Times are going by and so it's time for a new post!
Last weekend was one of the best I had here in Sweden. Miguel and I visited volunteer friends we got to know at the on-arrival and mid-term training. They live in Grimslöv which is a small village next to Växjö, a pretty nice small town two hours away from Linköping if you take the train like we did.
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| Växjö |
We arrived Friday evening, met them in Växjö and had a lot of fun in a club during the night. The only bad thing was the bus trip back to Grimslöv which took nearly one hour (but felt like ages).
The next day, we slept very long. What a wise decision! It was bad weather and so we enjoyed the day inside. In the evening we were invited to a theme party that was organized by people from a folk high school. The costumes were very creative and we liked it very much. It was only some minutes to walk and I was really glad that we didn't had to catch a bus again.
Sunday was great weather and therefore we went out for a walk and enjoyed once more the beautiful Swedish nature. We walked to a nearby lake and visited a little church that was just some minutes away.
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| the church |
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| the lake |
Because it was such a sunny afternoon we had fika (coffee break, very typical for Sweden) outside. We prepared everything inside, took some chairs, a table and even a bed and enjoyed the fresh air and the silence. I think we've been sitting there talking for nearly two or three hours.
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| fika outside |
Unfortunately, after Sunday followed Monday which meant that we had to get back to Linköping. But before that we had the great opportunity to walk through the streets of Växjö to get an impression of the city. We also saw the organization our friends work in. It was a bit different to ours because it was much bigger and therefore it felt a bit more anonymous (of course that is only a very rough expression of myself). Anyway, it was time to say goodbye and after a final fika we took the train back to Linköping where we arrived in the evening.
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| a last group photo before we left |
