Teelow is back in good old Germany and I am in Sweden again. Due to the fact that we started and managed this blog together it is time to end it now ’cause we are not in Sweden together any longer :-(

I do not think there will be many further posts here, but I think we will still add some photos to older posts. In thous four months we have collected about 7.6 GB of photo and video material. We are still not finished with checking all the stuff and I am sure we will find some further things worth posting.

For me, I will continue to write about my adventures here on my own blog. You are welcome to visit it:

It was also the housewarming party for our completely “renovated” floor which now comes in a lovely white/grey prison look consistent to the “jailers” which have been here since November 21th. But this night I saw them only once, when I went up to my Spanish friend Eduardo to show him the beer-bong. Maybe they had to walk the dog (their giant Rottweiler) all the evening so there was no time to check if we are asleep. This beast was licking my hand when I passed it on my way upstairs. I did not wash it before :-)

We celebrated till 5 o’clock in the morning.

Sometime during the night some dork kicked a full bucket of white color down the stairs from the 11th floor. You could see the mess even in the 3th floor. Thomas (our janitor) was very angry the next morning and knocked on every door to asked the people what was going on yesterday.

There has also been some other “vandalism”.

Luckily I had a very deep sleep and I did not hear him knocking. It would not have been good for him (and for me) to see my room. It was completly wasted…

To tell you the truth, actually it is not that much snow, but is is a good start. Let’s see what is coming after…

My first impression is that it is way less shittier than StudiVZ was.

• It is international
• It is not fuckin’ pink
• The advertising is not that pestering

Just search for “Looping Louie” and you will probably find me.

But all that glitters is not gold. I found a very interesting article published on the guardian about Facebook and its backers. I recommend you to read this article because it gives you a special insight behind the scenes of Facebook. Maybe this gives you an understanding why I try to reveal as less as possible of my personal data to those people. Besides you can also have fun there without giving away some valid information about you :-)

The article can be found here, it is really worth reading:

With friends like these …

The non-profit alternative is kaioo. Check it out!

Finally they are here! Today Mazl, Koschi, Andre and Otto arrived at Park. The next three days have been characterized by beer, spirit, music, Surströmming and even more beer…

This post is a little late but it is hell of a work to adjust the time offset in the EXIF data of pictures taken by four different cameras…

But finally I did it. So enjoy reading and of course seeing what happened in those three days I only call “THE Days” from now on :-)

Day 1 – The Arrival

The guys arrived at about half past eight. After the salutation we got handed over our “care packet”.

The care packet was abounding…

I counted 24 bottles plus two extra gifts. A delicious whiskey from Andre and some delicious honey spirit from Otto what pointed out (again

) to be my personal kryptonite.

Thilo aproves!

The four things you need to have a nice party and a lot of fun are: The Croco, Looping Louie, a Beer-Bong and some people willing to use those “tools” :-)

We all had a lot of fun but also a short night, too. There have been only light casualties…

Day 2 – The Continuation

What is the most important thing when you start into a new day? Yes, a good breakfast.

After celebrating the whole night it was time for some cultural affairs. We decided to taste some Swedish delicacy. Surströmming, a fish conserved in it’s own fermentation gas. Sounds delicious…

If you want to have a little impression how tasty this fish was, you should check out this post: The Surströmming Experience

Enjoy your meal!

When the dawn breaks on it was time to continue where we stopped last morning. It was party time again :-)

Otto did what he can do best. Making things dirty.

After some drinks we decided to start a little raid on Anetta’s room.But not without ulterior motives…

We had decided that this thing in Otto’s face has to bee cut off ASAP.  But to achieve this task we needed some hairdressers. What a nice coincidence, four girls in on room. All ready to cut hell for leather.

The achievement was excellent. From the left to the right: before -> after

After making Otto look like a human beeing again it was time to show the guys the best club in town. So we called a cap and headed for the Blue Moon Bar. As you can see, even the cab drivers in Sweden have a lot of fun, too :-)

The Blue Moon Bar is the biggest club in Västerås. It also is the one with the most style. Sadly the entrance fee is 100 SEK every evening. But it is worth the money! The club contains three areas with different music styles. There is one area with oldies and stuff like this, another area with House and R’n'B and a third one with House, Trance and sometimes Hardstyle as well. The third area also contains a stage where some bands are playing every Saturday till 12 o’clock.

In Swedish clubs it is common to have a gambling table.

After clubbing till 2 o’clock in the morning it was time for some healthy food. The Swed’s now how to make good burgers but it was really expensive as well.

The party has been really exhausting. Thats why we all went to bed when we reached back to Park.

Day 3 – Still Alive

Koschi was the first one awake. So he started cleaning up my room which was sorely needed.

At midday it started to snow. For me it was the first snow in Västerås. Two weeks ago there has also been snow, but I have been in Germany at this time.

