Lund!

It was quite and adventure!

Rostock's Curry Wurst,
 fit to feed a sailor!

Obviously we aren't quite done yet. We have a lot of unpacking to do, followed by a (very large) number of household chores. Keeping the reward in mind, we are ready for a busy weekend. Hopefully we will be done until Monday, so we can have a few days of holidays before we start with our new jobs here in Lund.

We are hoping to fill next week, week 34 as I should now refer to dates, with fun activities and fika-meetings. Would anyone like to grab a cup of coffee? Let me know via comments / email or Google+

On a minor note: I felt that the nature of this blog has changed somewhat now that we've reached our new home. That's why I've adjusted its description. Hopefully it is still inviting enough for new readers and descriptive enough to spike some interest in the minds of those who are hoping to follow our footsteps and move abroad.

Related articles

• Apartment: Check! (helpmemovetosweden.com)
• Unexpected results: Job check! (helpmemovetosweden.com)

Unexpected results: Job check!

Nokia. If I were to summarize this whole post into one word, that would be it. Even the most detail thirsty reader would probably be satisfied with just one sentence: Nokia called and now all is well! But don't go away, there is a surprise at the end :)

I now have a job in Sweden! Nokia has delighted me with an offer last week, which I promptly accepted, adding another tick to my check-list.

For those of you who are really curious, here is the whole story. You might remember a while back I had a very positive experience interviewing for Nokia, peaking when they invited me to visit their offices at their expense. When I returned I was convinced it was a perfect match and my job worries are over. Unfortunately no good story is that straightforward, and my spirits were temporarily crushed. I've been looking for another job ever since, without much going on: Sweden gets really quiet over the summer.

That all changed last Wednesday when I received an email and making my day. I was offered the job I originally interviewed for, the contract followed soon and we've already set the start date: August 26th! Needless to say I'm as excited as ever, looking forward to our departure.

It looks like everything is falling into place and getting ready for our arrival. I feel we have now taken care of two of of three biggest obstacles (job and housing) with only Swedish language still standing. But don't worry, that doesn't mean I will run out of things to write about. We now have some bureaucracy to tackle and in less than three weeks time you can expect lots of New to Lund! posts :)


Amazingly that's not the most significant thing that happened to us last week. We've gotten married!

Related articles

• No giant leaps, but progress is being made (helpmemovetosweden.com)
• Apartment: Check! (helpmemovetosweden.com)

[Reader seeking help] Moving to Stockholm with no place to stay!

Today is a great day, because today I get to introduce a new section on this blog: Reader seeking help.

Nothing new happened to me in a while and I was struggling to find something interesting to write about, when I was delighted by a letter.I always love when readers write in, it reminds me that there are kind people out there who are actually reading about my adventure. But this letter was a bit different, since someone was asking me for help - as you know it is usually the other way round!

The letter convinced me to introduce a new section to the blog, one where I try to help you, my readers, as best as I can. It is an invitation for other people, who are moving to Sweden, to share their problems with the community and hopefully the community stepping up and helping!

The very first letter said:

Hej David!

Was just reading your blog and thought i'd get in touch. I'm also moving to Sweden soon and facing all the same issues.

My motivation is also for love but a little different. To cut a very long short short my ex married a swedish guy and last year we agreed she could move over there with my daughter and that i'd follow as soon as i could. 

I leave my job at the Red Cross in four weeks and arrive in Stockholm on the 4th September. I've been learning Swedish once a week here for a last couple of months and looking for work - a little harder for me than for programmers (I work in aid and development). My plan is to stay in a backpackers or couch surf for a few weeks while I find a place and start networking for jobs. Hoping to study Swedish intensively for a month or two and get some part time work while i look for a real job and an apartment.

Good to see you got found apartment. This was the post that made me think to get in touch.. I had the same issues with Blocket that you describe and was wondering if you knew anyone that could help me post an ad in the same way you did?

Cheers,

Dave

Well there you go, an Australian is trying to move to Sweden and blocket.se's policy of only accepting Scandinavian credit cards is standing in his way! And I know what Dave is going through, since we faced the exact same issue. Luckily a reader of this blog made a deal with us: we forward the money to his paypal account and he pays for our ad. Hopefully someone can do the same for Dave the Australian?

I'm sure there are many kind people out there who would be kind enough to help Dave out. Please email me and I will forward Dave's information to you. Thank you - from both of us!

