tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40282682606128728862024-02-21T08:00:59.392-08:00Summer Fun in the Swedish Sun Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03629910287440939698noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028268260612872886.post-75471387314800202392015-10-10T15:18:00.000-07:002015-10-10T15:18:04.967-07:00Gothenburg (Part 2) and Other Adventures<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Around this time last year I flew back from Gothenburg to California, it's only fitting that I finish the blog sooner rather than later. Let's get started!<br />
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Towards the end of the summer, one of my co-workers threw a crawfish party. I couldn't remember the last time I had a crawfish and I remember feeling very odd breaking apart an animal to grab the meat inside - but it was delicious. </div>
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Crawfish parties come with their own very colorful decor. We all wore paper caps and wore aprons in a slight attempt to stay clean. The host of the party wanted to make sure we had enough food, so aside from the crawfish he bought a lot of bread rolls....almost enough for each of us to have our own pack of 12. While the rolls were small, he had enough leftovers to make a lot of sandwiches for the next couples weeks! </div>
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After we were all done eating, we had fun throwing streamers at each other. Looking back at these pictures, it seems like I may need to throw a crawfish party myself! And in another Swedish tradition, I remember that it was raining when we left the party so we all huddled under the bus stop together in attempts to stay dry. I remember hating the rain before getting to Sweden and now I kind of miss it. With the right rain gear, it's nice to have a change in weather! </div>
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So in my last few weeks of Sweden, I was very focused on getting the most out of my experience - a large component of that was trying as many different foods as I could. </div>
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The first of my many food adventures was a soup and cake buffet in central Gothenburg. Above is a creamy seafood soup with saffron and to the right is just a glimpse of all the cakes I tried - yes I tried them all! I chose to get tiny slices of all the cakes to make sure I didn't miss out on anything. It was a great lunch and really makes me wonder why I don't know of a place like this in California - I think it would do very well here! </div>
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Some might be shocked to hear that I've only ever been to Ikea once, and it was when my mentor took me during a lunch break at work. Who knew Ikea had such affordable lunch options? The meatballs were good, and the dessert was surprisingly decadent. It was really cool exploring Ikea for the first time and knowing that the first Ikea I went to was actually in the country that it was founded. Also, I tried to buy cheese slicers as souvenirs, but Ikea was out of them for the next month - this is when I learned just how seriously the Swedes took their fresh cheese slices. </div>
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Surprisingly, Sweden was also the first time I had Tapas or a variety of Spanish appetizers as a meal. One day, on an impromptu plan with Saba at an After Work, we decided to grab dinner. It was very yummy cuisine, and it was really nice being able to taste several different dishes instead of just one plate. Looking at those shrimp now makes me want to go back!<br />
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This picture below is from my last "Friday Fika" at work. I tried to be very Swedish and made rhubarb pie using my host mom's recipe. She wasn't there to help me, so I was happy to hear that it was actually tasty. We also had some pastries and some homemade vegan apple muffins that were so yummy! </div>
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One day I noticed that my friend from UCSB was in Stockholm and found out she was on her way to Gothenburg. We found some time to do fika together and I tried to show her as much of Gothenburg as I could in an afternoon. We also split this delicious and huge cinnamon bun in true Swedish style. </div>
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At Chalmers, my department took an annual retreat to promote team building and develop other professional skills. This retreat happened to be during the last week of my stay and I was able to score a ticket to attend! </div>
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This spa resort right on the ocean made me miss UCSB. I have to say, the west coast is always the best coast ;) During our time here, we visited a World Heritage Site called the Grimeton which is an Radio Station used during the 1950s to connect to Long Island, New York. The location of the Grimeton was ideal in transmitting transatlanic radio waves to connect the Swedish Navy to the United States.<br />
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While at Varberg, I participated in some team building activities and some workshops. The one that I remember the most is the "Talent Show". Our team decided to do some stand up comedy and we all did jokes in Swedish that involved some sort of pun - a type of humor that is very common in Gothenburg. It was really funny because of the 5 of us telling the jokes, only 2 of us spoke Swedish. I practiced my joke a lot, and I think I managed not to butcher the accent too badly.<br />
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For dinner that night, we had this awesome fish entree and dessert. I can't quite remember what the flavors of each were, but they look so delicious that I had to share the photos.<br />
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Closing up this blog, I wanted to reflect a bit more at my time were I worked. I had some awesome coworkers, many who I still keep in contact with through the wonders of the internet, and a lot of really good food. Let's look at some of my last fika meals:<br />
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I believe my co-workers called the Oreo chocolate chip cookies I made "The Most American Dessert" they could imagine. They were delicious and I'm contemplating making them again. The second image is <a href="http://sallysbakingaddiction.com/2013/03/01/salted-caramel-dark-chocolate-cookies/">Dark Chocolate Salted Caramel Cookies</a> which is a dessert I've made several times since then, and is always a hit. The last is an assortment of cakes which I believe was at one of the last few Friday Fikas I attended.<br />
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Above are the pictures of the Fika room. I remember when I arrived to Chalmers one of the first things my professor said to me was "Let me show you to the Fika room. We have Fika twice a day at 10 and at 3. Friday Fikas are special because we brings treats. Oh, people also eat lunch in this room". I miss having Fika breaks during my days here at the states.<br />
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Above is a picture that proves I did more than just travel and eat in Sweden - sometimes I dabbled with science. The second picture is of my mentor Mats Hulander and my professor Martin Andersson. I learned so much that summer and had a lot more flexibility than I was used to with my summer research. A lot of the skills I learned at Chalmers in terms of planning my own schedule, learning to ask people for help, and reading up on old work were skills I applied to my last internship at Clorox. The next time I visit Gothenburg, I'd definitely stop by Chalmers to see if the construction that was going on ever finished!<br />
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The most lasting connection I've had since leaving Sweden is with the family I lived with.<br />
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From left to right there is Jasmine, me, Malte, Richard, and Lotta. I remember watching movies with the family on Friday nights and going to the Gothenburg festival together. Most of the travel suggestions I had were from Lotta.<br />
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On my last night in Sweden, I decided to cook Indian food for the family and Lotta made dessert.<br />
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The family loved the food so much that I left them the recipes for it! I miss catching up with them on the daily, but it is still nice that I get to keep in touch with the family even when I'm half way across the world.<br />
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On a slightly random note, here is the park near my house were I ran during the summer:<br />
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It was a moderately challenging run because it was very hilly, but it was also very scenic. By the end of the summer, I was able to run the equivalent of a 5K on the hilly trial. If I had kept up the momentum, I probably could have ran a half marathon by now, but I got side-tracked with engineering at UCSB and am now finding my way back to running.<br />
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This past summer I was able to show my Swedish Family what it was like to explore SF and celebrate Fourth of July like an American!<br />
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It was really exciting to show my Swedish Family around a city I knew and be in the state I grew up! I remember eating a delicious Ghiradelli Brownie Sundae for dinner the first night I saw them and the next night we all had Starbucks hot chocolate as we waited for the fireworks to start. The Ghiradelli "G" was even lit up in the America flag color on the Fourth! </div>
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1) I took way too long to finish this blog. The next time I blog, I'll have to hold myself to a more rigorous time line.<br />
2) Looking back at my blogs, it's been really nice to reflect on the places I've been, delicious food I've eaten, and amazing people I've met. Going to Sweden for a summer definitely set me outside my comfort zone and made me grow a lot as a person. I have much more confidence in traveling alone and am more open to trying new things.<br />
3) Thank you all for reading! If it wasn't for the encouragement I received, there is no way I would have been able to complete this blog. I apologize for it being so late, but I'm so excited that I've finished it!<br />
4) I'd once again like to thank the <a href="http://www.mrl.ucsb.edu/education/undergrad/cisei">CISEI</a> program for the incredible opportunity!<br />
5) Everyone should go visit Sweden - I definitely plan on going back to visit!<br />
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So it's been over a year since I first landed in Sweden and I'm finally getting around to writing my last two blogposts - I know, I procrastinated. I planned on getting to these posts earlier, but junior year of engineering at UCSB required my full attention. But never fear, it is summer now, and these blogposts will be complete!<br />
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So Gothenburg is an amazing city which is why I need two blogposts (full of lots of pictures) to dedicate to it. This post will focus on different parts of the city that I explored and the next post will focus more on the people I met and other random parts of the city.<br />
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One of the classic tourist "must-do's" in Gothenburg is the cheese-grater boat tour. In this tour, you climb onto a little boat and weave under the little bridges in the city. Below is a picture of one of these bridges and our boat going underneath it!<br />
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I learned a lot of history about the city (sadly I have forgotten a lot of it, but I do remember some cool facts!)<br />
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This first picture is a statue of Prometheus with a triangle around his head, symbolizing him becoming enlightened. He is also holding the fire he stole from the gods. The second is a nice view of the city and the third picture is the Fish Market which is located in an old church building (mentioned in Swedish Food - Post 2). <br />
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As you move out of the city towards the River of the Geats, you will start to notice much more manufacturing equipment.<br />
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I believe the first picture below is a retired ship. The second picture is the opera house which was designed to look like a ship and fit along the coastline. The third picture has a ship that was built too tall so it has remained in Gothenburg since its completion. Behind it is a tall office building nicknamed "lipstick".<br />
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Below is a view of downtown Gothenburg from the water. The next two pictures are a view of the other side of the river. The third picture is Chalmer's second campus (not where I worked). The fourth picture is remnants of the old stone wall that used to surround the city.<br />
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<u><span style="font-size: x-large;">Universeum</span></u></div>
Alex (my fellow intern) and I decided to explore Universeum, an interactive science museum in Gothenburg. Every floor of the museum had a different theme and the top floor had mechanical dinosaurs that growled as you walked past. It also featured a great view of the city!<br />