Due to the exhausting (party) night everybody was very hungry. So we called a cap and went to the Kåren. Every Sunday there is a big Tacco Buffet. You can eat as much as you want for 50 SEK. That is a good price!

Otto "Teabagging" during the buffet.

For those of you which do not know what teabagging is, just klick the link :-)

Invigorated from the buffet it was time to continue what we have started. Yes, it was party-time again.

Day 4 – The Farewell

Sadly the good times are over.

At 5 o’clock we had to wake up and call a cap which should bring the guys backt to the station. I hope I will get some pictures from the journey back to Germany soon to put them up in here.

Den Geruch des Surströmmings haben wir uns nicht mal ansatzweise so ekelhaft vorgestellt und “gegessen” (bzw in den Mund genommen und Brechreiz bedingt direkt wieder ausgespuckt) haben ihn nur Anndee und Marzel (mit hat das daneben stehen und filmen schon gereicht), aber seht selbst…

Jedenfalls sind wir danach panisch aus Anndees Zimmer (in dem der Spass statt fand) geflohen und haben uns, um die Pizza zu essen, die wir vorher nebenan in der Pizzeria gekauft haben, lieber ins Treppenhaus verzogen. Und von dem abartigen Gestank hatten wir und alle anderen auf Etage 3 noch den ganzen Tag was.

The trip was well organized, we were fetched at the Kåren (Student Union House) with the coaches and were brought directly to the ferry port in Stockholm.

Our boat was the Gabriella. It was a little bit more fancy than the other boats we used before. But it also had a major handicap. I will talk about this later. Meanwhile it is getting dark very early here in Sweden. So when we started, it already has become dark outside.

On this boat the duty free shop opens very early. So the most important shopping could be done directly after departing. This time we also brought our newest invention with us. it is called Funnel or Beer Bong. I think you can imagine what this device is used for?! Everybody was very impressed, especially the Canadians. It seems to be a people’s sport there.

-> The ultimate BeerBong

As I said this time we have been a lot more people. So the dance floor was completely filled and we had a nice party, till the security guys closed the disco at 3 o’clock.

And here is the handicap I was talking about. Those security guys have been very unfriendly all the time. It was forbidden to speak in the cabins. WTF?!

After a short night we reached Helsinki. Helsinki is a nice city and you have to walk a long distance to see all the things it has to offer. Here are some cutouts, but there is a lot more to see :-)

Here are some pictures from the ferry port.

Helsinki also has a large amount of churches. Here are the two most impressive ones.

As you can see on the next picture, most the buildings in the center of Helsinki are very old (but also in very good condition) and have nice fronts. In most of those buildings are shops. The building on the right is, I think,  not a church. But actually I am not really sure about that…

Some more shots.

And here we have a nice shot from some bridge over the rails.

Due to the northern location of Helsinki it started to get dark very early, too. But that gave us the opportunity to get some nice night-shots.

Back on the boat we did the usual -> PARTY

After a short night (again) we finally returned to Stockholm. While loading our beer to the bus we had a little accident in which 5 cans died in an awful way. While loading the beer, we dropped all palettes and some cans burst. Rest in pieces peace my little 0.33l friends :-(

Luckily we had a lot more of them. So the return fare in the bus was pleasing :-)

So this was our trip to Helsinki. If you ever get the possibility to go there I can only advise you to do so. It is a really nice city. In my oppinion it is the most beautiful city we visited on our stay here in Sweden.

So have a nice day and see you next time :-)

….und spätestens JETZT kanns ja nur noch cool werden! Dann bis Freitag! ^^

In der Zwischenzeit heisst es: Boat Trip, die Dritte: Västerås goes Helsinki!

Stay tuned!

P.S. Infos zum Spiel gibts hier: Looping Louie

Be there!

:-)

But don’t miss your flight on the next day… :-)

So here are some pictures of my residence. It may be of interest for the people which will come here the next week and visit us. You can choose your part of the floor for sleeping before you arrive. As you can see, the space is limited :-)

So here we go. Enjoy!

On the left you can see my desk or whats left of it with the whole computer stuff on it. On the right picture you can see my sleeping berth. It is a little bit to short for me, but that is like I ecpected it… You also can see that the room is not verry broad.

The left side shows my kitchen. It is small but it is adequate. The only thing I really mis is a oven. But the microwave has a grill function that works in some cases. The right picture shows the right corner of my room.

I nearly forgot one of the most important places. Yes, the bathroom.

As you can see, I can sit on the toilet while having a shower at the same time. That is really nice and saves a lot of time if you are in a hurry :-)

But there is one big disadvantage of my bathroom. I have no curtain in front of my window…

So that’s it. Now you can imagine how I live here in Sweden :-)