Apartment: Check!

This is a proud day: It's a day when we can happily check one thing off our long Project Sweden checklist. Our trip turned out to be very successful and now we are proud renters of an apartment in Sweden!

We now have a roof over our heads: we did the impossible and found an apartment in Lund!

There were many naysayers and quite a few people advised us not to waste time looking for housing in Lund and turn to it's neighbourhood instead. In the end it was listening to my reader's advice that did it for us - if it weren't for Chris who advised us to post an ad of our own we might still be browsing blocket.se... Thanks Chris!

My first Swedish pint.

The trip was a success even when judged as a holiday. We made many ticks on our to-do list! We gave couchsurfing a go and had a great experience, we visited the Systembolaget, checked out the prices and cried. We even went for a pint to Café Ariman, where I got to try a Swedish brew (Falcon).

The most exciting part of the trip was of course meeting you, the readers. The socialization component of our vacation worked out great, we met with someone each day. On the first day we hung out with our Swedish CouchSurfing hosts and their friends, on the second we've met an Australian couple that moved to Lund and doesn't mind sharing advice and on day three we've met with a Swedish twitter user who showed us where the pub was. We were busy!

Unfortunately there were a few things we didn't/couldn't try: We couldn't find a Tunnbrödsrulle in Lund, nor did we get a chance to try Swedish meatballs in a restaurant. We postponed the Max burger until the actual move and finally we couldn't bring our Frisbees with us, so we didn't take a look at Lund's Disc golf course. But we are confident we will do all of those things once we're settled in Lund.

Just when we thought that our trip is coming to an end, it got extended. Our plane from Copenhagen was so late we missed our connecting flight in Frankfurt... But it wasn't all bad and we ended up getting a free stay at a hotel, including a dinner and a proper hotel breakfast! Even though the delay somewhat interfered with out plans, we tried to make the best of it. I even got to try a new German dark beer!

All in all we had a great trip. We feel we've done the touristy stuff and some of the serious stuff, so we will be able to focus comes August. Special thanks goes to everyone who took the time out of their busy schedules to meet with us and show us around. Hope to see you all soon!

Related articles

• Enter phase: Apartment hunt (helpmemovetosweden.com)
• Our Lund checklist (helpmemovetosweden.com)
• CouchSufing report card (helpmemovetosweden.com)

Facing the language barrier [Swedish language update]

Yesterday we have encountered the language barrier for the first time and it happened where we least expected it (as it always does): At the shops!

When we've decided to move to Sweden everybody we spoke to told us not to sweat it about learning Swedish. "Everybody speaks English" they said. And the proverbial they were right, everybody does speak English. And I do mean everybody: Bus drivers, shelf fillers, waiters etc. Everybody we talked to so far spoke English well enough to help us in whatever way we required and some even impressed us with their proficiency.

At that point we thought this living abroad thing will be a piece of cake and all we will have to worry about will be culture shock and home sickness. But then we did our first shopping and Sweden banged our heads together and set us straight!

It turns out English will do whenever you have an interlocutor. But whenever you have to read something you better know your Swedish.

None of the products in our local supermarket has any English labels at the back, they are all Swedish only. That meant we almost made some awkward mistakes - like buying the softener instead of laundry detergent. Others, not quite as bad did happen: We couldn't find any plain yogurt at all, and then mistakenly bought sour-milk cream/yogurt thing instead.

No confusion in this aisle, but
not getting fat just got harder.

Mostly we can take such incidents and close calls with a good natured spirit, but it made us realize Swedish would come very handy! Especially when the time for opening bank accounts and signing legal documents comes round...

On the other hand we met with an Australian couple here in Lund. They are living here for about 9 months now and they haven't learned much Swedish yet. They told us that living here is doable with English only.

Nevertheless in our last month before the move, we're hitting the Swedish books - hard!

CouchSufing report card

After a few months of blogging for helpmemovetosweden.com I finally get to say this:

Hello from Sweden!

We are in Lund, we have successfully rented the apartment and we have spent our first night at our CouchSurfing hosts. I know many of you are interested in CouchSurfing so I've decided I take a few minutes to write about our experience.

Let's get something out of the way first: We loved it! If you are thinking about trying it, try it already! Right, now that that's taken care of, you can hear our story.