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Another floor had an aquarium while the floor above was an indoor rainforest!<br />
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One of my favorite floors focused on the solar system and space exploration!<br />
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There was another interactive room where you could play different "brain games" and blow these huge bubbles!<br />
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While I enjoyed Universeum a lot, it was definitely geared towards younger children. I would recommend checking it out!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><u>Gothenburg Archipelago</u> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Gothenburg has both a northern and a southern archipelago (string of small islands). If you have a monthly tram pass for the city of Gothenburg, you can also use them for ferries to get to the islands! One weekend I decided to check out Brännö Värdshus, an island on the southern archipelago. I walked around the island which had both a beach and a forest. </span></div>
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It was really cool to see how there was so much variation in plant life on such a small island!<br />
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I also found this cute little cafe with an old school theater next door.<br />
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On the island there were some homes (both permanent and vacation homes) and I do not remember seeing any cars on the island. In the Gothenburg archipelago you can find a variety of islands - some uninhabited and others that are connected to other islands by bridges. I wish I had had more time to explore more of the islands! </div>
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Liseberg is an amusement park right in the heart of Gothenburg. I passed it on my way to work everyday and I was so excited that my lab group at Chalmers planned a trip to go together! </div>
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Most of us bought unlimited ride passes and took advantage of the short lines on a weekday afternoon. One of the first rides we went on was "AtmosFear" which featured the classic drop from a tower.<br />
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The newest ride on the park, Helix, had an app you could download and play when you were in line. Here are some other rides we went on: </div>
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I remember saying bye to everyone and staying in the park late with Saba riding on the same rides over and over again! Liseberg is also used to host events like concerts so many people in Gothenburg buy an annual pass to enter the park even if they don't go on the rides.<br />
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Looking back at these pictures I really miss Gothenburg. It is such a cool city with so much to see and a relaxed atmosphere to enjoy it all in. Hopefully I'll have the second part to this blog post up soon!<br />
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It's been a while since I last blogged (almost 2 months ago!) but I've been busy since I landed in California. I spent the first three weeks helping my parents move houses and spent the last four weeks starting off my third year at UCSB! While everything has been very exciting, I haven't had the time to sit down and write my last few blog posts. It might take a while, but my goal is to get at least 1-2 more blog posts out by the new year!<br />
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Since Gothenburg is on the southern west coast of Sweden, a bus ride to Copenhagen only takes four hours - making it perfect for a day trip! So Alex, my fellow intern, and I decided to go on August 30th (ages ago) and spent a slightly rainy, sometimes sunny, day in Copenhagen.<br />
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One of the first things we saw in Copenhagen was people swimming in this canal. I'm still not sure what the race was for, but we saw well over a hundred swimmers. It is really cool to see so many canals/rivers/public water spaces in the Scandinavia that are clean enough for people to swim in, even in capitol cities like Stockholm and Copenhagen! </div>
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Then we accidentally ended up in front of the Royal Palace in Copenhagen. It was huge! While things in America are often bigger, we don't have any official palaces to compete with those I saw across Europe.<br />
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After seeing the palace, we walked through the shopping district of the city and even saw a Disney Store! It was really cool seeing so many brands that I recognized, but I had to stop myself from shopping since I had a weight limit for my luggage on the trip back to the states. </div>
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This little cafe had the best chicken sandwich I've ever had! The chicken was cooked perfectly and the sauce on top was slightly creamy and absolutely delicious. I can't remember what the name of the cafe was - but part of the fun of traveling is finding new places to eat, even if they are good or bad. </div>
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I had a random mission when I was in Copenhagen - I have a teacher from high school who collects Rice Krispie boxes from other countries. I knew she already had a box from Sweden and Norway, so I decided to get her a box from Denmark. I went to three grocery stores before I found it and then put the box in my backpack. Trouble was that it rained a bit later that day and the box was a little water-damaged when I got back to Sweden. Luckily it made for a good story, and it turns out that my teacher was in Copenhagen that same summer and went to three grocery stores, and still didn't end up finding a box of Rice Krispies! </div>
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It turns out there was a Gay Pride festival in Copenhagen the weekend we visited. Below are some pictures from the Gay Pride parade. It was so cool so see so much support for the LGBTQ community and people in the parade looked like they were having so much fun! People on the floats were tossing out fliers and other random stuff and each float had their own theme and music playing. </div>
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Our next stop was to visit Old Town Carlsberg where we got to see the Elephant Gate! The Carlsberg Brewery was founded in 1847 which was the same year this gate was completed. There was a lot of cool artistic looking buildings on this part of the city. </div>
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Our last stop before catching the bus home was Trivoli Gardens! This enchanting park is the world's second oldest amusement park and its surprisingly close to the train station, making it the perfect last stop! </div>
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Trivoli Gardens is known for it's amazing restaurants. We decided to visit Wagamama where I had this delicious spicy curry. I would definitely recommend the food here since everything is made fresh to order and delivered to to you as soon as it's made! </div>
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This park was just magical! It was really cool to see some amusement park rides mixed in with some old style restaurants and carnival booths. I actually went on the spinning ride (pictured 3 pictures above) and got a great view of the city! When I saw this palace lit up at the end of the night, I really wished I was a fairy tale princess so I could live in a place this pretty! </div>
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The day trip to Copenhagen was really fun, but it's crazy to realize it's been about two months since I've left Europe. I have plans for most likely two more blog posts - one about Gothenburg (one of the best cities everrr) and one about my life back in California post-Sweden (I presented some of the research I did in Sweden at a conference last weekend!). So I have some really exciting things I want to talk about, but I'll just have to post them when I can squeeze in some free time between classes and work! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03629910287440939698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028268260612872886.post-10708682491760688752014-09-03T13:01:00.001-07:002014-09-03T13:01:44.019-07:00Let's Talk Swedish Culture <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hej hej!<br />
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I leave Sweden in 4 days - that's less than a week! Being the procrastinator that I am, a have jammed a lot of things to do this week and therefore won't have the proper time to write blog posts about the adventures I've had over the past two weeks. Never fear - I promise I will write them when I land in sunny California!<br />
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For now, I'd like to talk about some cultural differences I've noticed between Sweden and America. Please note that these are entirely based on my experiences and do not reflect how everyone in Sweden or America acts!<br />
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1) Differences in English<br />
Alright, to be fair, the majority of Swedish people learn Swedish first and then learn English at school, I believe starting at 10 years old. However, most kids learn English before that because American cartoons and TV shows are popular (to be honest, that is one of the ways I picked up English when I was younger).<br />
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<u>"restroom" vs. "toilet"</u> - I remember when I was on the train on my very first day and asked if they had a bathroom, the conductor looked at me and was like "we have a toilet". Not too crazy, but took a while for my ears to get used to since in America we tend to avoid using the word "toilet".<br />
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<u>knock knock jokes gone wrong</u> - Today at lunch someone reminded me of one of my first few weeks here. We were all sitting in the fika room exchanging jokes and I decided to do a classic knock knock joke.<br />
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Me: knock knock<br />
My mentor: Who's there?<br />
Me: Boo<br />
My mentor: Who's Boo?<br />
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I simply lost it - I was laughing so hard because I couldn't finish the already corny joke just because he answered me incorrectly. So when I explained it, he said "Boo who?" and I said "Don't cry, it's just a joke" and we all had a half-hearted laugh. When my co-worker reminded me of this at work today, it took me a while to remember how the joke had gone wrong, and I was laughing so hard at the memory. I then had to explain the joke to the rest of my co-workers which was just precious. I really am going to miss working at Chalmers.<br />
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<u>A Mixture of British and American English</u> - What happens when a country learns British English at schools, watches American TV shows, and speak Swedish as their native tongue? They speak this adorable combination of Swedish English which I really enjoy - the accent is light enough to understand and the mixture of British and American English keeps things interesting.<br />
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I'm going to miss being the resident expert on the English language. It was cool to explain some grammar rules that took me years to learn to other people who were struggling with them as well.<br />
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2) Expenses<br />
People warned me, Europe is expensive. But I'll be honest, I never realized how cheap things are in America compared to European countries! We really take for granted how inexpensive clothing and food is in our fine nation. Groceries haven't been too much more expensive, but eating out here is significantly more costly in Sweden (and Europe in general). In Sweden, a cup of coffee costs about twice what I am used to paying in Starbucks and it is because employees get paid more here. It works out because everyone can afford to live here (maybe not super extravagantly), if they have a full-time job (from what I understand). Anyways, I've been fortunate enough to have a great internship through UCSB's MRL program (details <a href="http://dilpreetinsweden.blogspot.se/2014/06/chalmers.html">here</a>) that covered housing, flight, and gave me a stipend for living expenses. The stipend was enough to cover groceries and other needs, but I did pay quite a bit to be able to travel around Europe while I got the chance.<br />
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3) Giving Compliments and Swedish Shyness<br />
To people living in the states, I'm fairly sure we have all heard at some point "cool shirt", "cute shoes!", "That is so pretty! Where did you get that?" by not only our friends, but strangers we meet waiting in line for groceries, walking in the park, anywhere really.<br />
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I took this for granted - I didn't realize that this quality is fairly unique to Americans, or at least isn't common in Sweden. Swedes are a bit of a shy bunch, and they wouldn't want to "make anyone uncomfortable" by complimenting them, but will comment among their close friends and say "Oh that girl had such a cute dress" or something of the sort, after the person wearing the dress has already left. Now I don't mean to say I haven't received a single compliment here, I did get compliments from some of my co-workers, but it was after we had gotten to know one another a bit.<br />
