[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!