We agreed with our host, Erik, that we can come straight to his place after we arrive to Lund. He was kind enough to let us drop our bags and leave them there while we go around and wonder around town and run our errands. We warned him that we will be bringing a lot of luggage, but he insisted it's not a problem. So we didn't hold back: We filled the biggest bags we could get our hands on with as much stuff as the airline allowed us to carry.

In the evening Erik had a surprise for us. He knew we are looking to meet people in Lund so he invited some friends over for drinks. We had a great evening talking about Swedes and what to look forward to in Sweden while sharing a couple of bottles of wine. We had a blast and it was exactly what he have hoped to get from the experience: We met a friendly, open and local people to share an evening with. We have high hopes that we can stay in touch and meet again after we've moved to Sweden.

We brought a bottle of Slovenian wine for our hosts as a thank you gesture. Hopefully they were as happy with us as we were with them!

I realize our experience may have been expectationally positive. Nevertheless I think you should know that only friendly and open people will sign up for hosting strangers from the internet, so you're bound to make friends. Give it a go, and let me know how it goes!

Reader recommendations for the trip

My last post was about our plans for our Swedish holiday, apart from renting a flat. I asked you, dear readers, for advice and you delivered! I think it's only fair to let the world know about your recommendations, thus helping others who might be traveling to Sweden with hints, ideas and suggestions.

I was happy to see most of your advice was about Lunds pubs. Even though we probably won't drink a lot during this trip, it makes me feel that I will fit in quite well!

So here it is, your advice, categorized and summarized. Feel free to correct me, or add additional advice, it's all greatly appreciated!

Phones

Prepaid SIM cards can be bought almost anywhere ("most stores and kiosks"). The carrier that stood out among your tips was COMVIQ so I think they will be my choice. I'm told there are different packages to choose from and some include a data plan. Teknikmagasinet seems to be the go-to shop for such purchases and luckily it's quite close to the train station! I'd still love some more info about this, perhaps a link with different options and prices, but I'm told the staff there are eager to help with advice.

I also found out that cheap, disposable, phones are also pretty common and available in big box electronic stores for a low price of around 200 SEK (23 €) and they already include a prepaid SIM card. I'm not quite ready to let go of my smartphone, but I think it might be good advice for someone else.

Restaurants

Unfortunately the news about food wasn't as positive as I've hoped. Apparently Max burgers are good, but aren't all that remarkable since it's still a giant restaurant chain, not unlike Burger King. I've been encouraged to give it a try, but perhaps postpone it until after the actual move.

Everybody seems to agree that Tunnbrödsrulle is great, but it's more popular in the north and might be a bit hard to find in Lund. And as for the Köttbullar (Swedish meatballs), every person claims they are best when prepared by their mother so they don't feel comfortable recommending a restaurant. Still, I'm not giving in and my hopes to try both are still high! If you have any idea where to get either in Lund, please let me know!

A fellow redditor hinted that there are two places with very Swedish food, Stäket and Tengérs. We will probably venture in at least one of them during our visit.

Pubs

As I've said a lot of advice was about pubs, but then again I suppose that is the most fun part of being a tourist. It turns out my initial choice, Mat & Destilat, is more of a fine-dining place and not a pub as I have assumed. No worries, the kind people of Lund were well armed with plenty of suggestions. I now have a list long enough for a proper pub-crawl!

I've heard great things about Rauhrackel, an Austrian pub. It sounds very exciting and I've never been to an Austrian pub before, my only concern is that I've never been to a Swedish pub either, and that one should really be a priority! Traditional English pubs also came highly recommended (The Bishop's Arms, The Old Bull and John bull to name a few) so that's an option, as is Café Ariman which is praised by both locals and Lonely Planet!

We are looking forward to a pint, but haven't decided on a place yet. We will surely visit the Systembolaget as well and buy something to toast with in our new apartment.

Additional plans

We have high hopes for Disc Golf: A reader was even kind enough to send me a map of the course! Apart from that we have arranged to meet a few people there: a fellow expat from Australia and a twitter user studying there.

We are also planning to go to Ikea. Neither of us has ever been and we need to buy some new bed sheets anyway, so we have a perfect excuse to hear this Swedish wonder we hear so much about!

I have joined the Lund social group on meetup.com and they are planning to meet for a fika on Monday night. We will probably join them too!