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I also missed being able to talk to random people, as crazy as that sounds. I missed standing in lines and just chatting about the weather or some sports game or anything really. It was a difficult adjustment for me to get accustomed to a much more reserved society.<br />
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4) Environmentalism<br />
Sweden has been like living in a nation where everyone is part of the "Environmental Club" in high school. Everyone sorts their trash here into combustibles, compostables, metals, glass, papers, and plastics. This means that Swedes either recycle, compost, or burn the rest of the trash for heating. Nothing is wasted. Here is the huge trash bin divider located all over the Chalmers campus.<br />
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Also, many people bike or take public transportation to work. This has in part to do with the high gas and high taxes in purchasing a car here, but also due to making less of a carbon footprint. In grocery stores here, most people have their own reusable bags, or they have to purchase plastic or paper bags. I know California is moving towards this, which is really cool.<br />
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5) Weather<br />
I'll admit, I'm a California girl. More specifically, I've lived in the Central Valley the majority of my life, so I'm used to 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) summers. I was lucky enough to be in Sweden during one of the warmest summers they have had, but it was funny to hear people complain when it was 90 degrees F (32 degrees C), about how impossibly hot it was. In general, Swedes like to complain about the weather. If its warm, it's not windy enough. If it's cloudy, the sun should be out. It has been really nice to experience a full Swedish summer with some cold, gloomy, rainy, and windy days along with really warm, sunny days as well. <br />
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6) Vacation and Taxes<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Taxes in Sweden are ranked among some of the highest in the world, but they receive a lot of social benefits because of these taxes. All Swedes are covered by health care and only pay about $15 for a standard visit to the doctor, and have spending caps on how much they pay for medication or doctor's visits before they become free. Also, the Swedish unemployment benefits are up to 80% of the previous job's income which protects those trying to find a new job. Also, Swedes receive both maternity and paternity leave that is at least a year (I believe on 80% pay) and can be longer if you decide to decrease the percentage of money you receive each month. Lastly, Swedes get anywhere from 5-7 weeks paid vacation a year. This is on top of national holidays. I can't imagine having that much time off (well besides summer vacation I suppose), but it also explains why many Swedes have seen a lot of the world through traveling. So while taxes may be a bit high, Swedes receive a lot of benefits for what they pay. It isn't a perfect system by any means, but most people seem happy with it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Alrighty, I promise the next blog post will have more pictures! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Bye for now, </span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03629910287440939698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028268260612872886.post-53571991675908974772014-08-22T08:30:00.001-07:002014-08-22T08:30:03.069-07:00The Gothenburg Culture Festival <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hej hej!<br />
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Last week was the Gothenburg Culture Festival that is a week long event with workshops, museum exhibits, and concerts that are free to all! It started off as a week long drinking festival but in recent years they have added the culture component and made it kid-friendly as well. It was like a fair but without the barn yard animals or the dangerous looking carnival rides.<br />
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On Tuesday I went to support my house mom at her Ju-Jitsu group's presentation. After several martial art groups gave a small show, they had a "try-it-yourself" session. What I pictured below was part of their warm up routine.<br />
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On Saturday I visited the festival again starting at this cute little chocolate shop at a "Make Your Own Chocolate" workshop. I'm glad I went to this workshop because the shop was in this little plaza that reminded me of Rome (minus the statues).<br />
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Step one: Roll the fudge into a ball. I used this muscovado sugar fudge which tasted really yummy.<br />
Step two: Dunk the fudge in chocolate.<br />
Step three: WAIT for the fudge to dry, that's the hardest part.<br />
Step four: Put melted chocolate on the bottom of the chocolate and add toppings. I went with sprinkles, cinnamon, and walnuts.<br />
Step 5: Enjoy! The fudge was amazing because it just melted in your mouth when you took a bite. Very yummy chocolate.<br />
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After the chocolate workshop, I really didn't have any plans but just wanted to explore the festival.<br />
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To the left is is one of the kids activity/food stations.<br />
Below is the Citroen booth which I learned is a French car company that is quite popular in Europe. The Citroen employee seemed surprised that I didn't know about the brand, but I just googled it, and they do not sell Citroen cars in the states. The car had plastic "air bubbles" on the doors which are supposed to prevent scratching the car in parking lots. In my opinion, it really takes away from the appearance of the car.<br />
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This is one of the many "Native Swedish" booths. The dream catchers and music made me think of Native American products back home.<br />
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Since there was free entry to some museums, I decided to check them out. I started off at the Röhsska Museet which had 6 rooms that displayed products from the 1800s-2000s in Sweden. It was a really cool exhibit and interesting to move a few decades at a time through history. I noticed that Sweden picked up some of the same "retro" styles we had in the states during the 1900s.<br />
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At the top floor of the museum was this metal collection. I thought this child riding a reindeer was really unique but I think they mislabeled this as a "Drinking Cup". I'm not quite sure how you could drink out of that.<br />
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I then visited the City Museum of Gothenburg which was really cool. I only had 45 minutes so I missed a lot of the museum, but here are some of the highlights.<br />
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This was a "Where are you from" exhibit. Basically, there were about two rooms filled with pictures, videos, and other displays of people describing either their home town or their favorite place. I wish I knew Swedish so that I could have enjoyed the exhibit more! <br />
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To the right is the remains of an old Viking ship. They also had really cool exhibits on the Norse Gods so I got to learn about Oden, Thor, and Freyja. I wonder if Norse mythology had as much relationship drama as Greek mythology (I mean Zeus had A LOT of kids).<br />
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Below are just a few pictures of this amazing exhibit called "Gothenburg from Above" by Lars Bgydenmark. It was such a cool way to look at the city! The first picture was presented in this dark room so the light from the picture seemed so real. People who can use photography as an effective form of art always impress me, so this exhibit was my favorite.<br />
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Lastly, I visited the "All World Market" to grab some dinner. There were about 20-30 booths selling fresh food, packaged food (teas, meats, jams, ect.), plants, and even British tea cup set. I decided to go with this spicy Polish (I believe) sausage which was delicious. Again, the hot dogs here never seem to have a bun big enough to fit the meat. </div>
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I still have a lot of Gothenburg left to explore, but I can't believe I only have two weeks left in Europe. Once I finish exploring the city a bit more, I think I'll be more than ready to go home and back to UCSB!<br />
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Bye for now,<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03629910287440939698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028268260612872886.post-89343257812922625212014-08-20T04:40:00.000-07:002014-08-20T04:40:58.669-07:00Adventures of Stockholm<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I hope you are all enjoying the weather where ever in the world you may be. It is currently a bit gloomy in Gothenburg and weather reports say it will rain all day tomorrow, but I'm choosing to enjoy it. I wouldn't experience a real Swedish summer without some clouds, wind, and rain along with the sunshine.<br />
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Alright, let's get off through my adventure through Stockholm!<br />
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BAM! Now you are in the old Norse city that was crucial for trade. Visiting Stockholm, I was surrounded by so much history that was very different than when I visited Rome. When I walked through Rome I had heard about a lot of the monuments, knew basic ancient Roman history, but still learned a lot about the city. All I really knew about Stockholm when I arrived is that it was the capital of Sweden and that it was made up of a lot of islands that are connected with cool bridges. What I didn't expect to find was so much history, culture, and liveliness embedded in a city so far up north.<br />
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<b>First stop: City Hall </b><br />
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Here you will find where they host the Nobel Prize Banquet (except for the Nobel Peace Prize which is presented in Oslo), a golden mummy, and a lot of couples getting married on a Saturday afternoon. Oh, I almost forgot to mention the wooden horse that is covered in chalk art and a cute little garden with weird statues!<br />
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Off to Gamla Stan! This is the "old town" island. It includes some cool churches, shops, restaurants, and oh, a palace/former castle too.<br />
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So on our way to see the palace (which is on the island in the first picture below), we had a few interesting detours. First was a group of Swedes chanting hinduism mantras, second was a street performer who juggled knives, and third was lunch at an Italian restaurant where Alex, my fellow intern, and I met an awesome couple from Florida. The couple had just retired and the wife used to be an editor while the husband was involved in higher education administration. They were very excited to hear about our research experience abroad and shared their stories of where they have been. I feel like every time I visit one place, I add three more places on my list of where I need to go!<br />
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<b>Second Stop: The Royal Palace</b><br />
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The Royal Palace in Stockholm has been burned and rebuilt and renovated many times since the first wooden blockade was set up in the 900s. A ticket to the palace let's you see four parts: The Royal Apartments, The Tre Konor Musuem, The Treasury, and The Musuem of Antiqueties.<br />
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So trouble is that you can't photograph any insides of the palace. So I'll do my best to describe each part of the palace and let you all google, or better yet, visit Stockholm to see the rest.<br />
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1) The Tre Konor Musuem<b> </b>literally translates to The Three Crown Musuem. It is underneath the current palace where the old palace used to be. The palace has been expanded and the tallest ceiling of the first castle now hits at about the floor level of the current palace. We were in time for the English tour so it was interesting to learn about the history of the palace. In short, the three crowns were originally a symbol for the three lands early Swedish Rulers had God given control over. Later the symbol was "taken" by Denmark who now use it on their coat of arms as well.<br />
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When Sweden traded or conquered with some place in Africa (I can't quite remember), they received a lion. They thought it was perfect since lions are the king of the jungle and Swedes are the kings of the North. So they took the lion and placed it in a cage alongside the castle for everyone to see. They would have it face other animals and they would take great pride in it winning. However, one day they decided to have the lion face a bear. Not the best idea to have an old lion that has been raised in captivity to face a bear. I believe the lion was greatly injured and then passed away. Inside the Museum we saw old oven pits, classic defense tactics including a tree trunk with pointed branches to throw on any enemy climbing over the fort, and other remnants of life at the castle. It reminded me a bit of other European castles. However, it was well known that the Stockholm castle was outdated so when it burned in the 1600s, they decided to renovate. Sadly they decided to save the new expensive things, such as printed books, instead of old handwritten manuscripts and official documents, so a lot of history was lost in the fire.<br />
