Yesterday I returned from my two weeks on a roadtrip to Sweden. Three things I've learned: 1) While I was enjoying the calmness of the Swedish sjön, the institutions that are supposed to complete my graduation were also doing absolutely nothing. Which means that I now have just over a week to 'validate my appropriate pre-education' for the master's degree I want to start August 31st. A process that normally takes a month or more and should have started weeks ago, but wasn't because my final grade wasn't in the system until two weeks ago. 2) While I was carefully managing the budget of the roadtrip, the institution that was supposed to give me my student loans managed to fail completely at the one task they're supposed to do. Which means that I missed out on over 2k of payments that I now need to retrieve because they made a typo with my bank account. 3) Okay, enough ranting. The road trip itself was superb. Five of my best friends and I, one big van and plenty of roads for us to discover. It went much better than I'd hoped for - great weather, it was cheaper than expected (less than €400 total cost!) and camping in the wild was really nice. Not a single fight or argument. I've learned that the right kind of people and the right kind of planning can make a world of difference. Obligatory pictures:
Beautiful. Sounds like an amazing trip. What is that pic of machinery?
That was one of the coolest surprises of the trip. We were just looking for a supermarket in a very tiny village when literally across the road there was an old paper factory abandoned in the seventies that artists took over and opened to the public. Basically, urban exploring light:
What parts of the country did you visist?
We were very cautious not to go over our allowed mileage limit, so in the end we did the relatively small loop of Denmark - Goteborg - Ulricehamn - Vanersborg - Dalsland - Malmo and back home. Nonetheless some beautiful scenery there, especially Dalsland.
That part of Sweden is very pretty, I haven't been in it much - I live a bit farther up north and usually go even farther north on vacation.