While I'm in Sweden I would like to give my Swedish a go as well. Hopefully will be able to have at least one conversation (and I use that word very lightly) in Swedish!

Conclusion

Thank you everyone for your recommendations and advice. With your help I'm sure next week will be a blast!

If anyone has time for a cup of coffee, a stroll in the park, or a friendly game of Disc Golf I'd love to hear from you!

See you! 

Related articles

• Our Lund checklist (helpmemovetosweden.com)
• No giant leaps, but progress is being made (helpmemovetosweden.com)

Our Lund checklist

As you may know my wife-to-be and I are traveling to Lund next week! The main purpose of the trip is to secure an apartment, but we have decided to stay for a couple of days, give CouchSurfing a test run and get to know the city destined to be our home. And we feel it will be a lot more fun to do the touristy stuff now, when we will actually be tourists!

Apart from the apartment stuff and some bureaucracy we will try to take care of, this is our to-do list. What do you think? Care to suggest anything to add?

• Buy a prepaid SIM card for our phones. We would love advice about this - can you recommend a package one can buy without a Swedish personnummer that includes data transfer (GPRS)?
• Try a Tunnbrödsrulle - any idea where to get one in Lund?
• Go for a proper pint somewhere. I found a pub called Mat & Destillat online and I have high hopes for it, but I'm also open for suggestions. What is your favorite pub in Lund?
• Try a Max burger and see if it really is the best hamburger in the world.
• Check out Lund's Disc golf course.
• Find a restaurant that serves Swedish meatballs and see if they are better than the Slovenian version.
• Visit a local Systembolaget, check out the prices and cry.

We are staying for 3 nights and we are hoping to fill those three days with as many activities as possible. This will probably be our only vacation this summer, so we want to make the most of it! We will probably take a peak at Lund travel guide for more ideas, but I'd much rather hear your suggestions!

Additionally we would love to socialize while there. Is anyone interested in grabbing a fika? Hopefully we can meet you in the city center!

Related articles

• Is that the sun shining? (helpmemovetosweden.com)
• Lund first impressions (helpmemovetosweden.com)

No giant leaps, but progress is being made

I haven't blogged in a while and that might have made you think nothing new happened or even, dare I say it, that we have given up on our project. The truth is that the last couple of weeks have been a bit quiet. We have made progress on almost every front, but nothing really significant happened. I will try to condense all our news in this blog post and hopefully write something really interesting next week.

We are making a lot of plans for our upcoming visit of Lund. You can expect a full blog post about our plans later on, but we are looking for ideas to add to our to-do list. We are very excited about our
apartment, we can't wait to see it in person. We expect everything to be as good as it is on the pictures the kind landlord sent us!

Care to add anything to our Lund to-do list? Please let me know about all the wacky stuff there is to do!

A while ago I wrote about CouchSurfing where I wondered if the service is popular in Lund. I can now report, that I have successfully found a host for both my significant other and myself. We aren't hoping to save money by using CouchSurfing, we are in it to meet someone interesting. Ideally our hosts will turn out to be among the first friends we make in Lund. You can expect a blog post just about CouchSurfing after we return from our trip.

I have news regarding my Swedish as well. For the last 10 weeks I have been attending classes in a language school and yesterday was our last meeting and as you would expect it included a written exam. I'm proud to say I passed, but just barely with 57 %. I'd like to applaud my superb teacher Brigita for her hard work! Now it's my turn to practice and practice some more, thus putting it all to good use.

Igår jag passerade introduktion till svensk. Nu jag behöver bara träna och sedan öva lite mer!

My last grade at UNI,
with a perfect mark mind you :)

Speaking of academic achievements, just last week I have passed my last exam at University of Ljubljana. Now the only thing left to do regarding my Masters degree is the final thesis.

Everything above is important, but the most significant news of the week is probably this: We have set our wedding date! I'm not going to share it, since we are striving for a private wedding with just the two of us and two witnesses, but I'm happy to tell you that we will get married in Slovenia, before setting off for Sweden.

As you can see, the last couple of days have been busy with small things. But when you enumerate them all you can see it's actually a bunch of important stuff finally done for good. Hopefully I will have more significant stuff to write about, but until then: have a blast!

Is that the sun shining?