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2) The Royal Apartments - the only other "apartments" you can compare it to are the ones in the upper east side of New York City. The Royal Apartments had a lot of rooms, a lot of antique furniture, and were lavish. They even had a room displaying the military stashes and metals that the royal family has worn throughout the years to represent their nation. It truly was a palace!<br />
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A bit on the Swedish Royal Family: they have a crown princess (yey for letting the first born inherit regardless of gender) who married her personal trainer who then became a prince. Even when the crown princess becomes a queen, her husband will remain a prince which I find very odd, but understandable. Also, apparently the Germans are super obsessed with the Swedish Royal Family.<br />
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3) The Treasury was full of crowns, swords, and other jewel-encrusted items. If the palace wasn't enough to make me feel that I lived a life of simplicity, this room definitely did the job. Each pair of crowns was just as lavish as the next and I was trying to figure out why they couldn't just reuse one pair of crowns. Then I thought about the worry about lice and the fact that they were royal, so I guess they should be allowed to make their own crowns if they want.<br />
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4) The Museum of Antiqueties made me feel as though I had just stepped back into Rome. It was full of old Roman statues and busts which made up a very unique collection.<br />
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I almost forgot to mention - I got a picture with the a guard! Everyone who signs up for military service in Sweden has to spend two weeks serving as a guard somewhere in the country. Someone on my floor at work actually served in front of the castle and saw the King drive into the castle in his personal car.<br />
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<b>Third Stop: Tyska Kyran (German Church) </b><br />
The church closed about a half hour before we got there, so I just have this picture from the outside. I admit, it is a really bad picture, I think I might have accidentally deleted the close up.<br />
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<b>Fourth Stop: Fika </b><br />
I felt really Swedish taking a fika break on a Saturday in Stockholm. I decided to try the princess cake because it is a Swedish classic, I had just visited a palace, and my last name means princess. It was a nice cake with mascarpone cheese filling that went perfectly with my glass of milk. We also passed by the Nobel Prize Museum after fika, but didn't have time to look around.<br />
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<b>Fifth Stop: Brazilian Culture Festival</b></div>
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<b>Sixth Stop: Under the Bridge Tour</b> </div>
Since Stockholm is made up of a lot of islands, we decided to take a boat tour to cover more ground. I'll try to post a fact with each picture I took on the tour!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was our route for the tour. We got to six islands. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the Royal Palace, partially covered by a cruise ship. Stockholm has over 10 palaces, most around Lake Malmö.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is an island that has a lot of Museums on it. I'll talk about it later in this blog post.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Since the river freezes during the winter, people have to store their boats outside of the water.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can't remember what this building is, but it might be city hall.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The city keeps building to accommodate all of its citizens. <br />
A lot of old industrial centers are now being used for housing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steam boats were popular during the first world war, but before that <br />
there would be oarswomen to transport you from one island to another. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lake Malmö is special because the currents are perfect of a trading town. <br />
The lake connects to several important rivers, but to leave you need <br />
to cross the often harsh waters of the Baltic Sea. To ensure that people <br />
can cross, Swedes have built these "locks" where you enter in and <br />
they close the path behind you, add water and then let you cross. During the<br />
harsh waters, the locks are closed so you can still travel within Stockholm. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is a large barrel just beneath the tree in the center of the <br />
picture to represent an old Absolut Vodka distillery. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is an indoor swimming pool (I thought it was odd <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I want this to be my future office. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stockholm's old industrial areas are now turning into housing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stockholm's waters are safe enough to swim and fish out of.<br />
During the winter, when the water freezes, people like to walk<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a cool coffee shop over the water.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the mountain there is an ad for a radio station that mocks the Hollywood sign. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I want to say this was a factory that is now a museum. <br />
I know that a lot of buildings that were red in color <br />
represented that they worked with fire so they would be easy<br />
to find in an emergency. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This may be the Italian Embassy, but I'm not 100% sure.</td></tr>
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<b>Seventh Stop: Södermalm (Southern Stockholm) </b><br />
The receptionist at the hostel described Södermalm as the "Brooklyn" of Stockholm. There are a lot of trendy places to eat and a lot of "hipsters" live there.<br />
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In the picture above, you might notice a big "moon" in the center. We did not see a supermoon in Stockholm, it was the Ericsson Globe which is a HUGE stadium in Stockholm.<br />
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On our way back to the hostel, we saw some fireworks! I have no idea why there were going off, but they were really nice and made me feel better about missing Fourth of July fireworks.<br />
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And then we saw this building....<br />
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<b>First Stop: Vasamuseet </b></div>
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So the Vasa was built in the early 1600s by order of King Gustav (who really had a huge impact on Swedish society), to sort-of show off to Poland how powerful Sweden was at the time. Problem was, the base of the ship was too narrow, the top of the ship was loaded too heavily with too many cannons, and when this huge powerful ship left the shore, it sank within 1,400 yards (1,300 m). They salvaged the cannons and they expensive things at the time, but they didn't excavate the entire ship until around the 1960s. Later they made a museum for it, and while it doesn't sound like much, it was really cool! You got to learn a bit about the history of Sweden and see a cool ship. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was were the soldiers slept. It was a hard life for the soldiers<br />
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We then grabbed hot dogs for lunch because there were hot dog stands on every corner of the island.<br />
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I was not the one to put on ketchup and mustard, but it still tasted good regardless. But I've noticed that in Europe, the hot dog buns are never big enough for the hot dog, which I find quite strange.</div>
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<b>Second Stop: Skansen </b></div>
So the island we were on, Skeppsholmen, is full of museums. We only had time to visit the Vasa Museum and Skansen, but Skansen is the largest open-air museums in Sweden. It presents old houses or replication of old villages in Sweden before the industrial revolution. It also has a zoo and this amazing view of the city.<br />
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Since the museum was quite large and I took a lot of pictures, I've decided to cut down and only show the most interesting ones. If you are curious to learn more, let me know!<br />
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These first three pictures are of various Sami huts. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_people">Sami people</a>, or Laplanders, are the indigenous people who inhabited the Scandinavian region. To me, the seemed like a mix of the Native Americans and colonists except they lived in a much colder climate. (On a side note, I got to try flat bread in one of the Sami huts)<br />
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This is the center of the park where there are quite a few cute little shops.<br />
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This is the outside of the church (we couldn't take pictures of the inside). The church happens to be a popular wedding spot! </div>
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This may be a farm house or the blacksmith's hut. I know that in the older villages, the blacksmith's place was painted red so it would be easy to find in case of fire. </div>
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Now onto the zoo! I didn't take a lot of pictures since I worked at a zoo back home, but here is what I have.</div>
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After the zoo, we also saw more historical buildings.<br />
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Overall, Stockholm was an amazing city! We stayed at City Hostel, which I would highly recommend as being clean and very close to the train station. If I had a chance, I would love to visit Stockholm again. I think I would need a week just to see the museums, explore the city, and ride on the roller coasters in Grona Lund. There is just so much unique history in this city! </div>
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Stockholm, I will be back!<br />
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P.S. I know I said I would stop with the long blog posts, but sometimes I underestimate how long my blogs will be for a weekend trip. Sorry!<br />
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Hej Hej!<br />
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So it's been far too long since I posted about my food adventures in Sweden! Here's a little recap of what I've been eating when I haven't been on vacation outside of Sweden!<br />
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Okay, I'll start with proof that I have been cooking myself. This is my take on an Indian Mixed Vegetable dish where I used halloumi, a dense Greek Cheese, instead of Paneer, an Indian dense cottage cheese. I was craving paneer a lot my first few weeks but couldn't find it anywhere, but one of my co-workers suggested using halloumi, which turns out to be delicious!<br />
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Next is the shrimp salad I got from the fish market (which is inside an old church in Gothenburg). It was quite tasty although the dressing didn't have enough of a kick to it for my taste. </div>
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Now that you've seen some healthy options, let's talk langos. Yes, this is fried bread covered in sour cream, cheese, and onions. This beauty is called a langos and it is festival or "fair/carnival" food here in Sweden. It reminded me of a chalupa from Taco Bell which just made me miss the Mexican food we have in California. </div>
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This is Tah Dig, a Persian Rice dish one of my co-workers brought me to try. It has a layer of rice, a layer of saffron, yogurt, and some dried berries, more rice, some chicken, and then some more rice. It was really good and the berries brought a slight sour taste to the pallet. <br />
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Speaking of Persian food, here is a chicken and beef kebab with some Iranian bread and yogurt. It was delicious! I've never had a kebab that's been marinated so well. The bread was really good too, though I have to say I like naan better ;) </div>
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Alright, I'll warn you, the rest of the food is dessert (or in my case, fika), so those with a sweet tooth beware. I'll start with the White Mocha Frapino and a Strawberry Summer Muffin (with cardamom). Basically, Espresso House is the Starbucks of Sweden. I see them everywhere and they offer free wifi, yey! The "muffin" was more like a cupcake, but delicious and the White Mocha Frapino has been my favorite out of the two flavors I've tried at Espresso House so far.<br />
