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!

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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!

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