So last week I've been pretty down, recovering from the somewhat bad news I've received from Nokia. A lot was going on through my head, mostly over-thinking our plans and how they must change now. I was really worried that the unfortunate turn of events might endanger our entire project Sweden. The thought of letting my better half down nearly crippled me.

I'm feeling a lot better now. It took me about a week to start thinking optimistically again. My fiancé and I discussed our options a lot, and we have agreed to a plan that would allow us to move to Sweden - just. But then something great happened: Our apartment ad was answered and from the very start the offer looked very promising!

I'll just give you the highlights: The apartment is located near both Lund's tekniska högskola, where my wife-to-be will be attending classes and Ideon science park, where I still hope to find employment. It is a two-room apartment, giving us more space than we have now, but not so big that we would feel we are wasting our resources by staying there. And it is available for long-term rent, rented out directly by the owner.

We both feel that the apartment is a catch so we are making plans to rent it. We have seen pictures of it, now we are booking plane tickets to go see it in person, pay our deposit and collect the keys!

We will be flying to Lund on Monday, July the 8th, staying for four days. Hopefully we will get to rent an apartment, take care of some bureaucracy, get to know the city and of course meet some of you!

We won't be moving to Lund until the end of July and yes, that does mean we will be "wasting" one month's rent. But we have decided not to look at it that way: We are paying for the fact that we will have a roof over our heads as soon as we make our way to Lund. We feel such security, given the difficulty of finding housing in Lund, is worth the cost.

Needless to say we are very excited. We still need to find out what things can we take care of in those few days. I'd be very happy for any advice, especially from those of you who have moved to Sweden from abroad. Of course we would also like to explore the town and meet some of you for a cup of coffee or a pint of Sweden's finest. Please get in touch via Comments/Email/Google+

Related articles

• Disaster strikes (helpmemovetosweden.com)
• Enter phase: Apartment hunt (helpmemovetosweden.com)
• Lund first impressions (helpmemovetosweden.com)

Disaster strikes

Image via CrunchBase

Yesterday I have received some bad news from Nokia: While I am still the top candidate for the opening I interviewed for, they won't be hiring until at least the end of the summer. Even though they would still love to have me on board, it just can't happen - at least not yet. The best that the department head could do was mention that he hopes the situation changes in August.

Needless to say I was crushed by this news. Because I've spent so much time on Nokia this jeopardizes our project Sweden. Even though I wouldn't mind postponing my start at Nokia until September, I do need some kind of a guarantee that there will be a job for me in Sweden. I simply can't afford to wait until August only to find out they won't be hiring for another three months.

I find myself looking for a job - again; this time with a much more pressing time constraint. And if that wasn't enough, I hear the Swedes like to take a lot of time off work in the summer: I have a feeling their absence might make the job hunt harder.

At the moment I have a hard time thinking positive, but that doesn't mean I've done nothing. I have contacted several companies I've talked to before Nokia entered the picture, I've written to my mentor describing the setback and I've asked an acquaintance from Lund for advice.

I hope I have learned something from the experience and if nothing else at least this time I'm searching for a job knowing I am  a top candidate for a senior developer position at one of the largest companies in Scandinavia.

That is all I've got to say for the time being, I'm afraid. Once again I'm looking for your help: If you know of any company in Skåne that is looking for an experienced C# developer, please get in touch and let me know. You can find my CV and LinkedIn profile right here on the blog. And, as always, any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Is it time for a Swedish chatroom?

As you may know my Project Sweden includes learning the Swedish language. So far I've joined a language school and I'm following a learn-Swedish-at-home programme. I feel like it's going quite well, on the other hand I wasn't hoping on having an actual conversation any time soon...

The key word here is "wasn't," because that was before I was inspired by the following TED talk:

Even as I'm writing this I'm
terrified. That's good, right?

Hearing all this, I'm now considering trying an actual conversation in Swedish. I think Google+ Hangouts are a great tool we could use: several talking heads, having a conversation from the comfort of our own home and practising Swedish at the same time!

Would anyone care to have a short conversation with me? It will only take a few minutes and there would only be one rule: No English allowed!

Thinking about this, we could host a chatroom of sorts. There are five other enthusiastic learners in my Swedish class who should be interested in this sort of thing.

Skulle du vara intresserad av att ha en kort konversation på svenska?

Do you think this is a good idea, could it work? Please get in touch over email or Google+ or leave a comment!