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Last Monday I was craving cinnamon and decided to bake an apple cake. So I googled a recipe and brought the cake to fika the next day. The cake was nice and cinnamony and moist so I'm super happy with the recipe I found online. I can't imagine living in a world without Google! </div>
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As I've mentioned before, Friday fika is kind of special on my floor at work. We have the person in charge of making coffee for the week bring some dessert to go along with fika. Last week, some coworkers and I decided to bake cinnamon rolls after work on Thursday for the Friday fika. It was a brilliant plan! I learned that Swedes use this "pearl sugar" to top their cinnamon buns instead of icing as we do in the states. Also, they have a measurement that translates literally as "spicyspoon" in English. It basically equivalates to a "pinch" of something. Anyways, warm cinnamon rolls are amazing in any country! </div>
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The person in charge of fika brought a raspberry-coconut homemade pastry that was delicious especially when paired with a cinnamon bun. I think having fika alone is going to have me gaining a few pounds, or should I say kilos, before coming home. </div>
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Swedes have a thing for licorice. I do not. That is why I think this licorice ice cream is a disgrace to ice cream, but a lot of people enjoy it here. Luckily my house mom was nice enough to let me have a spoonful of her licorice ice cream so I didn't have to waste a tub! </div>
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My house mom was also nice enough to make me and Alex (my fellow intern) Rhubarb Pie. My house mom has rhubarb growing in her backyard, so she explained to me that you use the stems and not the leaves of rhubarb for making pies and even fruit drinks. The crust on the pie was fantastic and the rhubarb added a unique taste the pie. </div>
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This is a mint flavored Italian nugget a coworker brought from the Gothenburg Cultural Festival (don't worry, I'll have a blog post on that later). It had an interesting texture but I liked the combination of nuts and chocolate. </div>
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Someone also brought this Almond-caramel crusted cake with a sweet vanilla custard for fika today. It was a really great combination of textures and sweetness. </div>
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This is long overdue - but I'm finally blogging about my trip to Rome from 4 weeks ago. These past few weeks have gone by so quickly that I actually had to check a calender to see how long it had been since I was on vacation.<br />
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So first, we'll start with cars. Just about every airport I went to had some really nice car on display - the airport in Brussels even had multiple car brands on display.<br />
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Speaking of cars - Italian drivers are crazy! It brought me memories of being back in India hearing people constantly honking their horns and seeing tetris-inspired parking. The drive from the airport to my hotel was terrifying, but we made it!<br />
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This was the view from my hotel. It was super hot at night, but opening the window brought in a lot of traffic noise. Luckily sleeping isn't too much of a struggle when you walk around like tourists!<br />
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So the first day, Alex (fellow intern and travel buddy) and I decided to head straight for the Colosseum. Trouble was, we got off a bus stop too early and ended up near Circus Maximus.<br />
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Yes, it doesn't look like much today, but it once held 250,000 spectators to watch chariot races.<br />
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Being hungry travelers, we found this cute restaurant and I tried some lasagna. The food was good, a bit oily for my taste, but it was great fuel for the rest of the day.<br />
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<u>Travel tip:</u> Italian restaurants charge for water, so bring your own bottle and refill at multiple public water fountains throughout the city.<br />
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I believe those two structures are ancient Roman temples, before the Romans converted to Christianity.<br />
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After figuring out how to read a map, we arrived at the Colosseum, which was under construction .<br />
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<u>Travel tip</u>: All museums and monuments are free to the public the first Sunday of every month.<br />
Since we happened to be in Rome the first Sunday of the month, we signed up for a tour in order to skip the line and actually learn about the Colosseum from an archaeologist.<br />
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Above is the inside of the Colosseum - amazing right? The bottom layer is closed off to the general public but it was still incredible to see the detailed architecture of the entire stadium. It turns out gladiators didn't die often; it wouldn't be profitable if they did. Gladiators would sign a contract with a company where they would be paid to work 5 years (I think) or til death. If they completed their contract, they received a bonus, but they were pretty much a slave to the company during the period of the contract. Som<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">e slaves and prisoners of war were made into gladiators as well. Pictured to the right is an apartment on the ground layer of the Colosseum. The stadium housed many people who lived in these window-less apartments. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The Colosseum has a mini-museum on the second level. There you see me reading up on the classic scrolls and looking at these Roman statues. A lot of the artwork is damaged from ancient time, so seeing busts (only the head of the statue) is very common. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We then visited Palatine Hill as a part of our tour. Palatine Hill once hosted the Royal Palace and was the grandest structure in Rome. It had the public baths (Romans actually worried about hygiene) and there is even remnants of indoor plumbing. Once you enter the hill, you also get to see many more ancient Roman ruins. </span><br />
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From what I remember, those are stairs leading to the former palace and that is a significant old church or temple (I shouldn't have waited 4 weeks to blog). Here are some of the ancient Roman ruins - my guide book sometimes gives pictures of what Rome looked like in its prime, and it is incredible. Below is Alex and me in front of the ruins.<br />
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It's incredible to think that the old emperors had the Colosseum in their front yard. Making public appearances was probably a bit easier knowing you only had to walk maybe a quarter mile. I suppose having servants and slaves to carry you there also helps.<br />
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Random facts: 1) The word "palace" gets it's origins in the word "palatine" which also led to the Italian word "palazzo".<br />
2) To ask for someone's hand in marriage comes from Roman origins since the Roman way of seal contracts was a handshake where you grab one another's forearm.<br />
3) Like I mentioned earlier, Romans had public baths. These baths were very dimly lit and people used to use sticks with a sponge on one end to wash their behinds. Now it's dark, you ask someone to pass you the sponge, let's hope you don't get "the short end of the stick". This is also the origin of some nasty insults.<br />
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Above is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_Venezia">Palazzo Venezia</a>, or as the locals call it "The Wedding Cake". It used to serve as the embassy of the Republic of Venice to Rome (according to Wikipedia). For us, it was the landmark we used to catch a bus back to the hotel and find ourselves on the map.<br />
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After a long, hot day full of walking around, we decided a gelato break was in order. The tiramisu gelato I had was delicious and perfect for a hot day.<br />
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We then tried to walk around and find Granny's restaurant which was recommended to us by our tour guide. We couldn't find it, but we stopped at this restaurant in Campo de Fiori which is my favorite little plaza in Rome.<br />
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Yes, that is prosciutto pizza and it was delicious. I couldn't finish it all, but I definitely refilled on any salt I lost sweating in the heat.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 2!</span><br />
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The next day, we started with a "Off the beaten path" tour. We got to Campo de Fiori a bit early and were pleasantly surprised by this outdoor market.<br />
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I threw in a picture of the pigeon because I've decided pigeons in Europe are the seagulls of California. They are everywhere!<br />
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Okay, the following pictures are from my tour. I don't remember the significance of everything I saw, but I'll comment on what I remember!<br />
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This is the basement of Granny's restaurant is remnants of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_Pompey">Theater of Pompey</a>, where Julius Caesar was assassinated.<br />
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Above are pictures of a church in Rome (I honestly couldn't tell you which one). From what I remember, the significance of this mold of a Michelangelo sculpture is that it depicts Mary holding Jesus. Now when it was brought from Florence to Rome, Michelangelo stood in the back as the crowd admired his sculpture. Problem was, is that people insulted it since Mary is built like a man, and Jesus is made significantly smaller. Michelangelo gets mad, and tells the crowd "It's me, Michelangelo, I built that sculpture" but nobody believes him since he looks like a commoner. So he gets mad, and carves out "this is made by Michelangelo" or something to that effect, on the belt across Mary's torso. See, Michelangelo desinged this sculpture intentionally. He carved it to depict Jesus as Mary saw him after the crucifixion, as her young child, not as a grown man. </div>
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I can finally understand the appeal of espressos - it was the perfect combination of milk, sugar, and coffee!<br />
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This elephant is, as my tour guide calls it, the ugliest Bernini sculpture ever. That is because it was designed by the Reverend (I believe), who was in charge of watching over Bernini. Once Bernini finished it, he tried very hard to somehow "accidentally" break it but couldn't. Instead he paid someone to place the sculpture facing so that the tail end of the elephant faces the house of the Reverend. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWzYRTigiCCtSGZPULQBsFMJWdJkhuiVmgBLn925z0osJOgb7De6wlc_gwvtS0TYEsi72dU10XxsmxJ4fnbhIBgdzDmmOqM-xdRLwzSFO7w3ChGsJp2vPMK5R6pEyAJjUujkKDd883zas/s1600/20140707_112339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWzYRTigiCCtSGZPULQBsFMJWdJkhuiVmgBLn925z0osJOgb7De6wlc_gwvtS0TYEsi72dU10XxsmxJ4fnbhIBgdzDmmOqM-xdRLwzSFO7w3ChGsJp2vPMK5R6pEyAJjUujkKDd883zas/s1600/20140707_112339.jpg" height="320" width="180" /></a><br />
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You see, Michelangelo passed away in Rome, but his tomb was magically placed in Florence. What happened is that Michelangelo was originally buried at this church here. The tombstone above is where he was kept until the tombstone on the right was complete. The thing is, someone paid some people to steal the body and move it to Florence, Michelangelo's birthplace. The church didn't want to look bad by having people know the body was stolen under their noses, so they made up some cover story that I can't remember at the moment as to why Michelangelo was buried in Florence. Not sure if this is all true, I wasn't there to witness it, but my tour guide was pretty convincing.<br />
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I then had this 5 euro bowl of pasta for lunch. It was pretty good, but I finally understand what cooking pasta to "al dente" means.<br />
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We then decided to make a trip to the Vatican. We were originally planning on sticking with the same tour guide company, but decided we should just wait in line. Then we got to the Vatican, saw the HUGE line, and went in with another company. Let me tell you - if you find good tour guides, stick to them! We got stuck with this sweet old man as a tour guide who to be quite frank, was a bit slow and boring. I still had an amazing time seeing everything though.<br />
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These maps were drawn so well it actually looked like a modern day map. This is just a key to the larger map tapestry we saw. There were so many statues, tapestries, and ceiling artwork in the Vatican Museum it is hard to believe that the church controls so much wealth in such a concentrated space.</div>
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Above is the pictures of St. Peter's Basilica. To be honest, it felt more like a palace than a church because it was so large an grand. We also got to see the Sistine Chapel, though we weren't allowed to photograph it. It had Michelangelo's depiction of how god created earth. It was amazing to be able to see this artwork with my own eyes because pictures don't capture every detail the artists put into their work. I noticed again and again that the art all looked more "3D" in a way in real life than in the pictures. <br />
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Alright, here is a short side story about love in Rome. See the four people the middle - the two girls and the two guys in the red/maroon shirts? Well these are 4 Canadians who met at the beginning of our tour and I swear it was like watching a romantic comedy in real life. Turns out these two groups of friends (the two girls and the two guys) had pretty much booked the same vacation through Europe except one group was staying in Rome a day longer than the other group. I was in disbelief that I was witnessing such a cliche thing in real life.<br />
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After we saw the chapel, Alex went to collect his bag. Turns out he had to wait an hour til they came out and dropped all the bags outside, next to the church. If you are visiting the Vatican, don't bring food items that can "damage" the church so that your bag doesn't have to be checked in.<br />
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We then found Granny's restaurant and ate a delicious and authentic Italian meal with Jamena, a girl who we met in our tour group earlier. She's the one in the picture with me and Alex two pictures up!<br />
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The food was delicious and we even got a picture with Nona Paula! This little band was playing in the middle of Campo de Fiori and we stopped for some gelato for dessert. </div>
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There was sooooo much gelato to choose from. I got the Ferrero Rocher kind, which was rich, chocolaty, and nutty. It was perfect!<br />
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This is Piazza Navona or Circus Agonale. It used to contain the Stadium of Domitian which could hold 30,000 people. The piazza was very pretty and had a few restaurants and shops. It also has three fountains: The Fountain of the Moor by Giacomo della Porta, Fountain of the Four Rivers by Bernini, and The Fountain of the Calerari (in order of the pictures). The Fountain of the Four Rivers has four men which represent the Niles, Ganges, Danube, and Rio de la Plata. </div>
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Below is the Pantheon, which the Rome's only architecturally intact monument from classical times (according to my guide book). In 609 A.D., the pope changed this pagan temple into a Christian church. It now contains the tombs of several important figures such as the tomb of Raphael pictured below. This building is also known as "the dome" and it is incredible to think that they built this without the technology we rely on today. </div>
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We then had lunch at the Piazzo Navona (the one with the fountains). There we overheard an American family that was adorable at times. This little 5 year old really wanted a grilled cheese sandwich :( To be honest, I had higher expectations for the homemade tiramisu, but the food was good overall. </div>
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This is the glorious Trevi Fountain - under construction. There was a little pond where you could still throw a coin. Although, I just googled it, and you are supposed to throw a coin from your left hand over your right shoulder. I guess I need to go back and do it correctly! I also learned that they use the money collected from people tossing coins to feed the needy, so I'm glad to know my euro went towards a good cause. </div>
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As we found our way back to "the Wedding Cake", we were happily surprised that it was opened to the public! Here are some close ups of the amazing detail that went into the sculpture on the outside of the building. On the inside there is a museum and also this sculpture of a woman leading what looks like four deer.<br />
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Our last stop of the day was Isola Tiberina, which contains a church that used to be a temple for the Greek God of medicine, Aesculapius. </div>
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On the other side of this island is the "heart of Rome", which I wish I had discovered earlier in the trip. There were a lot of cute shops and restaurants, and it was a lot less touristy than the rest of home. Alex didn't agree, but I liked the brightly colored buildings. I thought it gave the town some vibrancy. </div>
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After walking around, we decided to have our last dinner at this restaurant on the other side of the bridge. It there that I realized I hadn't had vegetables in days and ordered broccoli with my pasta.<br />
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The pasta with clams was my first time having clams in years and I thought it was quite good. The restaurant had a homemade tiramisu on the menu, but after the last disappointment, I couldn't risk it. So then we went to find gelato, but sadly we couldn't find a place that looked appetizing on our way home. </div>
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Rome was an amazing city, but it was a bit too touristy for my taste. If I were to go again, I might choose a hotel closer to the city center to have better access to everything and I would probably only stay for two days instead of three. I would also wear better walking shoes, but I'm proud to say that my rainbows held up pretty well. </div>
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P.S. Sorry this is a day late, but this should be the last of the super long blog posts!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03629910287440939698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028268260612872886.post-26918748817200996292014-08-01T14:20:00.000-07:002014-08-01T14:20:08.075-07:00Testing the Odds <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Alright, so there are 0 poisonous spiders in Sweden. There is 1 slightly poisonous snake, but it doesn't do much harm either. So what are the odds that Dilpreet's bug bite (no idea what bug bit me, probably a mosquito), would look like this after a day? (Sorry for those who are squimish).<br />
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Before you get concerned - I did go see a doctor. Turns out my "bug bite" got a bacterial skin infection which is why my skin was swollen and red. Never fear, I'm on antibiotics for the week and I should be as good as new!<br />
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I got a chance to finally visit the Gothenburg Fish Market which is located in this old church. It was a nice little fish market, but to be honest it was a bit underwhelming after visiting Bergen's outdoor fish market. I bought a shrimp salad for lunch that I enjoyed as I finished the blog about Norway last weekend!<br />
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I also visited the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurdwara">Gurdwara</a> in Gothenburg last week. A gurdwara is a place of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh">Sikh</a> worship where people of all faiths are welcome to attend. Traditionally, everyone has their head covered and shoes off once inside the gurdwara. Typically people first visit the "Darbar Sahib" which is where the prayer takes place. At the Darbar Sahib, people donate some money to the gurdwara (typically $1 in the US; the donation is optional) and can then sit and listen to the service or go to the langar hall. The langar hall is where food is served for free to all who attend. Typically the langar hall will first serve chai tea with some snacks and then later lunch or dinner depending on what time you attend. It is customary for those who are able to participate in "seva" which is community service in order to keep the gurdwara running. This means you either help cook, clean, teach at the Sunday School, or donate to the gurdwara. It felt nice to meet other Sikhs across the globe and still see the similarities between gurdwaras in the US, Sweden, and even India.<br />
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This was drawn in the tram stop near the gurdwara. The gurdwara is located in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angered">Angered</a> which is a part of Gothenburg which houses much of the immigrant population. It is interesting to see the differences in Angered and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6lndal">Mölndal</a>, where I live in Gothenburg. It's not just America that faces problems with integration of immigrant populations - it's easy to see that in some degree, Sweden is facing a similar issue.<br />
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And lastly, you know you are in Sweden when they sell "American Ginger Ale" and have an egg slicer in the house!<br />
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Time to rest and let the antibiotics do their job!<br />
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Bye for now,<br />
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P.S. Blog post about Rome should be up next Wednesday! I'll try to go back to the Weds/Sunday posting schedule. <br />
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I'll start off by apologizing for the cheesy title, but it was running through my head for the past week so I had to post it. I spent the second week of my vacation with my fellow UCSB-Chalmers intern, Alex, in Norway. I'll break up this blog by each day I was in Norway, so feel free to read it in sections. </div>
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Warning: This blog is long (so I can remember things when I look back at this blog) and has A LOT of pictures. I'll bold things that you should really pay attention to! </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day 1: Oslo – the capital of Norway!</span></div>
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<u>Travel tip:</u> The bus from Gothenburg to Oslo is SUPER cheap
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<u>Things I knew walking into Oslo:</u> There is a castle in Oslo
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Since food is super expensive in Norway and I’m on a
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Yes, I found a greasy McDonald's half
way across the globe. Interestingly I only saw women working at the particular
restaurant we stopped at. </div>
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The next couple images are of downtown Oslo. It was a quaint and clean town with some new buildings mixed in with the older historical landmarks. </div>
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There were a surprising amount of TGIF restaurants. You know
you have left the country when a place advertises an “American” Bar. Also the Gucci store ironically had a broken glass door; I guess theft is a global problem. </div>
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The next two pictures are at the Royal Palace. (When I heard there was a royal palace, I immediately thought back to Princess Dairies with Anne Hathaway) </div>
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the palace. Outside the palace was a very nice park. The guards posted outside
the palace reminded me of the Queen's Guard in England. And yeah, I’ve grown to be taller
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<b>Now for the fun part – the fortress/castle!</b> </div>
I walked into
the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akershus_Fortress"><b>Akershus Fortress</b></a> expecting something a bit bigger, but it was still
impressive to
see the fortress that survived multiple world wars and sieges. The fortress was built in 1290, and was used as a prison at one point in time. I will admit that I
forgot
that Norway was occupied during WW2, so reading about the historical
significance
of the fortress and the capital being infiltrated with German troops was
very humbling. We were very fortunate that America was not occupied
during either of the world wars. <br />
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I’ve made it a personal goal to take a picture with each cannon I
see – I think when I collect enough pictures, I might be allowed to operate
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So as we walked around the fortress, just looking out into
the ocean, it started sprinkling, and then pouring. The stone paths we walked
on became slippery and we joked that we got the “real” fortress experience
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cruisin' Day 1 </span></div>
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So the reason I was in Norway – a <a href="http://www.hurtigruten.us/?country=US">Hurtigruten</a> cruise from
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The scenery of the town was gorgeous, but we were worried we
would miss our cruise ship. Once we got on board a half hour before it departed, we started exploring. The
ship had a small workout room (I used it once, wooo!), a sauna and two jacuzzies.