Related articles

• Swedish is starting to sound familiar [Swedish progress update] (helpmemovetosweden.com)
• Language school is worth the cost! [Swedish progress update] (helpmemovetosweden.com)

Enter phase: Apartment hunt

Time is a scarce resource so I can't afford to stay
idle while waiting for news.

With my visit to Lund I have done everything I can regarding my job hunt and now all that is left is the waiting game. But since time is a scarce resource I have decided not to wait idly and have begun with the next important chapter in our story: Searching for the apartment in Lund!

Here in Slovenia apartments aren't really that problematic. They are expensive (especially in Ljubljana, our capital, where we live), but generally speaking there are plenty of apartments to go round. One might have to look for a while to find a flat that balances all the important factors (location, price and size), but shouldn't encounter too many difficulties.

We haven't given up hope:
we are looking for a flat in Lund!

The situation in Sweden (and especially in Lund) is a lot different. I have been told time and time again that finding an apartment in Lund is going to be a challenge. Some readers have even advised me to avoid searching in Lund altogether and focus my search in the surrounding areas or Malmö.

So far we haven't lost hope. I have replied to about 25 ads found on blocket.se to date and I have received 8 replies so far, most of them encouraging. At about 20% positive reply rate I am confident that we will manage to find something! And today I have posted an ad of our own and already got one reply. I think we will be all right!

If you are a landlord please consider us as your new tenants! Either way please spread the word about our ad!

Not sure about that policy.
Why couldn't I pay for my own ad?

Publishing and ad was no piece of cake... Blocket.se has a policy which prevents payment with non Scandinavian credit cards. I have spoken with their support line, which while friendly was of no real help. Luckily I was able to turn to a helpful reader (thanks again Chris!) who published the ad for me, while I forwarded him the funds. If anyone else is looking to rent an apartment in Sweden from abroad, this is something to keep in mind!

Have you gone through a similar experience? Or do you have some advice to share? Please get in touch via email/comments or Google+

Related articles

• Actually visiting Lund for the first time! (helpmemovetosweden.com)
• Planning: Visiting Lund for the first time (helpmemovetosweden.com)

Lund first impressions

Image via CrunchBase

I know you are all dying to hear the "bottom line", so let's get it out of the way as soon as possible: My meeting with Nokia went great and while I haven't received an offer yet I am feeling quite confident! They have made quite an impression on me and their workplace looks seems great! I'd be honoured to work there.

The trip itself was quite exhausting. I "visited" three countries for the first time yesterday: Germany (Frankfurt airport), Denmark (Copenhagen airport) and of course Sweden. The trip itself was quite uneventful if we overlook the rush over the Frankfurt airport to make the connecting flight. After four flights, two train rides and a long walk I was really exhausted and when I came home I just crashed: Slept like a baby!

Two things really caught my attention while making my way across Europe. On Frankfurt airport I witnessed, for the very first time, an "airport land traffic jam": So many buses, baggage trucks and other personnel-only vehicles were buzzing around that it looked like a very busy city.

Quite the opposite was the flight to Copenhagen: I dare say that it was the quietest flight in the recorded history. I don't think a single conversation occurred while we were airborne! I don't know if that's typical for Scandinavian Airline flights, but it felt quite eerie to me!


Lund was strikingly beautiful yesterday. Even though the Weather forecast
predicted rain I was greeted by a picture perfect sight, without a cloud in the sky. That allowed me to walk from the train station to Nokia's office in Ideon science park and back. I was even delighted by seeing a few Swedish girls sunbathe and enjoy what was probably one of the warmest days this year.


Unfortunately I was too hungry too look for a restaurant that serves a great portion of Swedish meatballs, I settled for a Subway meal. But that was great too, and since we don't have a Subway in Slovenia, I technically still had something exciting for lunch! They are definitely on my to-do list for next time though!

Kan rekommendera du en bra restaurang där de tjänar svenska köttbullar i Lund?

All in all I had a great trip and Lund really charmed me. Hopefully it will turn out that it has been professionally successful as well. More on that is yet to come!

View my whole Lund album!

Related articles

• All packed for Lund and I'm leaving nothing to chance! (helpmemovetosweden.com)
• Actually visiting Lund for the first time! (helpmemovetosweden.com)
• Planning: Visiting Lund for the first time (helpmemovetosweden.com)