It also had<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>very slow wifi on one floor
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Our first stop was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vard%C3%B8">Vard<span dir="auto">ø</span></a> – a small town close to the most
eastern part of Norway. The fortress in this town is the reason this area is
still a part of Norwegian territory. If you look on a map, you’ll realize that
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It is interesting to note that I’ve seen
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It is important to note that Hurtigruten primarily serves as a ferry between
Norwegian ports, the cruise is a secondary feature. This means that it isn’t
like your typical cruise where they provide entertainment and game nights – the
main thing you can do on board is enjoy the scenery (luckily, Norway is
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We stopped in a small fishing village called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A5tsfjord">B<span style="font-size: small;"><span dir="auto">å</span></span>tsfjord</a> for
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We had just enough time to run outside, smell the fact that
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<b>Ah, the important stuff – FOOD.</b> On the cruise, if you pay for
full board, you get a breakfast and lunch buffet and a 3 course dinner. The
cruise provides free drinks at breakfast, and free coffee or tea at lunch. At
lunch and dinner, they charge you for bottled water and will not bring you tap
water. Luckily we met a nice Danish couple at lunch who gave us two water
bottles we refilled for lunches and dinner (being on a college student budge, I assumed
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It was hands-down, my favorite meal of the cruise. It was cooked perfectly and
did not taste gamey at all. The dessert was good as well and it reminded me of
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<b>The next morning our first stop was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammerfest">Hammerfest</a> </b>which calls
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After we got back on board, we ate lunch. Why talk about
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After lunch, I stood out on the front deck in the wind for
about an hour and a half. Why? Because at first I was enjoying the scenery, and
then I waited for the ship to make a really sharp turn, but it instead docked
into a small town called<span dir="auto"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98ksfjord">Ø</a></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98ksfjord">ksfjord</a>. My legs were a bit sore from standing and I
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This is the small town called<span dir="auto"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98ksfjord">Ø</a></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98ksfjord">ksfjord.</a> I didn't step into town since we only docked for about 15 minutes. It's hard to imagine living in such a quiet, isolated place when I've been living in cities my entire life. <br />
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I also took pictures of this small town called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skjerv%C3%B8y">Skjerv<span dir="auto">ø</span>y</a>! </div>
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Here was our dinner the second night on the cruise. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Poached Salmon from Skjervøy served with rhubarb and compote and <<Gulløye>> potatoes from Troms.</span></td></tr>
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<b>At midnight we landed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troms%C3%B8">Tromsø</a></b>, the largest city in
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Here is the Midnight Sun covered by clouds - simply stunning. It felt like we were walking in a ghost town since it was light out but there were no people out at midnight on a Tuesday night. <br />
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Again, the landscape around the town was simply breathtaking. It seems
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Here is the “midnight” sun at 1 am and then 2 am. (It was cloudy
at midnight so we couldn’t see the sun). Since we were above the Arctic
Circle, it was never dark for the first few days of the cruise. It's
hard to imagine that the days can be completely dark here during the
winter when it is so bright during the summer. <br />
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We started off the third day of the cruise sailing passed
Risoyrenna, a dredged channel, and docking at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ris%C3%B8yhamn">Ris<span dir="auto">ø</span>yhamn</a>. I didn’t stop in this
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ship with the older one. I mean, I even got to steer the ship for a bit ;) <br />
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<b>We then sailed into the strait of Raftsundet</b> which, like the
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After seeing an overwhelming amount of natural beauty, here was our dinner. </div>
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This dessert was my favorite dinner dessert hands down. The cake tasted like an almond cake and was delicious! The chicken soup was nice and creamy and both types of cod were cooked well. <br />
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<a href="http://www.visitnorway.com/se/resmal/nord-norge/lofoten/">Lofoten Islands</a>.</b> Alex (my fellow intern from UCSB to Chalmers and my travel
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A bus took us to an old
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This was a crater formed when they tried to make a tunnel through his mountain for cars. It caused this tunnel to be the most expensive tunnel made in Norway, at the time it was made.<br />
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Our tour guide was a German Biology PhD graduate who
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The Lofoten islands are home to many cod fisheries - here someone is drying cod fish outside their house. </div>
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excitement of being in such an amazing place. There were mountains and beaches
at every angle. The clouds rolled over the mountains making them look even more
majestic. Looking at this beach with nearly white sand and light blue waters,
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Oh, here was my "quick lunch". It tasted like a kit-kat bar and was perfect after the hike. Looking at these photos, I think I should quite engineering and go into advertising. Luckily for the marketing world, I love science too much to give up now. <br />
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<b>On the fourth day of the cruise, we passed the Arctic
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The ship later sailed past Torghatten, a mountain that has a
natural hole in the middle. It reminded me of the all seeing eye in Lord of the
Rings, but less creepy. The hole in the mountain connects to the <a href="http://www.travelsignposts.com/Norway/sightseeing/the-seven-sisters-helgeland">legend</a> about the Seven Sisters Mountains. </div>
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Everything at dinner was delicious as usual. The soup was nice and creamy and the dessert was again perfectly sweet. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cruisin´ Day 5 </span><br />
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Here is the islet Munkholmen, it is now a restaurant but it has served as a monastery, fortress, and even a prison. <br />
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This is a statue of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson">Leiv Eiriksson</a> who is regarded to be the first European to land in North America (take that Columbus!). <br />
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Here is the fortress in the city. It was a steep walk uphill, but the view was well worth it. <br />
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The last dinner on board! <br />
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The last dinner on the boat was my least favorite especially since the dessert was fairly bland. After dinner, we stopped in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristiansund">Kristiansund</a> which is the Norwegian home of jazz. <br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The sunset was gorgeous and very windy. I stayed
up wayyyy to late talked to some British ladies about life and playing picture-word games. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">These ladies were adorable and claimed I adopted them since I always seemed to run into them on board. They gave great life advice and had a great British sense of humour (yes, I spelled it with an extra 'u' just for them). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cruisin' Day 6 </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">On the last day of the cruise, we sailed into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen">Bergen</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">We first, as per routine now, got lost trying to find our
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Alright, that was by far my longest blog post. Congratulations on making it to the end! Overall it took me 8 hours to talk about the 8 days I was on Norway. I apologize for any spelling or grammar errors, but I hope you enjoyed the post! <br />
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Norway will always have a special place in my heart - it's natural beauty is overwhelming. I hope to one day go back and explore some more, but for now I'm back to doing research in Sweden!<br />
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So I've been a terrible blogger recently - I've been meaning to get more posts out more promptly, but I'm in the middle of a mini-vacation, so it's hard to time manage when naps get involved. I started off my two week vacation in Rome (blogpost to come, I promise!), spent the next day on the beach with my house family, and am currently packing for a cruise along the coast of Norway. I'm not sure if I'll be able to handle 7 weeks of research when I get back from vacation!<br />
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Here is a picture of mud cake and whip cream on a Swedish beach called Saxenhov. There were a couple interesting differences between the beach here and the beaches in California. Firstly, the beaches here don't always have sand. If you look at the picture closely, you can notice that a lot of the beach is just land hitting water without creating a shore. Secondly, just about all of the women had on bikinis regardless of age or size. In fact, a few women were even tanning topless. Nudity isn't as big of an issue here as in the states; people are expected to mind their own business and let other people enjoy the sun. Speaking of the sun, A LOT of people are super sunburnt whenever the sun comes out for a few days. The Swedish love to enjoy the sun while it is here, even if it means getting burnt. Thirdly, I saw about 6 people wearing swimsuits that had the American flag on them. I never realized how popular "American" items are outside of the US. Because people watch American TV shoes and listen to some American artists, it is popular to wear the American flag as a pattern.<br />
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Okay so this time I'm going to try to set a reasonable blogpost goal - I will aim to have another post written by July 26th which is exactly 2 weeks from now and a week after my vacation ends. I'm not sure if it will be about the cruise or about Rome, but it will be good!<br />
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Thank you all for taking the time to read about my summer shenanigans; I couldn't motivate myself to write these blogposts if I didn't know someone at least chuckled at them!<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fika_(coffee_break)">Fika</a> - a small coffee break usually accompanied by a small pastry or piece of fruit<br />
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One of the first things I was told when I arrived at lab was that there was fika at 10 am and 3 pm every day. My professor explained to me that this was a social break where people talk about work, food, traveling, and other things. So far, it's been my favorite Swedish custom. It's great to take a break in the middle of the day, recharge, and then get back to work. The best part about fika is that professors, graduate students, and staff alike all take a break and chat together. There really aren't any "clicks" in the room. The only problem with fika is that the Swedes are making me addicted to caffeine (according to Wikipedia the average Swede has over 3.2 cups of coffee a day). To help combat this problem I've started bringing in decaffeinated tea which was hard to find at the supermarket here.<br />
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Friday Fika is a special fika where the person in charge of making coffee for the week brings in a treat to share. Even though I wasn't in charge of coffee, I wanted to share "American" desserts. Last week I made rice krispie treats and then I made vanilla cupcakes with chocolate chip cookie dough on the inside for the 4th of July! I couldn't figure out a way to make the cupcakes more patriotic, but everyone in the lab did wish me a happy independence day :)<br />
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So as the title suggests, I got to eat a traditional Swedish dinner in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%84lvsborg_fortress">Elfsborg Fortress</a> off the coast of Gothenburg a few days ago. Now I didn't come up with this idea myself, I just got to attend as part of a UCSB-Chalmers workshop. Earlier this week, several chemical engineering faculty members and some graduate students from UCSB came to present their materials research here at Chalmers. It was interesting to hear the research presented by both universities and see the potential collaborations forming. Even though the universities are across the world from one another, it is amazing how technology allows people to work together from across the globe. Speaking of being across the globe, it was great to see the confused look on my professor's faces when they first saw me in Sweden.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Traditional Swedish plate complete with multiple types of pickled herring. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favorite picture of the night - yes, that's UCSB and Chalmers faculty alike jumping in the air.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alex (my fellow CISEI intern) and me by our tram stop near Brunnsparken. </td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03629910287440939698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028268260612872886.post-44615154962010477482014-06-29T09:37:00.000-07:002014-06-29T10:03:50.549-07:00Swedish Food - Post 1 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is going to be the first of what I'm sure will be many posts about food in Sweden.<br />
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1) A Shrimp Sandwich from the Heaven 23, a restaurant located on the top of Gothia Towers. The restaurant had a view overlooking the city, but since I forgot my camera, I don't have a picture to share. I was, however, able to ask someone to take a picture of my food for me. The sandwich was great - good balance of shrimp, mayo, eggs, and a bit of rye bread.<br />
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2) A co-worker brought in "crispy" bread for me to try. It kinda tastes like plain crackers. The one that I'm holding in the picture is the traditional version because the hole in the middle was used for drying the bread. A pole could carry multiple pieces of bread on it (through the holes) to let them dry and become crispy. </div>
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3) Richard, my co-worker, also brought me sour milk to try. It was basically thin yogurt that smelled a bit sour. Apparently it's good for your digestive system. I had some with sugar and most people here also put crispy bread in it. </div>
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4) Richard then brought in this salted licorice candy for me to try. Let me be honest - I wasn't a fan. The licorice was coated with an ammonium chloride salt that made it taste really odd and then once the salt was gone, the hard licorice stuck to your teeth. After passing the candy around the room, I've concluded that only Swedish people who had this candy as kids, liked it. All of us "foreigners" don't seem to like it. The package of the candy has a screaming monkey on it! </div>
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3) Next, someone brought an amazing almond cake to work. It was a bit dense and absolutely scrumptious! I didn't take a picture of it, but I stole one off the internet of what it looked like. </div>
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4) One day at lunch I went to this Indian-Italian Restaurant near Chalmers. It sounds odd, but my professor told me that I had to try the kebab pizza. I ordered it expecting it to be a pan-pizza size, and it turns out it was on a plate bigger than my head. I only had half of it for lunch, but it was delicious. The ranch balanced out the kebab nicely. </div>
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After eating at multiple Thai restaurants in town, I've figured out that Thai food here is the equivalent of Chinese food back home. It's quite popular and there are restaurants everywhere. My mentor explained to me that Swedes often go to Thailand on vacation during the winter months in Sweden, which is why the food is so popular here. </div>
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I also visited the Pizza Hut here with some co-workers. In Sweden it is more of a sit-down restaurant kind of equivalent to Chile's back home, but with fewer menu options. We all ate the pizza with a fork and knife even though it was a deep dish pizza I would have scarfed down with just my hands back home. People in Sweden tend to use utensils a lot more than we do in America, and way more than people do in India. Luckily no one has made fun of my table manners yet! </div>
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Lastly, here is a picture of the candy aisle at just about every grocery store in Sweden. It's very popular to bag your own candy here. I haven't tried it yet since I'm still finishing up some Finnish Chocolate, but I'm sure I'll have trouble making decisions when I do start to pack my candy. </div>
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On a random note, I figured out the significance of the statue I saw in the downtown area of Gothenburg. It's called <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.vartgoteborg.se/prod/sk/vargotnu.nsf/1/mitt_goteborg,kopparmarra?OpenDocument" style="line-height: 1.2;">Kopparmärra</a><span style="line-height: 1.2;"> and is a statue of Charles IX who founded the </span><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">precursor</span><span style="line-height: 1.2;"> to Gothenburg. There is some interesting history behind the statue that you can find by <a href="http://www.vartgoteborg.se/prod/sk/vargotnu.nsf/1/mitt_goteborg,kopparmarra?OpenDocument">clicking here</a>. Here is my touristy photo in front of the statue! </span></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03629910287440939698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028268260612872886.post-89385274331942785212014-06-27T05:56:00.000-07:002014-06-27T05:57:08.026-07:00Chalmers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello! (or should I say Hej!)<br />
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So I've been in Sweden for just over a week now and finally recovered from jet lag. It's about time I wrote about why I'm in Sweden and tell you all a bit about <a href="http://www.chalmers.se/en/Pages/default.aspx">Chalmers</a> (my new second home).<br />
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I am funded through <a href="http://www.mrl.ucsb.edu/education/undergrad/cisei">CISEI</a> - a great program through the material's department at UCSB which sends two interns per university to several universities throughout Europe and to Fudan University in China (shout out to <a href="http://fudantastic.weebly.com/">Vishaal's blog</a> about his adventures in China). Applicants who tend to get chosen have previous research experience, which I had through the <a href="http://eureka-csep.cnsi.ucsb.edu/">EUREKA!</a> program last summer in Santa Barbara. I was fortunate enough to be chosen by Chalmer's Institute of Technology here in Gothenburg, Sweden and am doing research in Professor <a href="http://www.chalmers.se/en/staff/Pages/Martin-Andersson.aspx">Martin Andersson</a>'s lab. His group focuses on using nanomaterials for biological applications which fits hand in hand with my last research project about using nanoparticles for drug delivery. <br />
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Over the past week I've been working with my mentor, Mats Hulander, on reviewing some of his previous research and talking about my project for the summer. Interestingly enough, the lab group just got a new <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_force_microscopy">AFM</a> (atomic force microscope) delivered a few weeks ago and a representative from the company in Germany came to help us set it up earlier this week. I spent the first part of the week trying to learn what an AFM measures and then learn the protocol for this new device I'll be working with for the rest of the summer. It's been challenging so far, but I know it will be a very rewarding summer! The only trouble is that you need to be dead silent while working with an AFM so that there is no background noise in the measurements - for me, being quiet for that long will be a challenge, but I think I can do it!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">A few logistics about the blog before I leave some pretty pictures of the campus:</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">a) My goal is to post every Wednesday and Sunday or roughly two times a week except for the weeks I'm on vacation. There might be more mini-blog posts within that time frame if something exceptionally exciting happens during the week.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">b) Please leave any comments on things you want to hear more about! I have a list of future blog post topics on hand and I'd love to actually talk about what you all are interested in!</span><br />
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So yesterday my fellow intern, Alex, and I decided to go explore the midsummer festivities. Only problem was that we showed up a few hours late to see formal Swedish dancing around the Maypole. We still decided to walk around this really cool park called Slottskrogen and explore. The holiday reminded me a bit of July 4th back home because it centers around families and friends gathering together, having picnics, celebrating the midnight sun and (I believe) having a delayed celebration of National Day of Sweden. Some girls had these pretty crowns on their heads that were made of flowers and small branches (not going to lie, I really wanted one!) I'll just fill the rest of the blog post up with pretty pictures!<br />
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The past few days have been a bit chaotic adjusting to a new time zone and a new city all without my luggage. Luckily my handbag arrived yesterday and I should be receiving my main checked bag today! My handbag arrived at the perfect time because the weather went from being super warm yesterday to being fairly windy and cloudy today. Luckily I packed a pair of boots and a warm jacket in my handbag so I'm good to go! <br />
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Everyone here has been super friendly and welcoming! Its hard to arrive in a new country without your luggage but its been easy to adapt and adjust. While almost everyone speaks English here, most signs are still in Swedish. Grocery shopping yesterday was an adventure because here you weigh your own vegetables and print tags for it so its easier to check out. Its a great idea, but it can be difficult when you don't know the names of the vegetables in Swedish. Luckily everything has pictures next to it so after a bit of guessing, I was eventually able to find and tag everything.<br />
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So the best way to get around the city (in my case) has been using the tram. The tram is actually really cool because it is mini shuttle train type things that cycle about every 20 minutes. So getting to the university and around the city has been very easy. I will try to remember to take and post a picture of a tram in my next post.<br />
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Because I arrived just before the Swedish Midsummer Festival, which is supposed to fall on the longest day of the year, the days here are ridiculously long. Here is a picture I took outside my window at 10:30 PM last night.<br />
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As I found my seat and settled in to my connecting flight from JFK to Stockholm, I noticed a couple guys in suits wearing a security pin and having those fancy secret service ear pieces. Then enters an older gentleman who started shaking everyone's hand. Being sleep deprived and not super up-to-date with politics I assumed it was someone important but didn't know who. But then I heard the whispers of "I've never shook a president's hand before" and "I guess former presidents still like to interact with the American public". Then it hit me, Former President Jimmy Carter had just shaken my hand. Here is a blurry picture I got of him as he left the plane. I sat two seats away from one of his Secret Service agents and I can confirm that they are real people who also eat, sleep, and watch in-flight movies on the plane.<br />
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I have a curse - airlines have a knack for losing my luggage. This time I thought I was prepared, I packed a handbag with just enough clothes for a few days in case they lost my checked bag. Sadly they checked in my handbag at LAX in an effort to get the plane to leave on time. So I'm currently in Sweden with just my backpack and no spare clothes. I guess this is the world's way of telling me to go shopping and help the Swedish economy?<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sunday at 6 PM: I came home exhausted ready to take a nap, but ended up helping my parents learn how to use their smartphones so that they can still talk to me in Sweden! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So as you can probably tell, the last few days have been really busy. Since I need some sleep before heading to the airport tomorrow I'll try to keep this post short and write a longer (better) post on the plane. For now here are the important details:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I leave for Sweden June 16th and comes back September 7th. (I'll miss the Fourth of July in the US but I promise I'll try and celebrate it in Sweden!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I will be doing research in Professor Martin Andersson's lab in <a href="http://www.chalmers.se/en/Pages/default.aspx">Chalmers University of Technology</a> in Gothenburg, Sweden. How did I get this internship? An amazing program through UCSB's MRL (Materials Research Laboratory) called <a href="http://www.mrl.ucsb.edu/education/undergrad/cisei">CISEI</a> (I'll give more details in the next post). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What I'm most looking forward too: I've recently found out that Sweden has a lot of old castles....the little girl inside me who wanted to be a princess growing up is beyond excited to visit castles! </span></div>
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